It’s dinner time. Everyone has finished their games, except the top 2 players. Yang Dai, the top seed, and the defending champion Courtney Jamison are still battling it out. This is a critical game as the winner will be...
Chess960 rules
Chess960 rules in Mainz! The third day of the Chess Classic Mainz 2009 was a day for Chess960 lovers. In the 3. Mini- FiNet Chess960 Open, 32 youngsters played seven rounds in their tournament which was won by Johannes...
Nakamura’s day in Mainz
Yesterday, Aronian scored 3/3 to lead the Chess960 by 2 points. Today, it is Nakamura’s turn. He pulled an Aronian by scoring 3/3 on the second day to tie with Aronian with the score of 4/6. They will meet...
SPNI round 4 video
Click here to see the video clip from round 4 of the 2009 SP National Invitational for Girls. Here is the second video clip. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A big test for the young French talent
Being one of the lowest seeds in a very strong 2009 Biel 6-player double round robin tournament, Vachier-Lagrave finds himself leading the tournament by 1/2 point going into the final round tomorrow. He will have Black against the dangerous...
A chess blog tip by Rob Mitchell
Here is an easy way to get all of Susan’s news directly to your computer. You never have to log in to a website or read through lots of content to find the article that interest you. You simply...
Biel round 9
Round 9 (July 29th) Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 0-1 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 1/2 Boris Gelfand (ISR) Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 1/2 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) Standings after Round 8 Points 1. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2703) 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,...
Checkmate in 5
White to move and checkmate in 5. 2k1q3/p2r1p2/P7/Q6B/8/Kp2r3/8/6R1 w – – 0 1 Duras, 1903 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2009 British Championship
Round 3 top board matchups: Bd White Result Black –No– 1 Howell, David W L……. 2614 (2) ….. Gordon, Stephen……… 2537 (2) 1 4 2 Jones, Gawain C……… 2554 (2) ….. Eggleston, David J…… 2341 (2) 3 21 3...
Armenian Chess Olympiad Stamps
New stamps: Armenia – Double Champion of the World Chess Olympiad 29.07.2009 15:45 On the 29th of July, two new stamps dedicated to the theme “Armenia – Double Champion of the World Chess Olympiad” were cancelled and put into...