Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Checkmate in 5
Black to move and checkmate in 5. No computer lines please 🙂 3r1r1k/6bp/Bp3np1/p3pn2/2P5/1PNP1P1q/P1Q1P1NP/2R1BR1K b – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPF National Open for Boys and Girls in Northern California (A World Youth Qualifier – Over $100K in prizes)
Dear Chess Parents, We have officially opened registration for the 2015 Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open Championship for Girls and Boys. We sincerely invite you to join the SPFNO on February 27th – March 1st, 2015 in San Mateo,...
Drawing the World Champ
Wesley So, now playing under US, draws world champ Playing in his first major tournament since switching to the US team from the Philippines, Wesley So managed a draw with world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway Ignacio DeePublished 3:36...
Three Types of Positions: Closed Positions … and more
Three Types of Positions: Semi-Open Positions Posted on January 14,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. A semi-open position is defined as a position with very few or no locked pawns and typically 1 or...
Experience of a lifetime of a young boy
Grand Master vs young masterWednesday, 14 January 2015 – 6:00am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna It’s not everyday that Vishwanathan Anand plays chess with a seven-year-old. But when you have Dev Shah, winner of the World School...
4th European Small Nations Team Championship
4th European Small Nations Team ChampionshipJan 14, 2015 The “4th European Small Nations Team Championship” will be held from 18-26th April 2015 in St Peter Port, Guernsey. Federations participating in the event are as follows: LIECHTENSTEINJERSEYFAROE ISLANDSGUERNSEYMALTASAN MARINOANDORRALUXEMBOURGCYPRUSMONACO Each...
14th Rochefort International Chess Festival
14th Rochefort International Chess Festival The 14th Rochefort International Chess Festival is set to take place on 21-27th February, 2015, Room Colbert, at the Congress Palace, Rochefort, France. Just days before the huge 31st Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open...