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Hmm…What is the odd?
911 Dispatcher Gives Birth at 9:11 p.m. on 9/11by Tom HendersonSep 14th 2009 1:30PM TaMara Sheppard of Tacoma, Wash., gave birth to her daughter at 9:11 p.m. on — wait for it, wait for it — 9/11. Freaky? Oh, it gets better. Sheppard is a 911 dispatcher. The Tacoma News Tribune reports that Sheppard, a […]
Wesley So Chess Tactic
White to move. What is the most accurate continuation for White?rnbqk1r1/pp3pp1/2pp4/2b1pP1p/2B1P3/2NP2QN/PPP3PP/R3KR2 w Qq – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Category 16 Marx Gyorgy Memorial 2009
Marx Gyorgy Memorial 2009with Ganguly, Meyer, Safarli, Almasi, Acs, and BerkesReport by Chessdom.com The 2009 edition of the Marx Gyorgy Memorial will take place 24th September- 5th October. It will be a double round robin chess competition, featuring 6 GMs. The time control is 100 minutes/40 moves + 50minutes/20 moves + 30 seconds/move from the […]
The Chess Drum
In case if you have not seen it before, www.TheChessDrum.net is a fantastic chess website that is maintained by Dr. Daaim Shabazz. It offers excellent chess contents, including many events and tournaments which are often ignored by the popular chess media. Dr. Shabazz is also a fantastic chess journalist. Check out his site! Chess Daily […]
Chess museum to St. Louis??
I met Mr. Sinquefield at his club in St. Louis. He is truly a chess lover. Friday, September 11, 2009 Modified: Monday, September 14, 2009, 7:00am CDTMaryland Medical Group sells building to SinquefieldSt. Louis Business Journal – by Lisa R. Brown and Angela Mueller Maryland Medical Group has sold its former Central West End home […]
A look at Karpov
Chess notesSeptember 14, 2009 It was a bit of a shock to find Anatoly Karpov at the bottom of the field in the San Sebastian tournament held this July in Spain. In fact, he managed only 1.5 points in this 10-round tournament. It is not clear whether age, illness, or just lack of preparation caused […]
The Ravana Challenge begins in Grand Style
The Ravana Challenge begins in Grand StyleMonday, 14 September 2009 06:08Source: FIDE.com The Ravana International, the first grand Master Chess tournament of Sri Lanka started in a grand level at the Ceylon Continental Hotel today. 12 Grand masters, 1 women Grand master, 4 International Masters are participating among the 23 title players. All together there […]
BACROT and POGONINA at mundialchess
ETIENNE BACROT and NATALIA POGONINA at mundialchess.http://www.mundialchess.com/noticias/gb/noticias/11/etienne-bacrot-and-natalia-pogonina-at-mundialchess. The French number 1 and one of the best female chess player players of the world are now part of the team of Mundialchess. Together with the GM Sergey Tiviakov they will be part of the discipline committee which will be responsible for the most important resolutions of […]
Overnight chess teaser
White to move. How should White proceed? No computer line please 🙂 1r2kb1r/pb1n1p2/1pn1N2p/4P1p1/q1p1N2B/7P/P1PQ2P1/1R3RK1 w k – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar