November 22, 2010, 1:00 pm — Updated: 4:58 pm –>With Its Move, City Gives Chess Players a New SpotBy ANDY NEWMAN The accidental chess rebels of Inwood Hill Park now have a legal place to play — as long...
Endgame improvement

White to move. Is this a win or draw for White? k7/8/3R4/8/8/1b6/3K4/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Knight Raiders recognized at Texas Tech Football game

Chase Watters, GM Anatoly Bykhovsky, IM Istvan Sipos, GM Andre Diamant, GM Davoring Kuljasevic, Dr. Hal Karlsson, and Dr. Rich Rice Knight Raiders chess team recognized before the Texas Tech Football game (against Weber State) on Saturday, November 20....
Pinoys stun Indians

So, Torre win as Pinoys stun Indiansby Ed AndayaMonday, 22 November 2010 20:19 Standings after five rounds: 10 points — China8 — Philippines7 — Kyrgyzstan6 — India, Qatar, Uzbekistan5 — Iran, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Iraq4 — Bangladesh, Mongolia, Korea3 —...
Judit Polgar UNAM Chessdom report

Judith Polgar defeats Veselin Topalov to claim the UNAM Torneo Cuadrangular Convincing 3.5-0.5 victory for the Hungarian Grandmaster Report by Chessdom Judit Polgar gave an impressive demonstration of the quality and skill as she convincingly outplayed the former world...
Women’s World Championship Pairing Tree

http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/ 2010 Women’s World Championship Pairing Tree 1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra64 Mezioud, Amina 32 Turova, Irina33 Khukhashvili, Sopiko 16 Ruan, Lufei49 Baginskaite, Camilla 17 Mkrtchian, Lilit48 Zhang, Xiaowen 8 Cramling, Pia57 Yildiz, Betul Cemre 25 Muzychuk, Mariya40 Cori T., Deysi...
Women’s World Chess Championship 2010

Women’s World Chess Championship 2010http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.trDecember 2-25, 2010 3. 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 &...
Howell wins British Rapidplay Championship

Tournament ReportsOver 300 chess players gathered in the NBLC in Halifax for the big chess rapidplay weekend. A good preparation plus a good turnout saw a fine day of chess. ECF president and TV personality CJ De Mooi was...
McShane’s Express Column

Sunday November 21,2010By Luke McShane THE Tal Memorial in Moscow has been one of the world’s strongest tournaments in recent years. This has been another top tournament to adopt the increasingly popular ‘Sofia Rules’ whereby players are forbidden from...