This article has a lot of factual errors but it also offers some interesting views. Read and judge for yourself.Bobby Fischer: The greatest chessplayer of all time?By Errol TiwariSunday, February 4th 2007 Fischer’s IQ was in the range of...
Pennsylvania whiz kid
8-year-old chess champion plots next moveBy Jessica SavrockFor the CDTWhether he’s playing for fun or in an intense competition, Alex Chen is ahead of his game. Since he learned to play chess almost two years ago, the local 8-year-old...
Notes from Bill Kelleher, FIDE Vice President
FROM: Bill Kelleher, Vice President FIDE FIDE Presidential Board MeetingAntalya TurkeyJanuary 26-28, 2007 Below is a synopsis of the issues discussed in Antalya. Move to Lausanne: FIDE’s office will not be moving to Singapore, as was proposed at the...
Sofia Polgar in the news in Toronto
Toronto Stars (February 3, 2007)By IM Lawrence Day Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Training for Chess Professionals?
Painting by my sister Sofia The chess world has witnessed some of the most outrageous behavior, comments and actions lately. It is truly disturbing to me. Many Chess Professionals have complained that they are not making enough money and...
Saturday Open Forum
Nigel Short, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Silvio Danailov or Martin Breutigam? Who made headline news this week? It is Saturday Open Forum. The forum is yours! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2007 Aeroflot Open
“Aeroflot Open 2007” General information of the festival: The International Chess Festival “Aeroflot Open 2007” will be held in Moscow from 13 February (the day of arrival) to 23 February 2007 (the day of departure). The official hotel and...
Don King of Chess according to Leonard Barden
Barden on chessLeonard BardenSaturday February 3, 2007The Guardian …Danailov has been a Svengali to his player since Topalov was a teenager, and the No1 says his coach’s presence calms him during stressful games. Put like that, it is not...
Accusations, refutations, feedback on ChessBase
Our friends from ChessBase just published a follow up article about the Nigel Short accusation against Topalov on DNA Sport. ChessBase also published a number of comments from their readers regarding their decision to publish the interview with GM...
Honorary FIDE President Campomanes in serious car accident
Update on Campo`s Emergency Operation after Serious Car Accident FIDE Honorary President Florencio Campomanes has figured in a serious car accident when the car he was in turned turtle on his way today to the airport in Antalya, Turkey...