Here are the 6 players who are tied for 1st with a perfect 3-0 score. 1 ABERGEL, Thal………… FRA m 2499 3 2 ADAMS, Michael……….. ENG g 2735 3 3 BITALZADEH, Ali………. NED f 2310 3 4 CONQUEST, Stuart...
Age doesn’t matter for Torre
Torre wins anew, nears crownPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 01:54:00 09/12/2008 Standings after seven rounds (RP, unless stated): 6.5 points—E. Torre; 5.5—Zhang Z. (CHN); 5.0—Li C. (CHN), M. Kazhgaleyev (KAZ), M. Mchedlishvili (GEO), E. Ghaemmaghami (IRN), Zhou W. (CHN), K....
Indian training hard for Dresden Olympiad
Indians training hard for OlympiadArvind Aaron Official Dresden Olympiad Website: http://dresden2008.com/ CHENNAI: The Indian team’s training camp for the Chess Olympiad is on in full swing in Chennai and New Delhi. For the first time, both the men’s and...
Middlegame tactic
Black to move. What is the best continuation for Black?r4rk1/1p4p1/p2ppb1p/1qp5/N2P4/1PQ1P3/P2B2PP/R4R1K b – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk #1, Anand drops to #5
According to the new LIVE rating list which includes the first 8 rounds of Bilbao, Ivanchuk is on the top of the chart. With 2 losses in Bilbao, Anand’s ranking drops all the way to #5. 1 Ivanchuk 2791,32...
Chess Trivia
Chess trivia questions: – When was this picture taken?– What was the occasion?– How many people can you name in this picture? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The next Anand?
Another feather in his capPlaying a strong middle game is Girish Koushik’s strength and he admits that he is still learning, writes Kalyan Ashok. He is just 11 years old and is already making waves in international chess in...
Koneru ties up the match
[White “GM Koneru”][Black “WGM Hou”][Result “1-0”][ECO “A30”][WhiteElo “2622”][BlackElo “2557”] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc2 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 a6...
Cramling – Kosteniuk LIVE
GM Cramling (2544) – GM Kosteniuk (2510) [D37]WWC-Nalchik, 11.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 0–0 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bb8 15.h3 Qe7...
Never forget!
As I said in an earlier post, 9/11 is an emotional day for me personally. Paul and I were supposed to be in the area that same morning for a business meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled earlier (during...