White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The top 25
Here are the top 20 countries with bloggers following the LIVE commentary right here: 1. United States2. United Kingdom3. Netherlands4. Canada5. France6. Hungary7. India8. Bulgaria9. Germany10. Norway11. Sweden12. Denmark13. Russia14. Poland15. Brazil16. Chile17. Greece18. Singapore19. Italy20. Armenia21. Iceland22. Spain23....
Slightly better for the first time in the match
Anand one point awayAssociated PressPosted: Oct 25, 2008 at 0016 hrs IST Bonn, October 24 : World chess champion Viswanathan Anand inched closer to retaining his title with a draw Friday against Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik in the eighth...
Greetings from Fresno!
Greetings from Fresno, California, home of the fastest growing chess club in America! When I arrived at the Fresno airport yesterday, I was quite amazed and totally impressed by the warm reception from members of the Fresno Chess Club....
Sebag scores 1st win, Sokolov dominates
Essent round 5 results:Smeets, Jan (1½) – Sokolov, Ivan (3½) 0-1Adly, Ahmed (2) – Sebag, Marie (1) 0-1 Standings with 1 round to go: 1. Sokolov 4.5 points / 5 games2-3. Adly, Sebag 2 / 54. Smeets 1.5 /...
African Junior Championships
2008 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 28th December 2008 to 6th January 2009INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS INVITATION Under the auspices of the African Chess Union, Chess South Africa has the honour of inviting African Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in...
Kramnik – Anand game 8 LIVE
[Event “World Championship”][Site “Bonn, Germany”][Date “2008.10.24”][Round “8”][White “Kramnik, V.”][Black “Anand, V.”][Result “1/2-1/2”][ECO “D39”][WhiteElo “2772”][BlackElo “2783”] 1.d4 Kramnik chose to open with d4 again. 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 Surprise! Anand chose to take. This is not solid...
Spectator Vantage Point
Spectator Vantage Point: Anand-Kramnik Round 7www.fide.com by Lakhdar Mazouz, FIDE Press Officer, photo by Torsten Behl, Official Photographer Tragedy, hopeless situation, a death condemnation, a disaster to Kramnik, these were some of the words used by the Press after...
Game 8 prediction
I will do game 8 LIVE commentary at 3 pm (Bonn time), 9 am (NY time), 8 am Texas time. Anand is leading 5 – 2 after 7 games. Kramnik will have White in game 8. What is your...
Friday morning chess tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: Chesstoday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar