CHESS CLASSIC / DAY 5 / SUMMARY GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship Bad Start by the World Champion By Johannes Fischer Probably World Champion Vishy Anand has never had a worse start at the Chess Classic. On the first day...
2009 SPNI top finishers
Top 10 finishers: 1. Yang Dai 6.02-3. Rachel Gologorsky, Epiphany Peters 5.04-7. Linda Diaz, Courtney Jamison, Samyukta Bhat, Joanne Koong 4.58-19. Alexandra Botez, Dana Hannibal, Victoria Bian, Julia Jones, Michelle Chen, Margaret Hua, Indira Puri, Rebecca Lelko, Apurva Virkud,...
Ursula Foster award co-winners
Rachel Gologorsky (2nd on tie-breaks) and Epiphany Peters (3rd on tie-breaks), co-winners of the $500 Ursula Foster award to the top player(s) under the age of 14! They will share the $500 prize! Congratulations to Rachel and Epiphany and...
2008 & 2009 SPNI Champions
Courtney Jamison, 2008 SPNI Champion, presents the cup to Yang Dai, 2009 SPNI Champion. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Texas vs. Oklahoma
The last game of round 6 is between Michelle Farell of Oklahoma and Angel Bohanon of Texas. The players were down to just a few minutes. Michelle was up by a pawn but Angel had counter play. At the...
Yang Dai wins 2009 SPNI with 6-0 score!
Needing only a draw to clinch clear first, top seed Yang Dai (Virginia) still pushed hard for the win! Samyukta Bhat fought valiantly. The position was very close. But at the end, Yang emerged as the winner! Congratulations to...
Support needed for Anand
Indians yet to awaken to Anand’s World chess finalHari Hara Nandanan, TNN31 July 2009, 03:27am IST CHENNAI: It’s nearly nine months to go for the World Chess Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and the Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, and it...
TGIF chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2009 SPNI Blitz and Puzzle Solving Champion
L: Epiphany Peters of Michigan – She qualified for the 2009 SPNI as a member of the 2008-2009 SP All-Star chess team. R: Round 6 top boards – Dai (VA) vs. Bhat (N. CA) and Koong (S. CA) vs....
SPNI round 6 video
Emily and Mira were in the running for the biggest upset prize. Emily just edged out Mira to win the $100 prize, sponsored by Mr. Dewain Barber and American Chess Equipment. Congratulations to Emily! Job well done by both...