Grandmaster makes a move on the KremlinSeptember 30, 2008 Garry Kasparov’s greatest opponent is Russian political apathy, says viv groskop When 5,000 Russians gathered in St Petersburg at the weekend to protest against Putin’s presidency, one of the leaders...
A Gorbachev return?
Mikhail Gorbachev returns to politicsSeptember 30, 2008 In a move that will delight many old Cold War warriors, but more importantly critics of Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev (pictured) is to return to Russian politics. The author of Glasnost and...
Polgar sisters reunite for a special occasion
2nd Aquaprofit-Polgár Chess Day – within the frameworks of the renaissance yearThe Polgár sisters are playing on 100 boards again Press Release http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/7-commissions/3330-press-release-2nd-aquaprofit-polgar-chess-day Budapest, 29th September. 2008 By favour of the Aquaprofit Co. there will be a chess festival...
32 players over 2700!
Top overall (October 2008): Rank Name Country Rating 1 Topalov, Veselin BUL 27912 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 27873 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 27864 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 27865 Anand, Viswanathan IND 27836 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 27727 Aronian, Levon ARM 27578 Radjabov, Teimour...
No bailout!
House Fails to Pass Huge Bailout DealBy JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS ,APposted: 19 MINUTES AGO WASHINGTON (Sept. 29) – The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders...
The winners
SPICE Cup co-winner GM Kritz and TX Women’s Open winner WGM Foisor Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess is a game for children
Dan Conradt — Chess is a game for children9/29/2008 9:50:44 AM I’m never going to be a threat to Bobby Fischer, but at least I’ve stopped calling them “the horse” and “the castle.” I’ve always wanted to learn how...
The last round surge
Harikrishna wins last round, wins Spice Cup title Sep 29th, 2008 By Sindh Today Category: India Lubbock (Texas), Sep 29 (IANS) India’s Pentala Harikrishna won the Spice Cup chess with an exciting last-round win that not only got him...
Real game chess tactic
Black to move. What is the best continuation for Black? This is a game between 2 GMs and I purposely leave out their names 🙂 Presented by Andreas Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar