Official World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships will be held in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana, on July 1-11, 2012. It is worth noting that the Rapid Chess Championship will be held for the first time in the...
Photos from the 2012 SPNO in New Orleans
Here is the link to about 100 pictures from the 2012 SPNO in New Orleans. More to come shortly. https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/2012SPNOInNewOrleans Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Asian Youth Championships Start in Sri Lanka
Starting them young, 19 federations are participating in the Asian Youth Championship in Hikkaduwa, a beach resort down south of Sri Lanka. A total of 308 boys and girls are competing in seven age groups, under-8, 10, 12, 14,...
Monday chess tactic
White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Breaking News: FIDE VP steps down
Ali Nihat Yazici, President of the Turkish Chess Federation, has taken a controversial stand regarding the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul – arbiters from seven federations were not admitted at the Olympiad. This has enraged the federations of England, USA,...
IM Evandro Amorim Barbosa and Valentina Jorquera are U20 South America champions
IM Evandro Amorim Barbosa and Valentina Jorquera are U20 South America champions The 7th edition of the South Ameriacan Junior Chess Championship was played 15-22 June in Asuncion, Paraguay. The federations of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay,...
Collegiate chess checks into St. Louis universities
Collegiate chess checks into St. Louis universitiesBy Johnny Buse, special to the Beacon6:41 am on Mon, 06.11.12 There are tried and true elements of sports stories: Trades and transfers, perennial champions and scrappy underdogs, seasoned coaches and prodigious talent,...
Breaking News: Darwin Yang earns 2nd GM norm!
IM Darwin Yang (who earned all his norms for IM title at the SPICE events) has just earned his 2nd GM norm at the NY International. 3 other players also earned IM norms. GMs Gelashvili and Kacheishvili won the...
Making a move to Webster University
Embattled chess champ makes her move to Webster UniversityBY TIM BARKERPosted: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:10 am It was about five years ago that a woman in Virginia, on a whim, wrote to Susan Polgar, the chess grandmaster who...
Punjab Women Chess
Punjab Women Chess on 27thJune 25, 2012 LAHORE – Punjab Women Chess Championship will be held on Wednesday (June 27) here at a local hotel. Chess Association of Punjab (CAP) was organising the event at the same venue where...