Introducing the 2011 Chicago Blaze Team! Hello everyone! 3 years ago many people came together to form the Chicago Blaze. We were kindly supported by the local chess community and each season we challenged ourselves to do better, eventually...
Chicago Blaze Fundraiser – Train with 2 Grandmasters!
Chicago Blaze Fundraiser – Train with 2 Grandmasters! 4-hour training session with GM Dmitry Gurevich and GM Mesgen Amanov Saturday July 9th 11:30am – 3:30pm Hosted at the North Shore Chess Center 100% of proceeds to benefit the Chicago...
SPICE Cup Champion Onischuk wins St. Louis
Four GMs, Onischuk, Shulman, Kaidanov, and Gurevich tied for 1st at the St. Louis Thanksgiving Open. Onischuk, however, was declared champion on tiebreaks. Congratulations to GMs Onischuk, Shulman, Kaidanov, and Gurevich! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Num | USCF ID...
Down the memory lane
My friend GM Dmitry Gurevich just sent me this article from the NY Times back in 1985. This was my first ever tournament in the United States. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Fressinet 1/2 Gurevich
Round 4 at the Las Vegas Chess Festival [Event “2008 NATIONAL OPEN”][Site “Las Vegas”][Date “2008.06.07”][Round “4”][White “Fressinet, Laurent”][Black “Gurevich, Dmitry”][Result “1/2-1/2”][WhiteELO “2706”][BlackELO “2594”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 Be7 8.Bxf6...