This one came from today’s issue of Chess Today Daily Chess Newspaper. It’s White to move. Can you find the complete solution in less than 30 seconds?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Grischuk maintains lead in Nalchik
Round 5 (4-19-09) Grischuk, Alexander – Leko, Peter ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny – Aronian, Levon ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne – Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ Svidler, Peter – Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Akopian, Vladimir – Kamsky, Gata 1-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2748 […]
Salome Thomas-El will speak at Cheyney University
CU Arts & Lecture Series Presents Salome Thomas-El Salome Thomas-El, Philadelphia Educator, will speak at Cheyney University as part of the Universities Art and Lecture Series this month. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 19, 2009 – Born and raised in the inner city of Philadelphia, Salome Thomas-El has been a teacher in […]
A grinding battle in Nalchik
Position after 93.Be7 I am not 100% certain that I have the correct scores. However, from the moves which I just received, Gata just missed a forced draw with 93…Rxe7. His move 93…Rb8+ leads to a mate in 11 according to the endgame tablebase. GM Akopian (2696) – GM Kamsky (2720) [C07]Nalchik Grand Prix (5), […]
Youth rules
Rookie Anton keeps older ego in checkEllie HarveyApril 20, 2009 “I LOST to an eight-year-old boy!” exclaimed Richard Voon, aged 69, after his final game at the Sydney International Open chess championships yesterday. “It’s all right,” he went on, “he’s a nice kid”. Mr Voon, who played his first championship in 1974, came from Melbourne […]
Thank you!
I would like to thank all of you for your nice birthday wishes. Between my blog, email and facebook, I received over 4,000 birthday messages. Therefore, it’s impossible for me to thank each of you personally but I want you to know that I do read all your messages. Once again, thank you for all […]
Position is Everything
Position is Everythingwww.chesscafe.comKarsten Müller In pure opposite-colored bishop endgames the defender usually wants to construct a fortress on the squares that his bishop controls (see Endgame Corner 2). So material is often less important than positional factors. The following endgame, from Lars Bo Hansen’s excellent book How Chess Games are Won and Lost (GAMBIT 2008), […]
World class chess tactic
Position after 21.Bf1 How should Black proceed? This was an actual game between Ivanchuk and Kasimdzhanov today in Nalchik. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nalchik review
FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik – Round 3 & 4 ReviewSaturday, 18 April 2009 23:14 by GM Sergey Shipov Kamsky-Svidler What looked like a coincidence now seems to be a consistent pattern in Kamsky’s play! Once again Gata produced a painfully long and tense game. By the end, his opponent was dying of exhaustion, while […]
Spassky’s interview
Boris Spassky is invited to Nalchik to comment the games of the FIDE Grand Prix tournament. Before the next round starts 10th world champion was answered the questions of the journalists. Nalchik GP – Interview with Boris Spassky Saturday, 18 April 2009 21:55 – What was the most memorable in the first days of the […]