On recommendation of Commission chairmen and the FIDE General Secretary and confirmed by FIDE President, the following shall take effect from 1st January 2012: Commission Delete Add Technical Damir Vrhovnik Rajai Al-Susi Sultan Al-Taher (UAE) Rules & Tournament Regulations...
1st brain challenge of 2012
Black to move. How should black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE New Year Celebration!
Happy 2012! Most of the SPICE students headed home or various chess events after the PanAm Intercollegiate Championship. For those who stayed in Lubbock, they joined my family to celebrate 2012. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen starts new year with 30 points lead
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2835 17 1990 2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 25 1982 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2801 17 1975 4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 17 1969...
Happy New Year!
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce I would like to wish...