Black to move. How should Black proceed? 2b2rk1/p6p/Pp1p2p1/1P1Nbp1n/2P1PB1q/5Q2/6PP/2R2R1K b – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Finally, a victory for the Experience!
The Experience team finally won a match. GM Ljubojevic scored the only win while all others drew. After 9 matches, the Experience team scored 1 team win and 1 team draw while losing 7. Round 9 results: Korchnoi, Viktor...
WCC Video
Video from the Women’s World Championship in Nalchik. Click here to view the video. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik leads Tal Blitz at half way mark
Kramnik is the clear leader at the half way mark at the Tal Memorial Blitz tournament. Carlsen and Ivanchuk are only 1/2 point out of first. 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 11.0 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775...
Upsets in Nalchik
There are already some upsets in the first game of round 1. Here are some of the surprises so far: Kadimova, Ilaha – Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0Zhukova, Natalia – Rohonyan, Katerina 0-1 Mkrtchian, Lilit – Moser, Eva ½-½Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino –...
A major upset is brewing
A big upset is brewing. Wang Yue has not lost a game in a long time. He has an unbeaten streak of nearly 50 games. But he has his hands full against the ever youthful Korchnoi, one of the...
Tkachiev 1-0 Carlsen in Moscow
Tkachiev – Carlsen [B22]Tal Memorial Blitz, 29.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.0–0 Be6 9.Bxe6 Qxe6 10.a4 Qd7 11.a5 Nd5 12.d4 e6 13.a6 b5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qc6 16.Re1 Rd8...
It is official! It is Sarah Palin!
According to my sources, Senator John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Sarah Heath Palin (Feb 11, 1964) is the current Governor of Alaska. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is...
Update from Nalchik
World Women Chess Championship LIVE!LIVE updates from Nalchikby Chessdom.com Welcome to the live coverage of Women World Chess Championship 2008 on Chessdom.com! Every day we will have constant live updates from the capital of Kabardino Balkaria. These updates will...
Women’s votes for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin?
After seeing the spectacular Democratic convention in Denver in the past few days, I can’t help but think that the Republicans will have to do something surprising and drastic to regain the headlines and momentum. This is like a...