On Chess: Game’s finest scary to stockbrokers Saturday, July 2, 2011 03:06 AMThe Columbus Dispatch In the 1990s, Wall Street banks hired several top chess players to trade equities. Among them were former U.S. Open champion Norman Weinstein and...
Chess in Education – Chess makes kids smarter!
By Chess Teacher William Stewart Original article on Chess In Schools available here Chess Makes Kids Smarter – YES! Not only does chess develop essential mental skills and abilities, it is also capable of doubling improvement in reading and...
Procedural infractions on the side of the federation
Feller’s Case”: decision of the FCF about disqualification suspended There is a continuation of “Feller’s case”. Yesterday Versailles trial court suspended the decision of the French Chess Federation (FCF) about disqualification of Sebastien Feller and Arnaud Hauchard due to...
Tiviakov wins International Chess Festival Eforie Nord 2011
III.International Chess Festival Eforie Nord 2011 Final top 10 standings Rk. Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2622 Olanda 8.5 62.0 75.5 57.00 2 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2592 Belarus 8.0 60.5...
Wouter Spoelman leads Dutch Championship
Standings after 5 rounds 1. Spoelman, Wouter g NED 2564 4 2-3. Giri, Anish g NED 2687 3½ 2-3. Swinkels, Robin g NED 2483 3½ 4. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2596 3 5-6. Smeets, Jan g NED 2647 2½...
Caruana wins AAI by a full point with 2800 performance
Final round Caruana, Fabiano – So, Wesley ½ Hou, Yifan – Sasikiran, Krishnan ½ Negi, Parimarjan – Laznicka, Viktor ½ Final standings 1. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2714 7 2800 2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2676 6 2731 3....
AAI LIVE with Caruana, So, Hou Yifan, Sasikiran, Negi, Laznicka!
Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom This is the FINAL round of AAI Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The smile back on the face of Laznicka
Caruana assured of title despite loss Rakesh RaoNEW DELHI, July 1, 2011 Fabiano Caruana’s unbeaten run was snapped after he lost his way in his match against second seed Viktor Laznicka but by then, K. Sasikiran’s draw with Parimarjan...
19th seed van der Nat leads Commonwealth and SA Open
19th seed FM Nicholas van der Nat, 2308, is leading the 2011 Commonwealth & South African Open with 8 points in 9 games, ahead of 7 GMs and over 10 IMs! Leaders after 9 rounds Rk. Name sex FED...