Vasily ‘Mr Amber’ Ivanchuk once again back in the sole lead In Round 7 of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Vasily Ivanchuk once again moved into the sole lead. The Ukrainian grandmaster had luck on his side in...
More fun videos from SPICE Spring Invitational
Here is the link to more than 460 pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect Here is the link to many videos during the SPICE Spring Invitational: http://www.youtube.com/user/chessmarketing#p/u Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Saturday 20 March Round VII 14.30 Blind Kramnik-Aronian 1-0 Gelfand-Smeets ½-½ Gashimov-Carlsen 1-0 16.00 Blind Grischuk-Ivanchuk ½-½ Dominguez-Svidler ½-½ Ponomariov-Karjakin 0-1 17.45 Rapid Aronian-Kramnik 1-0 Smeets-Gelfand 0-1 Carlsen-Gashimov ½-½ 19.15 Rapid Ivanchuk-Grischuk 1-0 Svidler-Dominguez 1-0 Karjakin-Ponomariov 1-0 Carlsen unexpected...
Saturday chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Saturday Open Forum
Another fantastic SPICE invitational event just concluded. GM Becerra won by a full point with IM Gergely Antal and GM Ben Finegold tied for 2nd. 13-year old Darwin Yang scored his first IM norm. Here is the link to...
Big success for Rijeka, Croatia
19. 3. 2010Rijeka’s Championship in quotes and numbers Yesterday, March 18th the 11th European Individual Men and Women’s Chess Championship ended in Rijeka. As you already know, the gold was won by the 20-year old Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi...
US Women’s and Junior Closed
Criteria for 2010 Women’s and Junior Closed Championships setFri., 3/19/2010 – 4:50 pm The rating supplements and criteria used to determine the players who will be selected by rating for the 2010 U.S. Women’s Championship and 2010 U.S. Junior...
Carlsen regains lead
Score after Round 6 Blindfold 1. Carlsen 5 2. Grischuk 4½3. Ivanchuk 4 4. Gelfand 3½ Karjakin 3½6. Ponomariov 3 7. Aronian 2½ Gashimov 2½ Kramnik 2½ Svidler 2½11. Smeets 2 12. Dominguez ½ Rapid 1. Ivanchuk 4½ Kramnik...
Game whips mind into top shape
On ChessGame whips mind into top shapeSaturday, March 20, 2010 2:52 AM In the age of video games, the ancient game of chess curiously maintains a special cachet. In particular, there is an increasing recognition of its effectiveness as...