White to move. How should White proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
First chess trivia of 2010
(Original pic done by Mster Eme) Can you name this future grandmaster? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
World Team Championship Pairings
World Team Chess 2010 pairingsfull pairings of the WTCCReport by Chessdom.com Here are the full pairings of the World Team Chess Championship. Full information about the event is available at the World Team Chess 2010 preview. Round 1 1...
10 second chess tactic
White to move and checkmate in 2. Can you find it in 10 seconds or less?2k5/2p5/2P4p/1Q4p1/5p1r/8/1p5P/2b2K2 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The end of a GREAT chess column
International grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek began to write for The Washington Post about chess in 1986 and continued for the next 23 years. I am sad to see the end of a great chess column. GMs Kavalek and Byrne (NY...
Who is Ben Finegold?
Ben Finegold Bio Grandmaster Ben Finegold learned the rules of chess at age 5 and received his first USCF rating at age 6. It wasn’t long, around his mid-teens, until he realized he wanted to play chess professionally. GM...
Krasenkow wins World Chess Open Leon
Final leaders: Rk. 0 Nombre FED Elo Pts. Des 1 Des 2 Des 3 1 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2656 8,0 52,5 57,0 49,25 2 GM Gurevich Mikhail TUR 2597 8,0 52,5 56,5 49,00 3 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL...
World Team Championship
The 2009 World Team Championship will take place 5th-14th January in Bursa, Turkey. The Federations qualified to participate in the Championship are Continental Champions – Russia, Brazil, India (replacing China) and Egypt, top three teams from the 2008 Chess...
Endgame improvement (part 1)
White to move. Is this a win or draw for White? How should White proceed? 8/8/kp6/8/KPP5/8/8/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar