Happy Birthday to GM Alexander Onischuk, former U.S. Champion and former U.S. #1! He turns 35 today! His highest ever FIDE rating is 2701 (July 2010) and his highest ever world ranking is 28 (July 2001). Chess Daily News...
Zhao, Le tie for 1st at Campomanes Memorial Cup
Le Quang Liem defeated 3rd seed Jianchao Zhou with Black in the last round to earn a share of 1st place. In the mean time, Jun Zhao drew 8th seed Filippov also with Black to beat Le on tiebreaks....
Shen Yang wins Campomanes Memorial Women’s Cup
Final top 10 standings: 1 WGM SHEN Yang CHN 2435 7,5 2300 2328 2352 2 GM ZHAO Xue CHN 2462 7,0 2259 2291 2322 3 WGM POURKASHIYAN Atousa IRI 2308 6,5 2316 2346 2373 4 WIM HOANG Thi Nhu...
Parker Zhao earning 2nd IM norm in Budapest
Parker wins the tournament by 2.5 points!! Congratulations! Ranking after round 9 of First Saturday IM-A Aug 2010 No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We ——————————————————————————- 1. 9 Zhao, Parker 8.0 37.0 32.75 41.5 2267 2598...
Endgame improvement
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian takes early lead at Shanghai – Bilbao Final Masters 2010
Wang Hao 0-1 Levon AronianVladimir Kramnik 1/2 Alexei Shirov LIVE games: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/2010/en/retransmision/ Video by Chessvibes Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Andriasian wins Kalamaria Open
Zaven Andriasian’s signal victory in GreeceFriday, September 03 Armenia’s Grand Master Zaven Andriasian has scored 7 points out of 9 possible in the Kalamaria Chess Open, which ended in Thessaloniki, Greece, and seeded the first, Armchess.am reported. Vahe Baghdasarian...
GM Antonio sues Pichay, chess body
GM Antonio sues Pichay, chess bodyFriday, September 3, 2010 CHESS grandmaster Joey Antonio has blasted the National Chess Federation of the Philippines president Prospero Pichay for removing him from the RP team set to see action in the World...
JJ Homestead Chess Tournament
Spare TimesBy ANNE MANCUSOPublished: September 2, 2010 JOHN JAY HOMESTEAD CHESS TOURNAMENT, featuring separate matches for adults and children, will take place on Monday, with registration beginning at 9 a.m., at the John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, Main...
Doctoring doctorates
Doctoring doctoratesJ. Sri Raman, Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, August 26, 2010First Published: 23:50 IST(26/8/2010)Last Updated: 23:52 IST(26/8/2010) Kapil Sibal may congratulate himself on managing a ‘stalemate’ with Viswanathan Anand after the chess champion offered to accept the honorary doctorate even...