St. Louis Chess Center The new $1,000,000 St. Louis Chess Club held a “pre-opening” gala event for the media and local chess afficionados Wednesday evening; the official opening is Thursday, July 17. Report and pictures by Steve Goldberg here...
Carlsen, Alekseev lead Biel
Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 1½ 29262. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 1½ 28313. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2708 1 26194. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 1 26995. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691...
Important general information for the SPNI
Some general information: The usual temperature in Lubbock is around a comfortable mid to high 60’s in the evening and high 80’s to mid 90’s in the afternoon. The humidity level is quite low because Lubbock is approximately 3,200...
New sport catches fire
New sport combines boxing and chess11:41 AM CDT on Monday, July 21, 2008The Associated Press BERLIN — Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take...
Biel leaders drew
GM Alekseev (2708) – GM Carlsen (2775) [E15]21.07.2008 / Biel – Round 2 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 a6...
U.S. Mind Sports Games Teams
I just received the following info from IM John Donaldson: Heads of Delegation David PruessJennifer Shahade Men’s Individual Blitz Alex ShabalovVaruzhan AkobianJesse KraaiJosh FriedelDmitry Schneider Men’s Individual Rapid Alex ShabalovVaruzhan AkobianJesse KraaiJosh FriedelDmitry Schneider Men’s Rapid Team Alex ShabalovEugene...
US teams announced
USCF Announces 2008 Olympiad TeamsBy Jerry NashJuly 17, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jerry Nashjnash@uschess.org (Crossville, July 18, 2008) The United States Chess Federation (USCF) announced the teams and captains for the 38th Chess Olympiad scheduled for November 12 – 25,...
1st World Mind Sports Games
Entries for 1st World Mind Sports Games Monday, 21 July 2008 63 federations have entered the Men’s Team Rapid and Blitz competitions with China, Germany, India, Cuba and Hungary leading the seedings. The Women’s Team event has 52 teams...
Barbados in the Olympiad
Barbados to be represented at Chess OlympiadWeb Posted – Mon Jul 21 2008 FIDE Master Dr. Philip Corbin has been included in the team selected by the Barbados Chess Federation (BCF) to represent Barbados in the Open Section at...
Real game tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed?Geizersky – Mashbic (USSR, 1990), presented by Andreas 6k1/4pp1p/3p4/1Nr5/4P1q1/1P1Qb3/P5PP/4R2K b – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar