White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White? How should White proceed? 8/p1p5/Pp5p/1P2p3/1P5k/1P2pP1p/4P2P/2K5 w – – 0 1 (Zinar, 1976) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Saturday Open Forum

Aronian, Karjakin, and Mamedyarov tied for 1st (Aronian & Karjakin 1st on tiebreaks) at Tal Memorial. Aronian won the 2010 World Blitz Championship, with Radjabov in 2nd, and Carlsen in 3rd. Nadezhda Kosintseva and Pogonina are tying for the...
Who is the best?

Who do you think is the best player in the world right now? Anand Carlsen Aronian Kramnik Topalov Someone else pollcode.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Young chess grandmaster to play 30 games at once

Young chess grandmaster to play 30 games at onceCome for chess and let game whiz get the checkBy Billy Cox Published: Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.Last Modified: Friday, November 19, 2010 at 6:58 p.m. ( page all...
16th Asian Games – Team Chess Championship

16th Asian Games – Team Chess ChampionshipLeading groups forming after round 2 On the second day of the Team Championship for Men & Women in the 16th Asian Games being held at the Guangzhou Chess Institute, China, India, Vietnam...
‘Slump’ was brief

‘Slump’ was brief for NorwegianSaturday, November 20, 2010 02:55 AMThe Columbus DispatchShelby Lyman Bubbles are common in the world of finance but rare in chess, as Magnus Carlsen demonstrated recently when he won the Pearl Springs Masters tournament in...
Judit knocked out Ivanchuk at UNAM in Mexico

Match results (10 min + 10 sec inc) 3 GM POLGAR Judit 0 0 – 1 0 GM IVANCHUK Vassily 2 2 GM IVANCHUK Vassily 1 0 – 1 0 GM POLGAR Judit 3 3 GM POLGAR Judit 1...
Insane or fun puzzle?

White to move and checkmate in 25 moves!! Have fun and yes, Black’s four pawns are about to Queen! 🙂4K3/7R/8/N7/8/7B/1p1p1p1p/k1n5 w – – 0 1 Zacharov, 1976 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nadezhda Kosintseva leads Russian Women’s Championship

Round 4 results Kosintseva, Nadezhda – Girya, Olga ½-½ Paikidze, Nazi – Pogonina, Natalija 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa – Shadrina, Tatiana 0-1 Nebolsina, Vera – Matveeva, Svetlana 1-0 Gunina, Valentina – Kosintseva, Tatiana 0-1 Bodnaruk, Anastasia – Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½...
Golod wins Israeli Championship

Final top 8 standings 1 Golod, Vitali 2582 7.5/9 2 Mikhalevski, Victor 2602 6.5/9 3 Nabaty, Tamir 2529 6.5/9 4 Kantarji, Pinchas 2363 6.0/9 5 Postny, Evgeny 2604 6.0/9 6 Berkovich, Mark A 2392 5.5/9 7 Gruenfeld, Yehuda 2469...