Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPWO Blitz Championship
Polgar Blitz Results in tiebreak order Boys U19 1 Kircher,Caleb 1482 4.52 Zhitny,Vladislav 1090 4.03 GRENIER,RICARDO 1269 3.5 Boys U14 1 Altieri,Jonathan 581 4.02 Aletheia-Zomlefer,Soren 941 3.53 Pennock,Steven 1469 3.04 Winkelman,Jeremy 1169 3.05 Lerner, Jonah 548 3.0 6 Gailey,...
Round 5 action in Las Vegas
Board 1: Kamsky – FressinetBoard 2: Gurevich – Petrosian Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
LV Round 5
Round 5 pairings: 1. Kamsky, Gata (4.0,2782) – Fressinet, Laurent (3.5,2706)2. Gurevich, Dmitry (3.5,2594) – Petrosian, Tigran L (3.5,2666)3. Akobian, Varuzhan (3.5,2666) – Friedel, Josh (3.5,2504)4. Pruess, David (3.0,2471) – Nakamura, Hikaru (3.0,2747)5. Kolev, Atanas (3.0,2620) – Laylo, Darwin...
SPWO Puzzle Solving Championship Results
2008 SPWO Puzzle Solving Championship Results (Revised) U-6001. Tejes Srivastava 7.5 32 min 30 sec2. Paul Nehmeh 7 31 min 30 sec3. Adam Nehmeh 6 28 min4. Kristen Drake 6 33 min 55 sec5. Jonathan Altieni 5.5 17 minTie...
Nakamura escaped with a draw
Quite an exciting battle on board 4 in round 4 at the Las Vegas Chess Festival. Hikaru was pushing for a win a he overpushed which led to a losing position. Fortunately for him, his opponent failed to convert....
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...
Kamsky battling Altounian
Gata battling IM Altounian in a difficult position [Event “2008 NATIONAL OPEN”][Site “Las Vegas”][Date “2008.06.07”][Round “4”][White “IM Altounian, Levon”][Black “GM Kamsky, Gata”][Result “0-1”][WhiteELO “2531”][BlackELO “2782”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.Nge2...
IM Robson 1/2 GM Yermolinsky
Las Vegas Chess Festival Round 4 [Event “2008 NATIONAL OPEN”][Site “Las Vegas”][Date “2008.06.07”][Round “4”][White “IM Robson, Ray”][Black “GM Yermolinsky, Alex”][Result “1/2-1/2”][WhiteELO “2433”][BlackELO “2584”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4...