Arnold J. Eikrem Memorial TournamentApril 4th – 12th Oslo, Norway Standings after round 8 1-2 5.5 GM Bartlomiej Macieja POL 2601GM Aloyzas Kveinys LTU 2534 3-5 5.0 GM Emanuel Berg SWE 2610GM Leif E. Johannessen NOR 2540GM Jon Ludvig...
Tricky endgame
Black to move. Which side is better? How should Black proceed? No computer analysis please.8/1b6/8/PP6/3Kp3/4Nkp1/8/8 b – – 0 55 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov: Anand is the favorite
Vishya is favourite, but I hope to capture his world champion title: TopalovWritten by content team 10 April 2009 NTV’s chess editor Marina Makarycheva performed an extensive interview with world’s highest rated player and world championship challenger Veselin Topalov....
Saturday Open Forum
Caruana once again is making a leap toward the 2700 mark. He just scored 6/7 at the Russian Club Cup with a performance of nearly 2900! As I have reported a few days ago (thanks to information from Chessvibes...
European Senior Team Championship
Velden looks back on a long chess tradition. The highlights were the candidate matches Kortschnoi versus Petrosian and Hübner versus Smyslow. This is the reason why chessplayers from all over the world have been welcomed guests in Velden for...
15 seconds chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Boy nears record
Scottsdale boy nears state record in chessby Kendall Wright – Apr. 11, 2009 07:00 AMThe Arizona Republic Unlike other 12-year-old boys, David Adelberg of Scottsdale doesn’t spend hours playing the latest video game or riding his skateboard. His obsession...
Tomsk400 wins Russian Club Cup
Russian Team CupReport by ChessToday.net The tournament in the Premier League was won by the Tomsk-400 team. (GMs Jakovenko, Timofeev, Inarkiev, Tiviakov, Tkachiev, Amonatov and the reserve player Khismatullin). Everything was decided in the final round 7: Tomsk400 –...
Anand and other GMs stand by Gopal
Anand, Barua, Thipsay stand by GopalSpecial Correspondent NEW DELHI: Facing censure from the All India Chess Federation, young Grandmaster G.N. Gopal has received strong support from none other than World champion Viswanathan Anand. Describing the proposed decision of the...
Somali Chess
Somalia-chess-electionAfrican Press Agency Somali chess federation holds congress, re-elects pressident APA-Mogadishu (Somalia) The 6th congress of the Somali Chess Federation has been concluded at The Nasa-Hablod Palace hotel in Mogadishu late on Friday with Dr. Ahmed Abdi Hassan Wataac...