Summary Chess Classic 2009 / Day 6 Anand fails to qualify after dramatic second day By Johannes Fischer Will World Champion Vishy Anand strike back? Will he be able to qualify for the final? On the first day of...
Saturday chess tactic
Stamma, 1792 White to move. How can White defend the checkmate threat? k1r5/p6r/1b6/1N3n2/5Qp1/3BPpBq/5P2/R5K1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yang Dai, 2009 SPNI Champ
Dai,Yang (2057) – Bhat,Samyukta (1740) [B01]2009 Susan Polgar National Invitational Lubbock, TX (6.1), 31.07.2009 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.f3 Bc8 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 Nb6 8.Bb3 Nbxd5 9.d4 e6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Ne4 0–0 12.c3 b6 13.Bc2...
Saturday Open Forum
The 6th annual SP National Invitational for Girls just concluded yesterday. It is the most successful SPNI to date. 60 young ladies from 44 states competed for the most prestigious all-girls national championship in the U.S. After 6 competitive...
Hou Yifan 0-1 Nielsen in Amsterdam
Hou Yifan (2584) – Nielsen (2680) [C54]Rising Stars vs Experience (10), 31.08.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.h3 Ba7 8.0–0 h6 9.Re1 g5 10.Nh2 Rg8 11.Be3 g4 12.Bxa7 gxh3 13.g3 Nxa7 14.Nd2...
Rook and pawn endgame
White to move. Is this a win or draw? No computer analysis please. 8/8/7P/5rk1/1R6/6K1/8/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Trivia
Without looking up the FIDE rating list, can you name the current oldest player in the top 100 in the world? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Going once, going twice, going three times, Grischuk!
Going once, going twice, going three times, Grischuk! Eric van Reem The man with the cap was the sole leader after 10 nerve-breaking rounds in the 8. FiNet Chess960 Open, but in the final round, Gata Kamsky lost his...
Karjakin becomes Russian Citizen
Special report by Chessdom.com Karjakin takes Russian citizenshipThe document is signed by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev The year 2009 chess news are dominated by the chess prodigy Sergey Karjakin. He won convincingly the Corus 2009 Grand Slam event...
Arctic Chess Challenge
31.07.2009 ACC in the News Tomorrow at 14.30 Mr Eduardo da Silva, acting mayor of Tromsø, will open the Arctic Chess Challenge. Half an hour later the first round, which you can follow live here, will start. We look...