Featuring 20-board simuls by: GM Melikset Khachiyan-USCF Rating of 2619, FIDE Rating of 2542.– Participant in US Closed Championship 2007, 2009 & 2010.-Coach of the US Women’s Chess Olympiad Team-Long time coach of Levon Aronian, now 2nd in world....
Norwegian chess students visiting Carlsbad Caverns
A group of strong student chess players from Norway, headed by Grandmaster Simen Agdestein (one time coach of Magnus Carlsen), are visiting Texas Tech University for approximately 10 days. Last week they participated in the SPICE Cup FIDE Rated...
Playing chess nearly 1,000 feet underground
The Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team members are on their way to Carlsbad Caverns to play a rated chess tournament. It will take them about an hour just to manually descent about 1,000 feet to the spot where...
Krush and Pruess in New Mexico
Chess masters plan to leave no pawn standingEva DameronIssue date: 9/18/08 Two chess masters are coming to UNM today to play as many people at once as possible. Anyone can participate in today’s game at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Various tournaments around the country
Quads by Knight A three round USCF-rated round robin tournament with sections grouped as closely as possible by ratingSaturday, May 31, 2008, at the Foothills Fellowship Church (SW corner of Candelaria & Tramway in Albuquerque)Time Control: G/90, rounds at...
Picture of the day
I just uploaded more than 40 pictures from my recent visit to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Click here to view the entire album. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
At the top of the mountain
At the top of Ski Apache (Approximately 11,500 ft high) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
UFO Painting
This is one of the paintings inside the UFO museum in Roswell, New Mexico. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
UFO
Today, my children and I visited the UFO museum in Roswell, New Mexico. This was our first time there. I must say that it was quite an interesting experience. There are countless pictures, artifacts and articles about this subject....