Here are the 5 questions I asked a number of Grandmasters and International Masters: 1. Who do you think will win the match?2. What is your final score prediction?3. How would you describe the strengths and weaknesses of each...
2010 Samford Fellow
2009 Samford Fellow Ray Robson and 2010 Samford Fellow at the SPICE Spring Invitational GM Robert Hess is the 2010 Samford Fellow April 6, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Allen Kaufman(718) 544-5036 AllenKauf@aol.comNEW YORK-The twenty-fifth annual FRANK P. SAMFORD,...
Big performance for Robson
America’s youngest GM Ray Robson just tied for 1st in Philadelphia with GMs Gata Kamsky, Alex Stripunsky, and Sergey Kudrin with 7/9. He defeated veteran GM Nick DeFirmian in the final round to earn a share at the top....
The story of Ray Robson to come out in May
I am happy to announce that Chess Child, the Story of Ray Robson, America’s Youngest Grandmaster, will come out in May. I will definitely have an early review on this blog. I cannot wait to read it. This book...
Back on the right track
After a few tough rounds, Robson is back on the right track today by beating GM Lie with the Black pieces. Unfortunately, group C leader Li Chao also won so it would be nearly impossible to make up 1.5...
Tough day in the office
Chao, L (2604) – Robson, R (2570) [B77]Corus C (9), 26.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.0–0–0 Rc8 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5...
Robson 5.5/6 in 1st Corus appearance
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Robson (2570) – Bok (2322) [C78]Corus C (6), 22.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3...
4.5 / 5 for Robson so far
[Event “Corus C Group”][Date “2010.01.21”][Round “5”][White “Peng”][Black “Robson”][Result “0-1”][ECO “E10”][WhiteElo “2402”][BlackElo “2570”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 axb5 9. e4 Nxe4...
Chess prodigy Ray Robson winning in Corus Chess tournament
Chess prodigy Ray Robson winning in Corus Chess tournament Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times January 20, 2010To this point, my blog posts have centered on Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning U.S. chess champion who is in the hunt to...
Robson chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? 8/7p/p2bN3/1p1P1r1k/6R1/4p3/PP5P/3R1K2 w – – 0 36 Robson – Kuipers (Corus C) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar