White to move. What is the best continuation for White?1r4k1/2q2p2/p1P1p1p1/2R1n2p/p6P/6P1/P4P2/1Q3BK1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Morozevich leads Tal Memorial
Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 3 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 2½3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2½ 4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 25. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 26. Gelfand, Boris...
Decision made
According to USA Today, Senator Barack Obama has picked his running mate. USA TODAY’s Kathy Kiely writes that: In an interview in Chester, Va., the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said he’s made up his mind, but he would not...
French Championship Update
GMs Bacrot and Vachier-Lagrave are tied for first going into the final round. The best part is they will face each other in the last round to decide the title. Special thanks to Philippe, webmaster of Chess & Strategy:...
2008 French Championships
2008 French Championships Standings after 9 (of 11) rounds: 1-2. Bacrot, Vachier-Lagrave 7 3. Fressinet 6 4-5. Maze, Bauer 5 6. A.Sokolov 4½, etc. French women’s championship standings: 1. Leconte 7 2-3. Collas, Millet 6½ 4. Skripchenko 6, etc....
Underground city discovered
Mystery Surrounds Leavenworth, Kansas Underground CityKCTV – Leavenworth, KS For years, residents of Leavenworth, Kansas, have been unknowingly walking around above an underground city, and no one seems to know who created it or why. Windows, doors, and narrow...
Wild stuff between Mamedyarov and Ivanchuk
Mamedyarov, S (2742) – Ivanchuk, V (2781)2008 Tal Memorial, (4), 21.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qb3 Ra7 9.g4 Bg6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Nxd5 Nc6 12.Nf4 e5 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bd2 Be7...
Rising Stars demolish the Experience
Round 2 – Experience vs. Rising Star Wang Yue – Agdestein, Simen 1-0Stellwagen, Daniël – Bareev, Evgeny 1-0Cheparinov, Ivan – Jussupow, Artur 1-0Caruana, Fabiano – Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0L’Ami, Erwin – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ As I stated in an earlier...
Leaders draw in Moscow
Leko, P (2741) – Morozevich, A (2788) [C69]Tal Memorial, (4), 21.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Rxd1 0–0–0...
China leads Gold race, US overall
1 United States 28 33 30 912 China 46 15 22 833 Russia 16 16 19 514 Britain 17 11 11 395 Australia 11 13 14 386 Germany 11 8 12 317 France 4 12 14 308 South Korea...