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World Championship Commentary

I will be very busy in the next few weeks with the transition from Texas to Webster University in St. Louis. However, I will try to do my best to provide some commentary for the Anand – Gelfand World Championship match in Moscow. I happen to know both Vishy and Boris very well as they […]
It’s Hammer time!

GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, participant of the 2009 SPICE Cup A group, and #2 ranked Norwegian (only behind Magnus Carlsen), now has his own blog! Very cool! Here is a sample of his latest post: Winning!August 6, 2010by Jon Ludvig After a couple of bad results, you start to appreciate the wins so much, much […]
Blogger went down

Google Blogger went down since late last night. Therefore, I was not able to do any update. I hope that it is back to normal now and I have made a bunch of updates so far. Thanks for your patience and support! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Magnus blogs from London

London 2009 Round 1, December 8th The game against Kramnik today was quite important as we’re ranked one and two in this tournament. A couple of hundred spectators followed the games in the auditorium. I played 1.c4 and the English opening. The ambition was to obtain a complicated position but not necessarily an advantage out […]
Modern Technology

I’m amazed by how chess players keep in touch with each other today through Facebook, Twitter, and Blog, etc. This is a far cry from years ago when snail mail was used. What will they think of next? 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Top 30 and 20

Here are the top 30 countries in number of logins on this blog: 1. United States2. Canada3. United Kingdom4. Norway5. Germany6. Russia7. Mexico8. Venezuela9. Bulgaria10. China11. Denmark12. Greece13. United Arab Emirates14. Poland15. Netherlands16. Philippines17. France18. Spain18. Peru20. Brazil21. Japan22. Estonia23. Sweden24. Hungary25. Ukraine26. Armenia27. Iceland28. Argentina29. Vietnam30-31. Georgia30-31. Australia Here are the top 20 states: […]
Royal Diamond Chess Set

Have you ever wondered how much the most expensive chess set in the world would cost? The Royal Diamond Chess Set is without a doubt near the top of the list in terms of expense, value, and beauty. To create this masterpiece, the artists used 1168.75 grams of 14 carat white gold, and approximately 9900 […]
Gambit news

Perelshteyn Wins Spice CupBy Dylan Loeb McClainNY Times Eugene Perelshteyn, a grandmaster from Massachusetts, won the Spice Cup, a tournament at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tex. He led from start to finish, scoring 6.5 out of 9. Gilberto Hernandez, a grandmaster from Mexico, finished second, a half point back. The games from the tournament […]