Pairings for Round 52008 Polgar: Polgar 2008 Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name 1 Rita Mirchandani (1813 : b : 3.5) – Courtney Jamison (2046 : b : 4.0)2 Amelia Wheeless (1711 : w : 3.5)...
Only one perfect after 4 rounds
Standings 2008 Polgar: Polgar 2008 # Name ID Rtng Post St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot 1 Courtney Jamison 12746751 2046 2051 TX W24 W22 W14 W5 4.02 Rita Mirchandani 12864067 1813 1818 FL W36...
King and Pawn endgame
White to move. How should White proceed? Is it a win, draw or loss?Bianchetti, 1925, presented by Andreas 8/8/K1p1p3/8/3k1P2/1P6/8/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Maxx Coleman wins US Junior Open
ANATOLY KARPOV INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHESS106 SOUTH MAIN, LINDSBORG, KANSAS 67456 CONTACT: Wes Fisk 785-342-1009 or 785-227-4121Kansan Wins U.S. Junior Chess Championship A second Kansan has captured one of the coveted national chess titles within the last 60 days....
Dominguez leads by 1 with 1 to go
Round 9 results: Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½Onischuk, Alexander – Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1Pelletier, Yannick – Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ Standings after 9 rounds: 1. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2708 6½2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 5½3. Carlsen,...
Carlsens draws wild game against Dominguez
GM Dominguez (2708) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B35]30.07.2008 / Biel – Round 9 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5...
Alekseev wins, catches Carlsen for 2nd
GM Onischuk (2670) – GM Alekseev (2708) [E15]30.07.2008 / Biel – Round 9 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Ne5 Re8 13.Rc1 h6...
Fun basketball
Some of the players from the SPNI had a chance to show case their talents on the basketball earlier today. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Fireworks in the Dominguez – Carlsen game
GM Dominguez (2708) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B35]30.07.2008 / Biel – Round 9 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5...
Interview with Humpy Koneru
Humpy Koneru, “The Climate Here Is Perfect!” Humpy Koneru managed to win Pia Cramling in the third round and thus to go up the last line of the tournament table. She told why she always travels with her father,...