Rank Name Rating Change # games 01 Topalov 2812,0 0 0 02 Anand 2788,3 +5,3 2 03 Carlsen 2764,6 -5,4 2 04 Kramnik 2759,0 0 0 05 Jakovenko 2757,2 +4,2 7 06 Radjabov 2756,0 0 0 07 Aronian 2754,0...
Barcza Memorial cancelled after 1st round
Barcza Memorial cancelled after first round; organizer never paid anything9 April 2009, 18.17 CET By Peter Doggers This week the very strong 2nd edition of the Gedeon Barcza Memorial, with GMs Zoltan Almasi (2685), Ivan Sokolov (2669) and GM...
Caruana on fire at Russian Club Cup
Final position GM Caruana (2649) – GM Ni Hua (2724) [D17]Russian Club Cup Internet Chess Club (5), 09.04.2009 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2...
A new feature on this blog: Positional understanding
r4r1k/1pqb2pp/p1nb4/5p2/2Bp1P2/3P1QN1/PP1BR1PP/4R1K1 w – – 0 0 Since I started this blog back in May 2005, I have posted a few thousand chess puzzles involving various chess tactics and pattern recognition. As I have just started Polgar Chess University, I...
Thursday morning chess tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Arnold Eikrems Memorial Tournament
Arnold Eikrems Memorialround robin tournament on 4-12th April in Oslo, NorwayReport by Chessdom Arnold J. Eikrems Memorial is taking place on 4-12th April in Oslo, Norway. Ten participants will compete over the nine rounds of round robin tournament and...
The right moves
Grand Master Liem makes it to World top 20(09-04-2009)Viet Nam News HA NOI — International Grand Master Le Quang Liem has claimed a place in the world top 20 (I am assuming it is the top 20 junior list),...
Icelandic Art of Chess
24.01.2009 11:00Chess Art at Reykjavík Art MuseumIceland Review Close to 20 original and unusual chessboards by a number of well-known contemporary artists will be on display in the exhibition “The Art of Chess” which opens at Reykjavík Art Museum...
A big hit with HS students
Chess and Scrabble games huge draw for high schoolersBy Pat Sherman2:00 a.m. April 9, 2009San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego, CA, USA SAN MARCOS — Though video games may rule in a teenager’s home, in the San Marcos...
SP World Open for Boys and Girls
June 4 to 7, 2009 South Point · Hotel · Casino · Spa LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL Susan Polgar World Open for Girls and Boys Championship · June 6-7, 2009 Enter Now! Championship Side Events Chess Camp Breakfast...