Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Krush leads US Women’s
![](https://chessdailynews.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Standings after 5 rounds 1 IM Krush, Irina 2472 x 0 1 1 1 1 4.0 2 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2350 1 x ½ 0 1 1 3.5 3 WGM Baginskaite, Camilla 2342 x 0 ½ 1 1 1...
Icelandic Chess Championship : Half-time report
![](https://chessdailynews.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Icelandic Chess Championship : Half-time report IM Bragi Thorfinsson and GM Hedinn Steingrimsson share the lead after 5 rounds (out of 10) with 4.5 points each, at the Icelandic Chess Championship, held at the resort town of Eidar, in...
Kamsky, Shulman and Hess in the lead
![](https://chessdailynews.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Standings after 5 rounds Group A 1 GM Kamsky, Gata 2733 x 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5 2 GM Shulman, Yuri 2622 x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 3.5 3 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2611 0 ½ x ½...
Wagering thousands of dollars a game
![](https://chessdailynews.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
31-Year Old Brett Icahn’s Hedge Fund Returned 50% Last Year Courtney Comstock | Apr. 19, 2011, 3:36 PM Fun facts about Brett: [He and his father] often play chess, wagering thousands of dollars a game. He saw his father...
Double birthday celebration
![](https://chessdailynews.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
We celebrated my birthday as well as Rebecca Lelko, member of the Knight Raiders, and a 4.0 student! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar