50 players have confirmed their participation in the 2008 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls at Texas Tech University. Here is the list of players so far. The tournament will take place on July 27 – August 1 at...
Gashimov defeats Shirov to share lead
The Poikovsky tournament is taking place from July 8-17, 2008. Round 8 results:Gashimov, Vugar – Shirov, Alexei 1-0Bologan, Viktor – Wang Hao ½-½Rublevsky, Sergei – Volokitin, Andrei ½-½Jakovenko, Dmitry – Inarkiev, Ernesto ½-½Sutovsky, Emil – Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ Standings...
Aiming to break 2600
Chess whiz kid Negi aims for bigger goal Himanshu Singhal / CNN-IBNPublished on Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 22:53 New Delhi: For nearly two years after becoming the second youngest Grandmaster in chess history, Parimarjan Negi remained a victim...
The ritziest chess club in the country
The Central West End will soon have one of the ritziest chess clubs in the country, if not the world. The 6,000-square-foot, three-story Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis opens July 17, taking up a shop front...
Endgame improvement
White to move. How should White proceed?Przepiorka, 1921, presented by Andreas. 7k/5p1p/8/7N/P1P5/8/K1R5/6q1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The most amazing All-Star game ever?
After 15 Innings, AL Extends All-Star RunBy RONALD BLUM,APPosted: 2008-07-16 06:49:01 NEW YORK (July 15) – Baseball’s All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium – and what a long, long goodbye it was. In a game that started...
Brunei surges in Kids chess
BCF launches 1st ‘Internet Chess Blitz’By Amie PDH Ishak & Jon Tampoi The Brunei Chess Federation (BCF) yesterday held the first Brunei Internet Chess Blitz in conjunction with His Majesty’s 62nd Birthday Celebration at the Brunei Chess Centre in...
Chess Chat TV
Click here to see Chess Chat TV, hosted by Mr. George Mirijanian: FATV – Chess Chat Episode 22 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
German Olympiad Teams
Germany announces Chess Olympiad teams for Dresden 2008Arkadij Naiditsch and Elisabeth Pähtz lead the olympic teamReport by Chessdom Friday, 11 July, national head coach Uwe Bönsch announced the nominees for the four Olympiad teams. Arkadij Naiditsch, the current German...
Chessvine contest
Chessvine Blogger Contest Promoting chess writing is one of the main goals of Chessvine. We bring up controversial issues here with an admitted cavalier attitude in the hopes that great writers will add their opinions to the mix. With...