Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Tokyo will host Olympics 2020
2020 Olympics: Tokyo Named Host In IOC Vote, Edging Istanbul, Madrid By JIM ARMSTRONG 09/07/13 04:55 PM ET EDT TOKYO — Tokyo residents were elated on Sunday after it was announced the Japanese capital had beaten out rivals Istanbul...
Fernando Peralta edges Diego Flores to claim the Argentinian Championship
The 88th Chess Championship of Argentina took place from 25th August to 7th September at the Hotel Atrium Gualok – Resistencia – Roque Saenz Peña – Chaco. 14 players competed in the round robin event. Grandmasters Fernando Peralta and...
#1 again in 2013
Sep 6, 2013, 12:58pm CDT Webster Chess team: We’re No. 1 Matthew Hibbard Social Engagement Manager St. Louis Business Journal Webster University’s chess team has only completed two weeks of the school year, but they’re already getting high marks...
Practical middlegame tactic
Black to move. How should black proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Back in the hunt for the world title
Vlad Kramnik puts ‘Drawnik’ slurs behind him with World Cup victoryLeonard Barden The Guardian, Friday 6 September 2013 14.58 EDT Vlad Kramnik’s victory this week at the £1.1m World Cup at Tromso embellished a fine career which includes the...
Salgado crowned Spanish Champion
The 78th Spanish Chess Championship took place from 29th August to 6th September in Linares. 96 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event. Grandmaster Ivan Salgado Lopez became the new Spanish Champion after concluding the event with 7,5 points....
Casual chat with World Cup Champion Kramnik (part 4)
2013 World Cup Champion Vladimir Kramnik sat down for a casual chat after winning the title in Tromsø – Part 4. What does he think about the various major titles you have won? Find out what he had to...