Round 6 pairings: September 24 2pm Round 6 Kuljasevic 1/2 Perelshteyn Ippolito – Rensch Bhat 1/2 Diamant Finegold 1-0 Antal Robson 1–0 Papp Standings after 5 rounds: A group 1-3. GMs Hammer, Kuzubov, Andreikin 3.04. GM Mamedov 2.55. GM...
A special chess tribute
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net A note by GM Mikhail Golubev: Shukhrat Safin 1970-2009 The Website of the Uzbek Chess Federation http://uzchess.uz has published news that makes me very sad. Grandmaster Shukhrat Safin passed away...
Wang Yue and Hou Yifan King and Queen
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds (Queen) Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. 1 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2585 5,5 2 Ju Wenjun CHN 2443 5,0 3 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2542 4,0 4 Tan Zhongyi CHN 2435 3,5 5 WGM...
Clear lead for Sutovsky at Inventi
Round 6 results: Sasikiran, Krishnan – Sargissian, Gabriel 1-0 Michiels, Bart – Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 Muzychuk, Anna – Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 Timman, Jan – Socko, Bartosz 1-0 Stefanova, Antoaneta – Howell, David 1-0 Standings after 6 rounds: 1. Sutovsky,...
Stage one dominance by Kasparov
Blitz game 1 and all useful resources are available at Chessdom.com: http://games.chessdom.com/kasparov-karpov-2009-blitz-g1 Kasparov keeps his lead in Karpov duel24 September, 2009, 11:44 Garry Kasparov has maintained his 2-point lead after the second day of his match against Anatoly Karpov....
The Hoover Chess Initiative
Every School Every Thursday — West Des Moines, Clive, WaukeeSeptember 24, 2009 Hillside Dhrooti Vyas, a senior at Valley High School, will be teaching a free chess class titled “The Hoover Chess Initiative.” This class is for fourth-, fifth-...
Double forfeit
Translated from Chinese lanaguage which was published in Sina Sports http://sports.sina.com.cn at 21:21 hr on 21 September 2009. In the 6th round of the Zhejiang Lishui Xingqiu Cup International Open Chess Tournament held in Lishui, Zhejiang Province, an extraordinary...
Middlegame chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE Cup round 6 pairings
Group B September 24 2pm Round 6 Kuljasevic – Perelshteyn Ippolito – Rensch Bhat – Diamant Finegold – Antal Robson – Papp September 25 2pm Round 7 Papp – Kuljasevic Antal – Robson Diamant – Finegold Rensch – Bhat...
International Cultural Center
Here is the link to 64 pictures from the players’ reception at the International Cultural Center, sponsored by the Center for Global Understanding. http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/InternationalCulturalCenterReception Round 5 photos (42 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICERound5 Round 5 photos (30 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound5Set2 Round 4 pictures...