As part of the weekly training, members of the Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team are working to improve specific areas in their chess game. There are multiple weekly training sessions for various groups as well as practice time. Every member of the team will leave Texas Tech a better player than when they arrive, […]
Kraai tactic
White to move and there are hanging pieces. How should GM Kraai proceed in this position? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
IM Dean Ippolito confirms SPICE Cup participation
IM Oliver Barbosa unfortunately has an emergency and will not be able to participate in the SPICE Cup. We are very pleased to have IM Dean Ippolito, an awesome coach and wonderful player, joining the SPICE Cup B group. September 19-29 at Texas Tech University The full schedule is here. This roster includes all updated […]
SPICE Cup B round by round pairings
SPICE Cup Invitational 2009 “B” PAIRINGS September 19 2pm Round 1 Bhat – Kuljasevic Finegold – Ippolito Robson – Perelshteyn Papp – Rensch Antal – Diamant September 20 2pm Round 2 Kuljasevic – Diamant Rensch – Antal Perelshteyn – Papp Ippolito – Robson Bhat – Finegold September 21 2pm Round 3 Finegold – Kuljasevic Robson […]
SPICE Cup round by round pairings
SPICE Cup Invitational 2009 “A” PAIRINGS Saturday, September 19 2pm- Round 1 Akobian – Mamedov Andreikin – Hammer So – Kuzubov Sunday, September 20 2pm – Round 2 Mamedov – Kuzubov Hammer – So Akobian – Andreikin Monday, September 21 2pm – Round 3 Andreikin – Mamedov So – Akobian Kuzubov – Hammer Tuesday, September […]
3 straight for Aronian
Top seed GM Levon Aronian bounced back from his first round defeat with 3 straight wins. He is now in clear first at the Bilbao Grand Slam Final with 2 rounds to go. Here are the results of round 4: Aronian, Levon – Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Shirov, Alexei – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Standings after 4 […]
DGT North America Sponsorship
Special thanks to DGT North America for generously sponsoring all 8 DGT boards, sets, and clocks for both SPICE Cup A and B group. DGT North America also sponsors special clocks for the SPICE Cup Open and SPICE Cup Scholastic Open. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Thursday chess tactic
White to move. What is the most accurate continuation for White?1r1r3k/3n3P/3pbb1P/p3p3/N1q1Pp1p/PpN2P2/1KP3Q1/6RR w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
‘The Seventh Seal’ chess set up for auction
Swedish auction house to sell Ingmar Bergman’s possessionsPublished: 10 Sep 09 12:50 CET Later this month, Bukowski’s in Stockholm is set to auction the possessions of beloved Swedish film director, Ingmar Bergman, who died in 2007 at the age of 89. …Amongst the eclectic and highly coveted collection of objects set to fall under the […]
China defeats Poland, take over lead
By defeating the leader Poland, China one has virtually assured the title since they will face Vietnam in the final round, a team which has not won a single match. However, the battle for Silver and Bronze is still up in the air as 4 teams are tied for 2nd. Technically speaking, 6 teams can […]