White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
43 players on the 2700+ club
2700+ club # Name Rating +/− Games Age 1 Carlsen 2835.0 0.0 0 21 (30.11.1990) 2 Aronian 2808.5 +3.5 1 29 (06.10.1982) 3 Kramnik 2801.0 0.0 0 36 (25.06.1975) 4 Anand 2799.0 0.0 0 42 (11.12.1969) 5 Radjabov 2773.0...
Who will win Tata Steel?
Who’s the favorite to win 2012 Tata Steel A? Magnus Carlsen Levon Aronian Sergey Karjakin Veselin Topalov Vasily Ivanchuk Vugar Gashimov Gata Kamsky Hikaru Nakamura Teymour Radjabov Boris Gelfand Anish Giri Fabiano Caruana David Navara Loek van Wely Chess...
Aronian climbs to record high on FIDE rankings
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Practical chess tactic
White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Vachier-Lagrave wins French Rapid Grand Prix
French Rapid Grand Prix The first tournament of the French Rapid Grand Prix series took place in Port-Marly on 7-8 January 2012. Seven qualifiers from the 9 round Swiss preliminary were joined by GM Fressinet who was invited by...
Shirov Wins Paul Keres Memorial
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Sahran Gashimov brings the major surprise at Donostia blitz
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Chennai Open Round 7 – Karthikeyan stuns GM Gomez, Aleksandrov shares lead
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2012 Canadian Junior Chess Championship – Final results
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