The 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship (IOCC) 2013 held at the Sahid Jaya Hotel in Jakarta got off to a grand start with the Opening Ceremony officiated by Roy Suryo, Minister of Youth and Sport. Following the report by Ida Gayatri, IOCC Organising Chairperson, the representative of the National Olympic Sports Council added his welcome […]
Fedorchuk wins Reykjavik
The Reykjavik Chess Club International took place from 1st to 8th October at the Reykjavik Chess Club on Iceland. The tournament format was ten-player round robin. It is the Club’s hope that the event will be held every year. Guests from Ukraine, Grandmasters Sergey Fedorchuk and Mikhailo Oleksienko, dominated the field to convincingly take the […]
Webster University Sophomore Wesley So in Tata Steel A
Participants of Tata Steel Grandmaster group A Name – Country – Rating – PositionGM Aronian, Levon ARM 2795 3GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2783 5GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2779 6GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2765 9GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2762 10GM Dominguez, Leinier CUB 2753 12GM Giri, Anish NED 2749 15GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2724 26GM So, […]
Garry Kasparov with the Polgar sisters
Garry Kasparov first met the my sisters and I at the Thessaloniki Chess Olympiad in 1988. This was the event where history was made when the Polgar sisters with Mádl won the Olympiad Gold, ending the Soviet dominance. 25 years later, Garry visited us at the Polgar Chess Festival in Budapest. Chess Daily News from […]
Czech Rep to teach chess to boost kids’ logical thinking
LN: Schools teach chess to boost pupils’ logical thinking ČTK | 9 October 2013 Prague, Oct 8 (CTK) – Some schools in the Czech Republic have joined the Chess to Schools project and introduced chess lessons as a compulsory subject to improve pupils’ logical thinking and concentration skills, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes yesterday. “We […]
Kramnik wins, pulls within 1/2 point of Svidler
Russian Superfinal round 5 results Motylev, Alexander – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Goganov, Aleksey – Svidler, Peter ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Inarkiev, Ernesto – Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 Andreikin, Dmitry – Shomoev, Anton 1-0* Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Study: Americans Below World Average In Math, Reading, Problem-Solving
Below is a BIG reason why chess should be introduced to every child, as it can help children improve in math, reading while teaching them important analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. OECD Skills Test: U.S. Adults Lag In Practical Workplace Skills Posted: 10/08/2013 5:01 am EDT | Updated: 10/08/2013 8:10 am EDT The […]
Middlegame chess tactic
White to move. How should white proceed? r2qr2k/1p2N1p1/1np1bp2/p1R3p1/Q7/P2P2PP/5PBK/R7 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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