White to move in both Position on the left: Is it a win ora draw? Position on the right: Is it a win or a draw? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Classic tactic
What is the best continuation for White? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen leads Dortmund
Round 2 results: Leko, Peter 1/2 Carlsen, Magnus Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 Bacrot, Etienne Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 1½ 2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 1 3. Kramnik, Vladimir...
A wild game
GM Jakovenko (2753) – GM Naiditsch (2700) [B90]Dortmund 2009 (2), 03.07.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.0–0–0 Be7 12.Nd4 0–0 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 b5...
Georgiev top seed at Villa de Benasque
GM Kiril Georgiev top seed at Villa de BenasqueBurmakin, Laznicka, Mamedov, and Kotronias are the 2600+ playersReport by Chessdom.com GM Kiril Gerogiev, who is an official holder of Guiness chess record, will be the top seeded player at Torneo...
Obama and Kasparov
Obama Will Meet With Russian OppositionJuly 3rd, 2009 President Barack Obama has invited several prominent members of the Russian opposition, including United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov, for a meeting in Moscow. Boris Nemtsov, a chair of the Solidarity...
Kramnik 1/2 Bacrot
GM Kramnik (2759) – GM Bacrot (2728) [E15]Dortmund, 03.07.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rab1 h6 13.a3 a5 14.Qb5 Qxb5 15.cxb5 d5...
Leko 1/2 Carlsen
GM Leko (2751) – GM Carlsen (2770) [A32]Dortmund 2009 (2), 03.07.2009 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bf4 0–0 9.0–0 Qb6 10.Nb5 a6 11.Bc7 Qc5 12.Bd6 Bxd6 13.Nxd6 Nd4 14.e3 Qxd6...
Record shattered at 2009 SPNI – 60 confirmed
Rules and regulations can be found here. Additional important information can be found here. Here is just the third preliminary list of the confirmed qualifiers. If you qualified but did not confirm or if you confirmed but your name...
Off to a good start in Dortmund
Standings after 1 round: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 1 2. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2721 ½ 3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 ½ 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 ½ 5. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2697 ½...