Chess champ ‘just average’December 31, 2009 Edition 1 OSLO: The chess world’s new No 1, 19-year-old Magnus Carlsen, plots 20 moves ahead and can remember matches he played six years ago move for move, but insists he is pretty...
Nyzhnyk wins Groningen, earns GM norm
Final leaders: 1. Nyzhnyk, Illya 7.5 2494 2741 +2.75 2. Werle, Jan 6.5 2565 2670 +1.28 Reinderman, Dimitri 6.5 2575 2662 +1.11 4. Chadaev, Nikolai 6.0 2567 2555 -0.03 Greenfeld, Alon 6.0 2559 2571 +0.23 Nijboer, Friso 6.0 2561...
4 tie for 1st in Pamplona
Final standings: 1-4. Meier, Georg g GER 2653 6 1-4. Granda, Julio g PER 2640 6 1-4. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2637 6 1-4. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2672 6 5. Reinaldo Castineira, Roi m ESP 2488 5 6-7....
Rilton Cup Update
Leaders after 4 rounds: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. 1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2611 3,5 2 IM Richter Michael GER 2412 3,5 3 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2535 3,5 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2530 3,5 5 GM Ivanov...
4 lead Reggio Emilia
Round 3 results: Almasi, Zoltan – Jobava, Baadur 1-0 Kamsky, Gata – Godena, Michele ½-½ Landa, Konstantin – Safarli, Eltaj ½-½ Vocaturo, Daniele – Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Bologan, Viktor – Brunello, Sabino 1-0 Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Almasi,...
Practical chess tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Mozart of Chess
A Bold Opening for Chess Player Magnus CarlsenBy Eben Harrell / London Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 Vladimir Kramnik, former world chess champion and current No. 4, is playing in the first round of the London Chess Classic, the most...
It’s official!
Top players (January 2010) Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2810 16 1990 2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 4 1975 3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 9 1969 4 Kramnik, Vladimir g...
Fighting till the bitter end
Even though the Texas Tech University Knight Raiders A team only needed a tie in the final round to make the Final Four, our players fought hard all the way until the end. The game between Elliot Liu (Stanford)...
UMBC, TTU, UTB, UTD in Final Four
UTB-TSC to return to Final Four of ChessDecember 30, 2009 9:31 PM2009 PAN-AM INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD WINNERS Teams going to The President’s Cup, also known as the Final Four of Chess, in April at UTB/TSC: The University...