GM Gopal guides India to healthy lead in India-Israel ChessPTI | Apr 3, 2012, 08.23PM IST NEW DELHI: Grandmaster G N Gopal beat Israel’s Tal Baron 4-0 to guide India to an emphatic 9.5-6.5 triumph over the visitors in...
The SPICE team 2012

L to R: GM Hoyos, GM Robson, GM Moradiabadi, GM Bykhovsky, GM So, GM Meier, GM Boros, GM Diamant Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The National Championship debate

To increase the attractiveness of the national tourney Le Quang Liem April 3, 2012 From my observation, the National Chess Championships 2012 has seen many good games, with most of the athletes devoting all their effort in their performance....
The multinational champs

By David R. Sands The Washington Times Tuesday, April 3, 2012 This just in — the Texas Tech Knight Raiders won their second consecutive President’s Cup in the collegiate chess “Final Four,” played over the weekend in Herndon. The...
College chess champs uproot, move to Missouri

College chess champs uproot, move to Missouri By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER The Associated PressPublished: 6:11 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2012 COLUMBIA, Mo. — A college national champion is moving its entire program to another school after two straight Final...
Chess as a way to develop critical thinking

Chess as a way to develop critical thinking Cooper Burton April 3, 2012 College Heights Herald “Check,” Samuel Hunt murmurs, capturing 17-year-old Alex Nealy’s last chess piece before attacking the king. “You’re gonna lose. You don’t even have the...
The Zurich Chess Challenge (Kramnik v Aronian)

Press release // German further belowThe Zurich Chess Challenge (Kramnik v Aronian) is the most prestigious training match ever held. The average rating of the players, Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Levon Aronian (Armenia), is 2810, which means that the...
Knight Raiders crowned National Champions video

The SPICE – Knight Raiders crowned National Champions for the 2nd straight year (4-1-2012) Board 1: GM Georg Meier Board 2: GM Elshan Moradiabadi Board 3: GM Anatoly Bykhovsky Board 4: GM Andre Diamant Reserve 1: GM Denes Boros...
Monday chess tactic review

Rn3k1r/4q3/2Pb1pp1/1p1Q3p/2p1p3/2B1P1P1/1P3P2/6K1 w – – 0 1 White to move. How can White take advantage of the passed pawn? How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Sasikiran leads Indian charge for Israel ‘test’

Sasikiran leads Indian charge for Israel ‘test’ Express news service Posted: Apr 03, 2012 at 0039 hrs IST New Delhi Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran will spearhead the Indian challenge when the team takes on Israel in a ‘Test’ match beginning...