Year of the simul Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Makes Kids Smart
Chess can help enhance: Critical thinkingLogical thinkingReasoning skillsCommunicationDecision makingProblem solvingIntellectObservationCognitive skillsMemorizationSelf esteemSelf confidenceResponsibilityImaginationCreativityConcentrationDisciplineDeterminationDiligencePatienceCommitmentCouragePlanningPattern recognitionSportsmanshipAbility to set goalsAbility to learn from mistakesAbility to strategizeAbility to handle adversityMath, science and reading skills, etc. Can you add more benefits to the list?...
Find the right continuation
White to move. What is the best continuation for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Additional Scholarships Added for the First Annual Susan Polgar National Open Championship for Girls under 21
The first annual Susan Polgar National Open Championship for girls in January 2006 in Corpus Christi, Texas offers a laptop to the winner of each division beside the normal trophies and medals. Then there are other chess prizes such...
Young Talented Female Player Profile: IM Kateryna Lahno
The 2005 European Women’s Champion (tied for first with Nadezhda Kosintseva) is 16. She is from Lvov (Ukraine) but has spent most of her life in the industrial and chess-friendly town of Kramatorsk. She recently moved to Donetsk where...
White to move – Is White better?
Is White really better in this position? Black has an exchange and a pawn for a Rook. However, Black has a pair of connected pawns. White should White do here? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Many important topics about chess
I write a monthly column for ChessCafe.com. This is the link for my monthly column:http://www.chesscafe.com/polgar/polgar.htmI discuss about being a chess parent and coach as well as many other topics this month.Chess Mom and Coach There are approximately 1,600 children...
Simul at the New York Athletic Club
20 board simul at the New York Athletic Club (December 6, 2005) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
#1 Best Selling Chess Book in 2005
I was just informed by the management of Everyman Chess this morning that Breaking Through is the #1 best selling chess book for Everyman in 2005! Thank you everyone for your support! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Blog World
1: Susan Polgar2: Boylston Chess Club Weblog3: Satish Talim’s Chess Blog4: Confessions of a chess novice5: Chess improvement by effort (hatchoe)6: An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement7: MouseTrapper8: In Honor Of Nezhmetdinov9: Tactics Tactics Tactics??10: Takchess Chess Improvement11: The...