White to move. How should white proceed?
World Youth Championship after 5 rounds (O 16 & 18)
Official website: http://wy2016.fide.com World Youth Open 18 top 12 after 5 rounds Ranking crosstable after Round 5 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Vavulin Maksim 2582 RUS 13w1 14b½ 33w1...
World Youth Standings after 5 rounds (girls 16 & 18)
Official website: http://wy2016.fide.com Girls 16 top 12 standings Ranking crosstable after Round 5 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp 1 WIM Kiolbasa Oliwia 2196 POL 23w1 30b½ 33w1 7b1 ...
Anand & Giri score in rd 2 at Tal Memorial
Round 2 GM Anand, Viswanathan vs GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar [1-0] GM Gelfand, Boris vs GM Giri, Anish [0-1] GM Kramnik, Vladimir vs GM Li, Chao [1/2-1/2] GM Svidler, Peter vs GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian [1/2-1/2] GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny vs GM...
Webster U GM Illia Nyzhnyk Wins US National G/60 Championship
Last night, Webster University GM Illia Nyzhnyk won the US National g/30 Championship with 4.5/5! He also won the Blitz Championship with a perfect 7/7! Tonight he beat GM Ioan Chirila with black in the final round to win...
RIP Mark Dvoretsky
Ушел из жизни Марк Израилевич Дворецкий (1947-2016) http://ruchess.ru/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_mark_dvoretskiy Выдающемуся тренеру было 68 лет Сегодня, 26 сентября на 69-м году жизни скончался заслуженный тренер СССР, России и Грузии, сеньор-тренер ФИДЕ, автор многих шахматных бестселлеров Марк Израилевич Дворецкий (1947-2016). Один из...
Learn Chess The Right Way Review
Review of Learn Chess the Right Way Volumes 2&3 by GM Susan Polgar By Chris Wainscott Recently former World Champion Susan Polgar began a new series of books aimed at laying the foundation of a proper chess education for beginner-level...
Inauguration of a Chess School in Sumgayit
Baku, September 27, AZERTAC President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the inauguration of a Chess School in Sumgayit. The head of state first cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the school. President Ilham Aliyev...