Master the French DVDsby GM Susan PolgarReviewed by Michael JeffreysSusanPolgar.com & Chessdvds.com, 20083 DVDs, $22.95 eachLength: Vol. 11: 90 mins. Vol. 12: 100 mins. Vol. 13: 120 mins. Instructional DVDs done the Right Way After watching a Susan Polgar...
Congratulations to Ray Robson!

IM Ray Robson has won the 2009 Samford Fellowship! A very deserving honor to a nice and talented young man! In addition, Ray has also just confirmed his participation in the 2009 SPICE Cup B Group! He will join...
The Race Has Started!

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National Scholastic Events cancelled in Mexico

The Mexican Sports Ministry : CONADE, cancelled all national scholastic championships including the Mexican Scholastic Chess Olympics, which decides the team that will represent Mexico in the Pan American Youth Championship. The cause for the suspension is the SWINE...
Another big day in Nalchik

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Ivanchuk finally scores

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Final stage in Nalchik

Round 11 Alekseev, Evgeny – Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne – Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Svidler, Peter – Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Aronian, Levon ½-½ Gelfand, Boris – Mamedyarov, Shak 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel – Leko, Peter ½-½ Ivanchuk,...
Akobian riding high

Didn’t we tell you? The winner gets to mow the lawn 🙂 Final result summary Day 1 Rapid Chess Akobian, Varuzhan – Shulman, Yuri 1-0 Shulman, Yuri – Akobian, Varuzhan ½-½ Day 2 Rapid Chess Akobian, Varuzhan – Shulman,...
Anand wins match 2-0

Final position Anand, Vishy (2783) – Morovic Fernandez, I (2551) [C41]Rapid Match (2), 26.04.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg2 0–0 9.f4 c5 10.Nde2 d4 11.Nd5 Nc6 12.h3 Nh6 13.0–0...
Imtiaz & Rishidip lead

Top seeds start off well- Rintu, Imtiaz & Rishidip lead tally on Day IOUR CORRESPONDENTSunday league chessCalcutta Telegraph Dibrugarh, April 26: All the top-ranked players made a solid start at the Sunday League Open prizemoney chess tournament which got...