Mr. Frank Kolasinski just sent me this link of a local chess TV show. The main narrator is Mr. George Mirijanian, former president of the Massachusetts Chess Association. Here is the FATV-Chess Chat June 2008: http://www.fatv.org/index.php? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Jokes of the day
The amazing golf ball A golfer, playing a round by himself, is about to tee off, and a greasy little salesman runs up to him, and yells, “Wait! Before you tee off, I have something really amazing to show you!” The golfer, annoyed, says, “What is it?” “It’s a special golf ball,” says the salesman. […]
Short or Adams?
Picture courtesy of ChessBaseI was recently asked the following question: Short or Adams? Which one is the greatest English player ever? Both have impressive chess resumes. Both have competed in the World Championship. Both have been in the top 10. Which one gets your vote? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The effect of Math and Chess
Jul 07, 2008 – The Effect of Math and Chess Integrated Instruction on Math ScoresJohn BUKY, Education Consultant Frank HO, Canada certified math teacher This article is published by The Chess Academy, Chicago, USA, June 2008 Research studies have shown that chess can be used as an effective game-based teaching method. However, all the past […]
A historic event at TTU
This is the venue for the 2008 SPICE Cup at Texas Tech University The 2008 SPICE Cup will take place from September 19-28 at Texas Tech University (Student Union Building) in Lubbock, Texas. Here are the players: USA – GM Onischuk, Alexander 2734 USCF / 2670 FIDEGER – GM Kritz, Leonid 2667 USCF / 2610 […]
Lake Sevan Chess
“LAKE SEVAN”: 15TH INTERNATIONAL CHESS COMPETITION On July 10-20 “Lake Sevan” 15th international chess tournament will be conducted in Martuni, Armenia. Olympic Champion Smbat Lputyan, the first deputy of the president of chess federation said that the tournament is devoted to the memory of Armenian GM Karen Asryan. “We have been always succeeded in being […]
Endgame improvement
White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White? How should White proceed? Prokesh, 1942, presented by Andreas 3k1r2/3p4/4P1P1/3PK3/8/8/8/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov, Onischuk and others in Poikovsky Cup
Drawing by Justin Michael Jenkins 2008 Poikovsky Cup The Poikovsky tournament is taking place July 8 to 17, 2008. Participants: Alexei Shirov 2741Vugar Gashimov 2717Dmitry Jakovenko 2709Sergey Rublevsky 2699Wang Hao 2691Victor Bologan 2686Ernesto Inarkiev 2675Andrei Volokitin 2671Alexander Onischuk 2670Emil Sutovsky 2654 Official website: http://www.russiachess.org/ Round 1 results: Wang Hao 1-0 Ernesto InarkievDmitry Jakovenko 1-0 Andrei […]
San Luis, Argentina
Greetings from San Luis, Argentina. I am at the same location as the World Championship in 2005 for a major Chess in the Schools conference. There are about 21,000 young students taking chess in the schools in San Luis alone. Guests from all over the world are in San Luis for this prestigious conference. I […]