Right moves: So is chess gold nugget in ’0912/29/2009 01:40 PM Being described as a “gold nugget” by the chess-crazy Russians during the 2009 World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiyk, Russia is proof enough of a sterling year for the...
Tough competition at South Padre Island
El Centro chess club prepares for tough competition at South Padre tournament12:00 AM CST on Monday, December 28, 2009By JON NIELSEN / The Dallas Morning News jnielsen@dallasnews.com Felipe Jesse Cruz doesn’t lose many matches. So when a 19-year-old opponent...
Pan Am Collegiate Championship
Final round matchups: Bd Team Res White Team Res Black 1 UMBC-A UMBC-A (5.0) UTB-B UTB-B (4.0) 2 UTB-A UTB-A (3.5) UTD-A UTD-A (4.0) 3 STANFO Stanford University (3.5) TXTECA Texas Tech University – Team A (3.5) 4 UTD-B...
Photos from PanAm
Here is the link to 64 pictures from round 4 and 5. Click here for 64 pictures from day 2 (round 2 and 3) of the 2009 PanAm. Here is the link to 64 pictures from round 1 of...
Slow start for Bologan at Reggio Emilia
Round 2 results: Safarli, Eltaj – Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano – Almasi, Zoltan ½-½ Godena, Michele – Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0 Jobava, Baadur – Bologan, Viktor 1-0 Brunello, Sabino – Landa, Konstantin ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Safarli,...
Rilton Cup Update
Leaders after 3: 1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2611 3,0 6,0 0,0 2 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2548 2,5 5,5 0,0 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2530 2,5 5,5 0,0 GM Åkesson Ralf SWE 2454 Västerås SK 2,5 5,5 0,0...
Grischuk edged Svidler to win Russian Championship
Final round results: Vitiugov, Nikita – Khismatullin, Denis 1-0 Alekseev, Evgeny – Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Sjugirov, Sanan 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Svidler, Peter 0-1 Timofeev, Artyom – Riazantsev, Alexander 0-1 Women’s results: Gunina, Valentina – Galliamova,...
Interview with the brain of Rybka
Mirror 1: http://www.rybkachess.com/free/A%20Conversation%20With%20Vasik%20Rajlich.wmvMirror 2: http://chessok.com/download/A%20Conversation%20With%20Vasik%20Rajlich.wmvMirror 3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LHRJ4BS9 (revised link)151 MB, 64 minutes Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Giri chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
4 tie for lead in Pamplona
Rank SNo. Nombre Elo FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Sonen Res. 1 1 GM MEIER, Georg 2653 GER * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 20,00 0 2 7...