The Grand Prix just concluded with Wang Yue, Gashimov, and Carlsen sharing the spotlight. Kamsky finished at -1. How will this effect his upcoming match against Topalov?
Topalov, Ivanchuk, Aronian, Radjabov, Bu, and Cheparinov are competing in the prestigious Mtel DRR event. Will Topalov reveal any new opening repertoire or will he save his good stuff for the match.
Speaking of match, FIDE promised that the announcement will be made on May 12 after a gazillion delay. Where will it be? Sofia, Bulgaria, or somewhere in a secret Ukrainian city sponsored by a secret organizer? I have no idea. The rumors are rampant.
The National Elementary Championship kicked off in Pittsburgh yesterday with around 2,200 players. The US Championship will begin in a few days in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is once again sponsored by Mr. Frank K. Berry. Who is the favorite to win the US and US Women’s Championship?
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Can anyone tell me what Ivanchuck and Bu are doing?
They have just played 8 moves but have both (!) almost taken one hour of their thinking time (they had thought over half an hour for the first 5 moves each).
Shouldn’t they be able to play the first opening moves faster than the rest of the game?
Or have there been any real novelty moves in the first moves?
Writing this I see Ivanchuk sacced a bishop on the ninth move.
Curios at all… go Vassily!
I love the wild west!
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I can’t believe you defended Claudia Munoz. This is America. We must protect and defend Americans. The USCF should be run by Americans. This is why I fully support a recall against you and Paul. Why do we need foreigners to fix the USCF? There’s nothing wrong with it. I would like to see Judge Brian Lafferty, Harry Payne, Donna Alarie and Brian Mottershead run in the next election. They’re true Americans.
Gag! Nasty flavor!
What’s wrong with you guys? Why can’t you be patriotic? We need to close the borders and don’t let anyone else in. We need to send all the foreigners back to where they belong.
“We need to send all the foreigners back to where they belong.”
Offer them a million dollars each and they will leave. Loser.
Susan and Paul are great because they are not like the others. Most USCF officers are nothing more than third world dictators all fighting for power, with no interest in the promotion of Chess. If anyone should be head of the USCF it should be Susan. She has much more knowledge than the failed chess players that are in power now.
“We need to send all the foreigners back to where they belong”
The only ones who aren’t foreigners are the native americans.
This country was stolen from them and in return they were murdered or put in reservations.
“Susan, why do you allow this drivel on your blog? It makes you look bad, especially when it gets posted over on rgcp. You should be above this sort of thing.”
She doesn’t. She is allowing the world to see how rotten chess politics have become. She is busy doing great things for chess while these lunatics are posting in RGCP.
GM Polgat wants to world to see the truth. Obviously some posters who are fans of GM Polgar in here are having fun with the mentally impaired Lafferty and Sloan antics. Guys, you need stop feeding the trolls. Have fun but, leave woodchippers out. Let the moderators do their jobs. Thank you.
Happy Mother’s Day!
This is the 100th anniversary of the Mother’s Day celebration in America. Anna May Jarvis petitioned the United States Congress to set aside that day to honor mothers everywhere, including her own mother. I think she started it in her own state legislature. Ironically, Anna Mary Jarvis had no children of her own.
Is Mother’s Day a universal holiday now? You have lived in Hungary and the United States, and your sisters have lived in Canada and Israel as well as Hungary. Do those countries celebrate Mother’s Day, and when?
Peter Harris