White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White?8/8/pppp4/8/PPPP3k/8/7K/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Critical endgame knowledge
White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White?8/8/pppp4/8/PPPP4/7k/8/7K w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The art of stealing
My friend IM Jeremy Silman just wrote a fantastic article for chess.com. Enjoy! The Art of Stealing A chess professional has to do many forms of chess preparation: If he’s having trouble in endgames and technical positions, he has...
Super Tal Memorial
The Tal Memorial will take place in Moscow from November 5-14, 2009. It will be a category 21 event. Participants: Viswanathan Anand 2788Levon Aronian 2773Magnus Carlsen 2772Vladimir Kramnik 2772Peter Leko 2762Vassily Ivanchuk 2756Boris Gelfand 2756Alexander Morozevich 2750Peter Svidler 2741Ruslan...
Karpov vs Kasparov 2009
We give you our most cordial welcome to the match Karpov VS Karparov. This webside will let you know all the information about this event, which will take place September 21st-25th in the city of Valencia. For any questions,...
About Kasparov
Gary Kasparov BiographyAs presented by the official site Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and the strongest (highest rated on the FIDE April 2004 list at 2817) chess player in the world. Kasparov trained...
About Karpov
Anatoli Karpov BiographyAs presented by the official site Karpov was born in Zlatoust in the former Soviet Union and learned to play chess at the age of 4. At age 12 he was accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik’s super-prestigious chess...
Endgame pattern
White to move. Is this a win or draw for White? How should White proceed? 3B4/5k1n/3K1p2/5Pp1/6P1/8/8/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Krk Women GM Chess Tournament
Women GM Chess TournamentKrk – Mediterranean Golden IslandCroatia 2009/09/11-18 Baškaround-robin, 90 min + 30 sec/movePlace: Hotel CorinthiaTournament direktor: FM Ivan MandekicArbiter: IM Rikard Medancic 1 WIM Maisuradze Nino FRA 2218 4,5 2 WGM Shadrina Tatiana RUS 2384 4,0 3...
80th FIDE Congress
PRESS RELEASE (15/09/2009) Dear Chess friends, Organizing Committee has received till now one hundred registrations for the 80th FIDE CONGRESS. Among them PB members, EB members, Delegates, Commissions’ Chairmen & members and federations’ officers. Because of the multiple obligations...