Chess lacks real queensAdina BianchiIssue date: 3/25/10 Section: Features The game of chess requires a vast array of strategic and tactical skills. Foresight, logic and spatial reasoning are common faculties among competitive chess players. Interestingly enough, these gifted grandmasters...
Special endgame
White to move and win. How should White proceed? 8/8/8/k6p/3K3R/8/pP6/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Amber standings with 1 to go
Score after Round 10 Blindfold 1. Grischuk 7 2. Carlsen 6½3. Ivanchuk 6 4. Gelfand 5½ Karjakin 5½ Kramnik 5½7. Gashimov 5 Svidler 5 9. Aronian 4 Ponomariov 4 11. Smeets 3½12. Dominguez 2½ Rapid 1. Carlsen 7 Ivanchuk...
12th Rector Cup women’s tournament
12th Rector Cup http://www.chesslaw.org.ua/Eng 8 players top women chess event Report by Chessdom.com The traditional chess tournament Cup of the Rector will be held on the stage of the Palace of Students of the National Law Academy of Ukraine,...
Carlsen back on top
Carlsen back on top with one round to go In Round 10 of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Magnus Carlsen reclaimed first place in the overall standings with a 2-0 win over Ruslan Ponomariov. With one round and...
Moloka’i ‘Opio Ranked Fourth in State
Wednesday, March 24, 2010By Molokai Dispatch staffMoloka’i ‘Opio Ranked Fourth in State Scholastic Chess TournamentCommunity ContributedBy Ted Takamiya Unbeknownst to Moloka’i, a series of epic battles took place on Saturday, March 13th on the island of O’ahu. It was...
Happy Birthday to Yasser Seirwan
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan was born on March 24, 1960 in Damascus, Syria. He won the World Junior Championship in 1979. He also won 4 U.S. Championships. His current rating is still over 2650, 4th highest after Nakamura, Kamsky, and...