Karjakin picked the wrong time to lose his first game. He needed a draw to clinch his first Russian Championship title. With the loss, he ended in a tie for first with Nepomniachtchi. They went into a playoff with...
Excellence ON and OFF the board
The accumulative grade of the Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess teams this semester is approximately 3.30, with 4 players earning a perfect 4.0! Here are some of their majors: Economics, Finance, Math, Electrical Engineering, Psychology, Law, Spanish, English, Political...
La Cartolina ricordo del 53° Reggio Emilia !
La Cartolina ricordo del 53° Reggio Emilia ! 300 Cartoline di Reggio Emilia ! Il torneo di Capodanno è ormai alle porte e abbiamo deciso di fare un piccolo regalo ai visitatori del torneo e i fortunati lettori del...
The big escape
Lufei had serious chances to even up the score today. However, Yifan’s persistent defense and Lufei’s inaccuracies resulted in a draw. It’s a must win for her tomorrow or Yifan will be the new Chess Queen. Hou, Yifan (2591)...
Women’s World Championship Final LIVE! Game 3
Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Interview with Hou Yifan
“I will play the final as any other round”. Anastasiya Karlovich– Can you please tell about the match with Humpy Koneru? Hou Yifan– In the first game we entered the ending which was almost equal. Later Koneru played not...
Benko Brain Challenge #3
This puzzle is created by my long time friend GM Pal Benko. It is the third one of the Holiday series. The first part of the question is how do you reach this position in 4.5 moves ? The...
Playing chess can be a good strategy to promote learning
Chess benefits for kidsPlaying chess can be a good strategy to promote learning. By Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy, Special to Tribune NewspapersDecember 21, 2010 A prodigious body of research says that chess for youngsters translates into increased ability in logic,...
Karjakin near 1st Russian Championship title
Round 10 results Karjakin, Sergey – Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry – Svidler, Peter ½ Vitiugov, Nikita – Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander – Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½ Kurnosov, Igor – Malakhov, Vladimir ½ Khismatullin, Denis – Potkin, Vladimir ½...