It’s Saturday Open Forum. A lot of things took place in the past 7 days. Irina has an Open Letter to protest the US Women’s Championship results 9 days after the tournament ended. Here is her letter. Anna has yet to respond. Shirov took a shot at the Topalov – Kamsky match with his own […]
Saturday Open Forum
GM Yury Shulman just captured his first US Championship. IM Anna Zatonskih captured her second US Women’s Championship by winning the dramatic Armageddon playoff over the defending US Women’s Champion IM Irina Krush. GM Ivanchuk won the 2008 prestigious Mtel by 1.5 point over the defending champion GM Topalov. It was one of the most […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. Mtel is about to come to an end with Ivanchuk hanging on to his 1/2 point lead. However, Topalov is going all out against Bu today and may catch him. 4 rounds have been completed at the US Championship and US Women’s Championship. GM Kudrin is leading the men’s field while […]
Saturday Open Forum
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 […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. The Baku Grand Prix is near the end and Grischuk is leading with Gashimov and Wang Yue 1/2 point behind. Gata Kamsky is in 9th place coming into round 11 today. IM Larry Kaufman just captured the US Senior Open by defeating IM Igor Foygel in the last round. Larry scored […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. The Baku Grand Prix is almost half way done and the unexpected leaders are Grischuk and Wang Yue. The #1 seed Carlsen and his rival Karjakin are both tied for 7th to 10th place with an even score. The young Bulgarian star Cheparinov started out with 0 point in the first […]
Saturday Open Forum from Dresden
It’s Saturday Open Forum. A lot of things happened in the past week. – GM Vallejo Pons soundly defeated GM Shirov to advance to Dos Hermanas final. – My sister Judit will take on Topalov for 4 games at Dos Hermanas today. The winner will face Vallejo Pons in the final. – The Grand Prix […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. The big chess news from the USCF is the official resignation of Executive Board member Joel Channing, one of the most successful business people to be elected to the Executive Board. I posted about it here. I also posted about my vision for chess in the United States here. Super British […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum. The College Final Four is taking place in Baltimore. The National K-9 Championship is taking place in Dallas. Kasparov recently played chess again, chess simul, in the Czech Republic. Kramnik took on Werle and Sebag in a clock simul and showed them his techniques. Magnus Carlsen is now #5 in the […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s saturday open forum! Aronian just won the 2008 Amber in impressive fashion. Carlsen clearly out performed Karjakin at Amber. Anand lost 4 rapid games in the same event which is almost unfathomable. The potential controversy in the Topalov – Kamsky match is brewing. The Women’s World Championship was supposed to be held in Argentina […]