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Good, bad, or so so?
Did you watch Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech last night at the Democratic Convention? If you did, what do you think? How would you rate her performance? 1. Great2. Good3. So so4. Not good Did Senator Obama make a mistake...
Interview with Dronovalli, world’s girl champion
Interview with World Junior Chess Champion Harika DronavalliTuesday, 26 August , 2008, 21:37Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 August , 2008, 21:46 No one can deny that there is that extra bit of pressure playing as the top seed, but for...
Tal Memorial Blitz Qualifier
The Tal Memorial Qualifying Blitz Tournament is heading into the final round today. After 8 rounds, here are some of the leaders: 1 GM Volokitin, Andrei 6.5 UKR 2671 2 GM Grischuk, Alexander 6.0 RUS 27283 GM Mamedov, Rauf...
Ivanchuk wins Tal Memorial
A quick 12 move draw against Shirov in the final round has assured Ivanchuk of the Tal Memorial title. The battle for 2nd place is still on going. Mamedyarov, S (2742) – Kramnik, V (2788) [E15]2008 Tal Memorial (9),...
Texas Women’s Open Championship
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE), The Knight Raiders & The Susan Polgar Foundation present 2008 TEXAS Women’s Open Chess Championship(It is open to all women, not just Texas) September 27-28, 2008A 5 Round Swiss...
Bu leads Amtwerp, Lahno scoreless
The Antwerp tournament is taking place from August 23 to 31, 2008. Standings after 4 rounds: IGM Bu 2710 3.5 IGM Miroshnichenko 2593 3.0IGM Timman 2562 3.0 IGM Werle 2591 2.5IGM Gyimesi 2586 2.5IGM Schebler 2453 2.5 IGM Vaganian...
21.5 – 8.5 lead for the Young Stars
Standings after 6 rounds: Already Stars Team (21½) Wang Yue 6/6Cheparinov 5Caruana 4Stellwagen 3½L’Ami 3 Experience Team (8½) Agdestein 2½/6Korchnoi 2Ljubojevic and Bareev 1½Jussupow 1 Official website: http://nhchess.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Wang Yue invited to 2009 Corus A
Photo by Fred Lucas Wang Yue remains the proud leader in the race for the ticket to the Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament. The Chinese youngster also won his sixth game. After he had defeated Ljubojevic his mood got...