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Reaction to Magnus’ withdrawal from World Championship cycle
Peter Doggers of Chessvibes has compiled a list of commons from a number of players. What do you think? Do you think Magnus did the right thing by dropping out? Aronian: It’s a pity, I think. I don’t know — I actually like the system with the Grand Prix and this candidate matches. I think […]
Women’s World Championship round 1 pairings
BOARD PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 32 Turova, Irina Khukhashvili, Sopiko 31 Rajlich, Iweta Houska, Jovanka 30 Zhukova, Natalia Romanko, Marina 29 Dembo, Yelena Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 28 Skripchenko, Almira Foisor, Cristina-Adela 27 Ushenina, Anna Huang, Qian 26 Shen, Yang Ovod, Evgenija 25 Muzychuk, Mariya Cori T., Deysi 24 Danielian, Elina Shadrina, Tatiana 23 Pogonina, Natalija Kovanova, […]
Which grandmaster is behind the flag?
This picture was taken during the SPICE Cup. Can you name the Grandmaster behind the flag? (Hint: It is not difficult with published clues on this site in the past week) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Women’s World Chess Championship 2010
Women’s World Chess Championship 20103. 1. Qualifiers. There are 64 qualifiers: 1. The Women’s World Champion, runner-up and semi-finalists of the previous Women’s World Championship (4 players)2. The World Junior Girl Champions U-20 of 2008 & 2009. (2 players)3. The five best rated players from the average of the FIDE rating lists of July 2008 […]
Stephen Rome Pangilinan wins award
Chesser, 8, wins awardNovember 9, 2010, 5:06pm MANILA, Philippines — Stephen Rome Pangilinan of Christian Ecclesiastical School-Bulacan won the Art Borjal Awardee being the youngest finalist at eight-years-old during the 2010 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship Grand Finals held recently at the Event Center of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City. Despite Pangilinan’s young age, […]
All games from the Tal Memorial with computer analysis
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Important endgame improvement
White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White? 7k/8/5P2/7P/ppp5/8/8/K7 w – – 0 1 (Ponziani endgame study) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect, says Saanich’s nine-year-old world chess champPublished: November 07, 2010 10:00 PM Updated: November 08, 2010 8:59 AMJason Cao’s golden prediction has proven prophetic. The nine-year-old Saanich resident returned from the World Youth Chess Championships in Halkidiki, Greece last Wednesday victorious in the under 10 category at the biggest youth-chess tournament in the […]
Anand to meet President Obama
Obama admires Aamir’s workMonday, November 8th, 2010 at 1:31 am Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was invited to the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the honor of US President Barack Obama at his 7 Race Course Road residence. To the actor’s surprise, the President praised Aamir’s work and stated that he has heard […]