June 21 – 27, 2008 The 12th North American FIDE Invitational is underway now! For events specifics including round times visit – http://www.nachess.org/fide All games held at the Touch Move Chess Center at 5639 N. Ashland Ave Chicago, IL...
Special discount for US G/60 and US G/30
Hello fellow readers of the Susan Polgar Chess Blog. The US G/60 and US G/30 are coming up on the last weekend of this month. Early registration ended on Saturday the 14th however I am extended a discount over...
11th NA FIDE Invitational
May 17 – May 23, 2008 The 11th North American FIDE Invitational is underway now! For events specifics including round times visit – http://www.nachess.org/fide All games held at the Touch Move Chess Center at 5639 N. Ashland Ave Chicago,...
NA Invitational Update
IM Angelo Young and FM Mehmed Pasalic are tied for 1st place with 3.5/4 and 5 rounds to go. FM Pasalic needs 3 points in the next 5 rounds to secure his 3rd and final IM norm. WFM Melekhina...
10th NA FIDE Invitational
April 19 – April 25, 2008 The 10th North American FIDE Invitational is underway now! For events specifics including round times visit – http://www.nachess.org/fide All games held at the Touch Move Chess Center at 5639 N. Ashland Ave Chicago,...
Krush wins match against Mkrtchian
IM Irina Krush of the United States wins the 1st North American Match Challenge with a last round victory against IM Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia. The first three rounds ended with hard draws bringing the decision down to the...
Krush – Mkrtchian draw 2nd game
1st North American Match Challenge[White “Krush, Irina”][Black “Mkrtchian, Lilit”][Result “1/2-1/2”][WhiteELO “2473”][WhiteTitle “IM”][BlackELO “2405”][BlackTitle “IM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Qc1 Bb7 10.Ba3 Nbd7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Nbd2 O-O...
1st match game ends in a draw
1st North American Match Challenge [White “IM Mkrtchian, Lilit”][Black “IM Krush, Irina”][Result “1/2-1/2”][WhiteELO “2405”][BlackELO “2473”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d6 10.h3 f6 11.Nc3 Nf7 12.b3...
Marc Arnold earns IM norm
NM Marc Arnold, NY Junior and USCL New York Knights team member, completed a tri-fecta of IM scalping on Friday night taking out junior IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan in a R+P endgame. As a result of taking his final scalp,...
Pasalic earns 2nd IM norm
Last night, local Chicago player FM Mehmed Pasalic scored a victory over IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan to secure his second IM norm. FM Pasalic gained his first IM norm at the 3rd North American FIDE Invitational in April 2006 with...