White to move. How would you assess the position? What should White do? Platov 1907, presented by Andreas 2Q5/3p3p/5p2/1q1k3B/1P1p1K2/P7/2P2p2/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Adams leads Staunton Memorial by 1 point
Round 5 results:Wade, Robert – Adams, Michael 0-1Short, Nigel – Cherniaev, Alexander 1-0Smeets, Jan – Wells, Peter 1-0L’Ami, Erwin – Sokolov, Ivan NED ½-½Timman, Jan – Speelman, Jon ½-½Werle, Jan – Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Official website: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml Chess...
The latest medal count in Beijing
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 7 7 8 222 China 13 3 4 203 South Korea 5 6 1 124 Australia 3 2 5 105t Italy 3 4 2 95t Russia 2 4 3 95t...
Aronian emerges as sole leader with 2 to go
Another day of fighting chess in Sochi. Aronian was the first to finish. He scored a full point after Gelfand blundered a piece. The early leader Cheparinov has fallen back with 2 losses in the 2nd half. Kamsky drew...
Tuesday chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Alatortsev, Vladimir – Kan, Ilia Abramovich (Moscow 1949), presented by Andreas 5rk1/7p/p1N5/3pNp2/2bPnqpQ/P7/1P3PPP/4R1K1 w – f6 0 33 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
It can happen to anyone
Position after 25…Rfd8?? Even world-class grandmasters can make horrendous blunders. GM Gelfand just walked into a self-destructed one move blunder against GM Aronian at the Sochi Grand Prix. GM Aronian (2737) – GM Gelfand (2720) [E15]12.08.2008 – Sochi Grand...
Big problems for the World Women’s Championship
The following Open Letter was published by ChessBase.com: Open letter by the participants of the Women World Championship of FIDE We, the participants of the Women World Championship 2008, express our worry about the current dangerous situation near Cabardino-Balkaria....
Celebrate chess art in many forms
Elegant Senior Open celebrates chess art in many formsBy Humberto CruzFlorida CHESSSummer 2008 In an elegant and artistic setting, their hands literally reaching out and touching chess art, 78 players including 37 Floridians battled it out for the 2008...
Incredibly tight Grand Prix in Sochi
Round 11: Wang Yue – Kamsky GataJakovenko Dmitry – Gashimov VugarIvanchuk Vassily – Radjabov TeimourAronian Levon – Gelfand BorisKarjakin Sergey – Cheparinov IvanNavara David – Grischuk AlexanderAl-Modiahki Mohamad – Svidler Peter Standings after 10 rounds: 1. Wang Yue g...
Detective TV based on Fischer
Monk Beats Chess Genius Based On FischerBy SHELBY LYMANAugust 12, 2008 If you’re a fan of “Monk,” the detective series featuring the eccentric sleuth and chess enthusiast Adrian Monk, you were probably delighted with the subject of the recent...