White to move. Is this a win or draw? How should white proceed?
3 share Albena Chess Festival lead after 3 rounds
http://chess-results.com/tnr215606.aspx Rank after Round 3 (top 20) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 6 IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2455 3,0 0,0 4,0 5,5 2 13 IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2330 3,0 0,0 3,0 4,0 3...
Nabaty & Sumets top 7th Int. Open di scacchi Dolomiti
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 20) http://chess-results.com/tnr223947.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 Rp 1 1 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2610 7,0 48,5 0 2654 2 3 GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2552 7,0 45,5 0 2596...
Movsesian wins Teplice Open on tiebreaks
The winner of the eleventh year of the prestige International Chess Tournament Teplice Open 2016 in Czech Republic is Sergei Movsesian. The 2nd place – Evgeny Vorobiov from Russia and th 3rd place – Alexander Beliavsky, who reached excelent...
2 remain perfect at Silver Lake after 3 rounds
Rank after Round 3 (top 40) http://chess-results.com/tnr208886.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 6 GM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2485 3,0 4,0 4,5 0,0 2 35 Vucinic Gojko SRB 2294 3,0 3,5 4,5 0,0 3 15...
XXXIV Balaton International Chess Festival – GM Group
Standings after 7 rounds Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 4 IM Torma Robert HUN 2472 5,0 18,50 0,0 3 2 2 GM Kovalev Andrei BLR 2515 4,5 15,50 0,0 2 3 9 Takacs Balazs...
Art Russe
ART RUSSE TO OPEN DEDICATED SOVIET RUSSIAN ART GALLERY IN THE UK AT BEAULIEU 20 June 2016 London – Art Russe and Lord Montagu of Beaulieu have signed an agreement to establish a permanent showcase of Russian art at...
Carlsen wins Leuven GCT by 2.5 points!
World Champion Magnus Carlsen easily wins Leuven GCT. He finished 2.5 points ahead of his nearest rival. This is a huge turn around after a slow start on day 1. Here are some of his games from the last...
Book Review: Learn Chess The Right Way (Book 1 of 5)
Review of “Learn Chess The Right Way Book 1” by Susan Polgar by Chris Wainscott https://smile.amazon.com/Learn-Chess-Right-Way-Checkmates Over the past few years I have seen and reviewed quite a number of books for beginners. One thing that I’ve noticed is...
2 SPICE team members tied for 1st at Continental Class
2 members of Webster University SPICE chess team just tied for 1st at 2016 Continental Class Championship. IM Irene Sukandar (current grad student at Webster) and IM Priyadharshan Kannappan (incoming grad student at Webster) both scored 4-1 to earn...