Peru’s Julio Granda wins Benasque Chess Tournament in Spain Peru’s grandmaster Julio Ernesto Granda won the “Villa de Benasque” international chess event in Zaragoza, Spain, on Sunday. The Peruvian grandmaster brought home the honor after beating Serbian Branco Samljanovic. A bishop move gave Granda the tournament’s title after achieving 8.5 points. “People paid special attention […]
Satirical lampoon or offensive?
New Yorker Obama Cover Sparks UproarPolitico: Campaign Calls Magazine Cover Art “Tasteless And Offensive” Barack Obama’s campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Obama in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife. An American flag burns in their fireplace. The New Yorker says it’s satire. It certainly will be […]
An excellent puzzle
White to move and win! No computer please! See if you can solve this own your own. It is a good one. Lamoss, 1968, presented by Andreas 8/4kpPr/2P4n/4PR2/8/6K1/7P/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Baburin and Greenfeld win Irish Championship
Final Standings: 1-2. GMs Greenfeld (ISR, 2545) and Baburin (IRL, 2526) – 8/9 (earning 2,000 euro each) 3. GM Hebden (ENG, 2520) – 6½ (1,000 euro) 4. Jessel (IRL, 2294) – 6 (600 euro) 5-7. FM C. Daly (IRL, 2311), GM Butnorius (LIT, 2442) and FM Ph. Short (IRL, 2300) – 5½, etc (32 players) […]
Gomez clear first at Olympiad qualifier
Gomez is champ International Master John Paul Gomez drew with International Master Rolando Nolte yesterday to top the 2008 National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) qualifying tournament at the Kaban ng Hiyas building in Mandaluyong City. Gomez finished the tough 17-round event with 13 points, half a point ahead of top seed GM Wesley […]
The streak ends for Torre
IM Gomez and GM Wesley So lead the Philippines for the Chess Olympiad in DresdenGM Bong Villamayor, GM Darwin Laylo, GM Jayson Gonzales join teamReport by Chessdom Following the news of the Philippines national championship, the Olympiad team of the Philippines for Dresden 2008 is already known. The new champion IM Gomez and the young […]
Ikaros Chess Festival 2008
Ikaros Chess Festival 2008Strong field at the Aegean Open Championship 2008 This year’s Aegean Open Championship 2008, the main event of the Ikaros Chess Festival 2008, is expected to be a quite strong and interesting tournament that will take place from 12th till 20th of July 2008 at Aghios Kirykos, the capital of Ikaria island […]
New record at 7.08 seconds
Teen breaks Rubik’s Cube record By Sean PlambeckJuly 14, 2008 02:30pm A DUTCH teenager has set a new world record for solving the Rubik’s Cube and put the world of competitive speedcubing into a spin. Erik Akkersdijk, 18, broke the world record for solving a standard 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube, with a time of 7.08 seconds […]
Young star from Singapore
Photo courtesy of chess.maribelajar.comWorld champ at age 6 AT ONLY six, Derek Lim, became Singapore’s first and youngest world schools’ champion in chess. Lim had won in the Under-7 World Schools’ Chess Championships held in Greece in 2006. Lim who is now nine, a Primary 3 student from Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), had beaten other world-class […]
Responsible leaders in the future
San Benito chess tournament a hit with youthsJuly 13, 2008 – 12:05AMBy AMANDA HARRIS/Valley Morning Star HARLINGEN – Chess players of all ages gathered at the San Benito Community Center on Saturday for the 5th Annual San Benito Community Chess Tournament. The event was open to anyone who could play chess, event organizer Edward Guetzow […]