Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Jermuk Women’s GP round 9 LIVE
Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb.com You can view multiple LIVE games at once. There is a tab at the top which says Jermuk. There is also a list of all games. Click on any game you would like to see with full computer analysis. Then if you want to see another game, simply click […]
Special chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dutch power
Chess NotesBy Harold Dondis and Patrick WolffJuly 3, 2010 Loek van Wely is probably the Netherlands strongest player. Another is Anish Giri, only 16 years old and this year’s winner of the Corus B tournament who is looming as a strong world performer. Van Wely often plays in the United States and this year he […]
Chess at St. Thomas University
The best in chess play in N.B.Published Saturday July 3rd, 2010 FREDERICTON – The Queen may be leaving Canada soon, but there will be plenty of royalty at St. Thomas University this weekend – queens, bishops, knights, and kings too. STU is playing host to the New Brunswick Open Chess Championship 2010, which got underway […]
“This Time Is Different”
They Did Their Homework (800 Years of It) Many economists build careers on only a few decades’ worth of data. Not Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart. For “This Time Is Different,” they studied eight centuries of financial crises. By CATHERINE RAMPELLPublished: July 2, 2010 THE advertisement warns of speculative financial bubbles. It mocks a group […]
Closing in on Kasparov’s rating record
Magnus Carlsen closes in on Garry Kasparov’s record ratingLeonard Bardenguardian.co.uk, Friday 2 July 2010 18.22 BST Magnus Carlsen is closing in fast on Garry Kasparov’s all-time record rating. The 19-year-old Norwegian scored an unbeaten 7.5/10 at Medias, Romania to take his score on the daily calculations up to 2826, just 25 points shy of the […]
Funny stuff
I just saw this commercial a few days ago. I find it hilarious 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
GMs Wojtaszek and Macieja win Wroclaw Chess Festival
Final top standings: 1 GM WOJTASZEK, Radosław 2663 7.0 40.50 51.50 5 2553 1.28 2 GM MACIEJA, Bartłomiej 2618 7.0 38.50 49.50 6 2467 0.94 3 GM MARKUS, Robert 2615 6.5 42.00 51.00 4 2469 0.42 4 GM TIVIAKOV, Sergei 2634 6.5 39.50 50.50 5 2499 0.51 5 GM FRIDMAN, Daniel 2654 6.5 37.50 47.00 […]
Miguel Najdorf Memorial
Miguel Najdorf MemorialZhigalko, Macieja, Hammer, and Aleksandrov are top seeds Miguel Najdorf International Chess Festival, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miguel Najdorf, is scheduled to take place on 17-25th July at the Sports and Recreation Centre in Warsaw, Poland. It will consist of 3 open tournaments (groups A,B, and C) with […]