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The road back to the World Championship
Bulgarian Chess Star Topalov to Start New World Champion Bid Against KamskySports February 7, 2011, Monday Bulgaria’s top chess player and former World Champion Veselin Topalov will play Gata Kamsky from USA as his bid to reclaim his title is set to begin with the Candidates Matches in May 2011. The winner of the Candidates […]
Make your Candidates’ Matches prediction
Who will win this match? V. Topalov G. Kamsky Who will win this match? V. Kramnik T. Radjabov Who will win this match? B. Gelfand S. Mamedyarov Who will win this match? Aronian Grischuk Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2011 Susan Polgar National Open for Boys and Girls
http://www.polgarevents.com Over $100,000 in scholarships & prizes! March 4-6, 2011Chandler (Phoenix), Arizona 7 Round SwissSys G/45. 8 Sections: Primary (K-2), Elementary (K-5), Middle School (K-8) and High School (K-12) , separately for boys and girls. Rounds: Sat. 9:15 A.M., 11:15 A.M., 1:15 P.M. and 3:15 P.M.; Sun. 9:00 A.M., 11:30 A. M. and 1:30 P.M. […]
Monday chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? 6k1/6bR/6P1/3rq1P1/1pQ5/2n1PB2/3p1PK1/q7 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cento Open Round Two
Cento Open Round TwoFM Andrea Stella wins the first weekend rated event First prizes were awarded in Cento Open. The 5-round weekend tournament was played from Friday to Sunday and the 17-years old FM Andrea Stella emerged sole winner by collecting 4.5 points. A good score for the junior who was prevented to play in […]
FIDE 1st quarter Presidential Board meeting
1st Quarter FIDE Presidential BoardFIDE Chess in Schools Commission programme acceptedChessdom report The 1st quarter FIDE Presidential Board took place on 4-5th February in Antalya, Turkey. This meeting of the governing body of the World Chess Federation is the first one after the elections which were held during the FIDE Congress in Khanty-Mansiysk, the Russian […]
Barbosa ties for 2nd at Moscow Open
Pinoy chesser Barbosa finishes tied for 2nd in Moscow Open02/07/2011 08:27 PMFinal standings:(Russians unless stated) 8 points — V. Belous 7.5 — W. Zhou (Chna), Y. Yu (China), F. Amonatov (Tajikistan), I. Kovalenko (Ukraine), M. Matlakov, S. Voitsekhovsky, S. Tiviakov (Netherlands). O. Barbosa (Philippines) 7 — N. Kabanov, Y. Lou (China), M. Turov, A. Lenderman […]
World class math wizard and chess champ
Australia loses a world-class maths wizard and chess champFebruary 8, 2011 GREGORY JOHN HJORTHMATHEMATICIAN, CHESS PLAYER14-6-1963 — 13-1-2011By GUY RUNDLE ‘YES, I’m a mathematician, but look, it’s 20 years since I’ve done any counting,” Greg Hjorth, who has died of a heart attack in Carlton, was wont to say. He was 47. Holding professorial posts […]
Thought-provoking pastime
Chess offers alternative to technologyFirst Move teaches critical thinking skills, builds self-esteem Nearly 100 Green Bay-area students recently competed in the 14th annual Scholastic Chess Tournament at Franklin Middle School in Green Bay — proof that, despite its difficulty, chess can be fun for children. Many educators believe there is a correlation between the thought-provoking […]