Can you name this very good chess player? Hint: She is a star player in her country. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Thursday chess tactic
White to move. How can White save this game? 5nk1/2p5/5R2/1pb1NNp1/4PpP1/p1P2P2/6r1/3K4 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Timberlake and Fallon Perform History of Rap In Just 3 Minutes
I am not an expert in rap / hip hop but I thought this was hilarious and the two of them were quite good. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Olympiad standings after 9 rounds
Leaders after 9 rounds: Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 2 Ukraine UKR 9 7 2 0 16 255.5 25.5 94 2 1 Russia 1 RUS1 9 7 1 1 15 266.5...
K-K Press Conference
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Anatoly Karpov just finished their press conference not long ago. The atmosphere was surprisingly friendly and cooperative between the two. The two formal rivals in the FIDE presidential elections had a meeting earlier today to discuss...
Can Kramnik lead Russia to gold?
Round 10 top team pairings: 1. Ukraine (16/25.5) France (15/22.5)2. China (14/24.5) Russia 1 (15/23.5)3. United States of America (14/23.5) Israel (14/24)4. Spain (13/23.5) Georgia (13/25)5. Serbia (13/23.5) Poland (13/24.5)6. Czech Republic (13/24.5) Armenia (13/22.5)7. Hungary (13/21) Belarus (13/24)8....
You need to believe in yourself!
Veselin Topalov: “You need to believe in yourself!”http://www.ugra-chess.com Veselin is a true chess professional. He is completely focused on his favorite sport. But he is bright and interesting person at the same time, and some of his interests are...
Ukraine flexed its chess muscles against Azerbaijan
Round 9 summary Mamedyarov handed Ivanchuk his first loss in this Olympiad! But it was not enough to stop the Ukrainian chess machine. Eljanov and Efimenko won on board 3 and 4 to give Ukraine a 2.5 – 1.5...
Anything can happen in a split second
For a while, it looked like Russia A women’s team may face its first monumental defeat in this Olympiad. Kosteniuk lost with white on board 3 against Stojanovic, rated 2337, after Gunina quickly won on board 4. This gave...
Chess trivia
It was great seeing my two long time friends again in Khanty-Mansiysk. Can you name who they are? Hint: They are both legendary Grandmasters. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar