By Chess Coach William Stewart Original article on the World Chess Team Championship available on William’s site. The World Chess Team Championship kicked off with an interesting Round 1. Here is my brief summary of the most interesting games....
Seirawan’s comeback at the World Team Championship
Here is the roster of team USA at the World Team Championship Kamsky, Gata 2741 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2675 GM Shulman, Yuri 2617 GM Seirawan, Yasser 2635 GM Hess, Robert 2609 GM Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Statements from U.S. Champions
Photo by Betsy Dynako Please vote in the most important USCF EB election in history. The long pattern of incompetence, corruption, and political destruction is destroying our national federation. The USCF is approaching insolvency. It will not survive without...
The defending champion
The defending champion GM Shulman vs. IM Sevillano Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Akobian riding high
Didn’t we tell you? The winner gets to mow the lawn 🙂 Final result summary Day 1 Rapid Chess Akobian, Varuzhan – Shulman, Yuri 1-0 Shulman, Yuri – Akobian, Varuzhan ½-½ Day 2 Rapid Chess Akobian, Varuzhan – Shulman,...
Akobian wins blitz match
(Blitz) Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts GM Varuzhan Akobian .. USA 2612 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6.0GM Yuri Shulman ……… USA 2632 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0...
Akobian takes early 2-0 blitz lead
GM Shulman (2632) – GM Akobian (2612) [D11]Blitz match (1), 25.04.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Be7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Na6 12.Bd2 0–0 13.0–0 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Qxb2...
Blitz match starts today
Chess tournament wraps up Saturday in Upper LakeWritten by Editor Friday, 24 April 2009 UPPER LAKE – There’s one more day left of Lake County’s first Grandmaster Invitational World Class Chess tournament. The event is taking place at the...
Akobian wins Rapid Match portion
[Event “Chess Match”][Round “5”][White “GM Akobian”][Black “GM Shulman”][Result “1-0”][ECO “D43”][White Elo “2612”][Black Elo “2632”][EventDate “2009.4.24”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3...
Akobian 2.5 – 1.5 Shulman
GM Shulman happily mowing 100 acres of lawn in exchange for his hotel accommodation and meals 🙂 Game 1: Akobian 1-0 ShulmanGame 2: Shulman 1/2 AkobianGame 3: Akobian 0-1 ShulmanGame 4: Shulman 0-1 Akobian Standings after 4 games: Akobian...