Key final round results: 1 GM Hebden, Mark L 6.5 ENG 2522 GM Istratescu, Andrei 6.5 ROU 2624 ½-½ 2 GM Gormally, Daniel W 6.0 ENG 2479 GM Drozdovskij, Yuri 6.0 UKR 2625 ½-½ 3 GM Hracek, Zbynek 6.0...
Endgame challenge
White to move. Can White win this? How should White proceed? 2b5/8/1R6/3K1P2/8/8/Bb6/k7 w – – 0 1 Kos, 1972 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
US vs India in round 2 of WTC
Round 1 results: No. SNo. Team Res. Team SNo. 1 1 AZERBAIJAN 2½ – 1½ ARMENIA 10 2 2 TURKIYE 1 – 3 UNITED STATES 9 3 3 INDIA 2½ – 1½ GREECE 8 4 4 RUSSIA 2½ –...
Special Karjakin Interview
Interview with Sergey KarjakinKarjakin about the Russian citizenship, the Candidate matches, and Magnus CarlsenPresented by Chessdom.com Sergey Karjakin is officially listed as a Russian player in the January FIDE rating list. He gives an extensive interview for segodnya.ua, where...
Musings of a GM
Ben’s Blog: Musings of a Grandmaster Welcome to my blog! I moved to Saint Louis last week, and started working at the chess club immediately. It took me quite a while to find a city that had a worse...