Chocolate making! Everyone got to learn how to make them, and sample them as well 🙂 Click here to view the chocolate making video. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
More SPNI Chess Videos
Click here to see the SPICE Chess Park Simul video. Here is the video from round 5. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The upset artist
Mira Ensley-Field (Wisconsin), rated 1282, scored 3 wins (in 4 games) over players rated 1,797, 1659, and 1602! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Pint-sized warrior
Emily Nguyen (Texas), who just turned 7 several weeks ago, rated 862, qualified for the 2009 by winning her section at the 2009 SP World Open for Girls in Las Vegas last month. In this SPNI, she won three consecutive games against opponents rated 1215, 1501, and 1659 in round 2, 3, and 4! Chess […]
Nakamura defeats Aronian in Chess960
Nakamura wins three in a row to become new World Champion By Johannes Fischer When Levon Aronian and Nakamura sat down to play the final of the Chess960 World Rapid Chess Championship it was difficult to name a clear favorite. In the preliminaries Aronian had dominated the first day, Nakamura the second. Both are known […]
SPNI round 5
SPNI round 5. More pictures, results, and updates will be posted soon. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Another special treat for the players
Earlier today, approximately 20 participants of the 2009 SPNI plus their families and coaches received an official tour of the beautiful and BIG Texas Tech campus. It is the second largest campus (in physical size) in the United States. Another campus tour took place 2 days earlier. The players who already took the earlier tour […]
Chess Trivia
Which grandmaster said the following: “Karjakin I can handle, but Carlsen is a challenge.” Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Vachier-Lagrave wins Biel
Final standings: 1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2703 6 2-3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 5½ 2-3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2703 5½ 4. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 5 5-6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 4 5-6. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2670 4 Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dutch chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar