Checkmate! – silver medal after 68 yearsPublished on Tuesday 20 September 2011 05:34A FORMER resident of Buxton has finally been presented with the silver chess trophy he was promised during the Second World War, 68 years after winning the competitio…
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Silver medal after 68 years
Published by September 20th, 2011 in Chess News, Susan Polgar Chess and WWII. 0 CommentsChessdom, our favorite media partner, has a brand new look!
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12-0 playing on board one for Greece Arcadia
Published by July 15th, 2011 in Chess News and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess News3:08 PM, Jul. 12, 2011Brian Johnston might not seem to be your typical teen. He thinks chess is exciting and he’s making an eight-year commitment to the U.S. Marine Reserves.But an incredibly successful year of chess led to him being named t…
University Interscholastic League chess competition
Published by January 12th, 2011 in Chess News, Chess Video, Corpus Christi, Susan Polgar Chess and UIL. 0 CommentsCORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – Dan Deleon joins Katy Kiser on 3 News First Edition to discuss a University Interscholastic League (UIL) chess event.Deleon’s 2 children will be involved in the chess event called “Chess Puzzle Solving” in which they will d…
A Sideways Strategy
Published by October 28th, 2010 in Chess News, New York City and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsOctober 27, 2010, 4:37 PMA Sideways Strategy for a Flawed Chess BoardBy KAYLEEN SCHAEFEROn a recent Saturday, Jean Manas and his son, Mateos Haile-Manas, were playing chess on one of the three public tables on the East River promenade, a raised platfor…
SOS! Chess Champ Galina Shliahtich needs your help!
Published by October 6th, 2010 in Chess News, help, Susan Polgar Chess and Ukraine. 0 CommentsSummary by GM Golubev:Several times, Galina Shliahtich was the IPCA Women World Chess Champion.She also was Ukrainian Women’s Champion in 1998.She was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis since 1993.She was diagnosed with Tuberculosis since 2006.Her condi…
Chess Olympiad 2010 news from all continents
Published by September 17th, 2010 in Chess News, Chess Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess Olympiad 2010 news from all continents5 days to the start of the Olympiad5 days before the start of the World Chess Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, international mainstream media has launched multiple reports on the most important national teams eve…
Some important chess resources
Published by September 14th, 2010 in Chess and Information, Chess News and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsSome important chess resources:World Chess Federation: www.FIDE.comChess News and Information on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/polgarchessChess News and Information on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SusanPolgarEuropean Chess Union: www.EuropeChess.net…
Italian Chess News
Published by September 1st, 2010 in Chess in Italy, Chess News, Italy and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess greetings from Italy!Italy has a new young Grand Master, Sabino Brunello, 21 years old.It is surely an effect of the example by Fabiano Caruana (and also Daniele Vocaturo) also if Sabino is not a professional player, but he is a student at Univer…
Some news….1. CORK CHESS CAMP:Is on this coming week in the Ursuline Secondary School, Blackrock.16-20 August. 10am to 1pm daily, ages 7-18, Fee: 49.50e weekly, OR 15e Daily to max of 49.50e.Please book in with me by phone, email, or text.Tel: 061-39…
ITN News
Published by July 12th, 2010 in Bobby Fischer, Chess News and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess daily news from Susan Polgar
What question does our ChessBase Workshop columnist receive more often than any other? Go ahead amd guess — and we’ll bet you get it wrong. Steve Lopez reveals the single most burning question on the minds of his longtime readers in the latest ChessBase Workshop.
July 15, 1972. Reykjavik, Iceland. After threatening to abandon the World Championship match and leave Iceland, Challenger Bobby Fischer appears for game three, in a back room of the theatre. There he discovers that a closed-circuit television camera for the audience in the main hall. “No cameras!” he roars. Prof. Christian Hesse recounts the harrowing events surrounding the match.
Message to Ilyumzhinov: the Bulgarians are worried
Published by September 26th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsDuring the Bilbao Masters tournament Veselin Topalov’s manager IM Silvio Danailov told journalists that there were no news regarding the Topalov vs Kamsky match. Now Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation has appealed to FIDE President: “Mr. Ilyumzhinov, please inform me where and when the match will take place!” We await an answer.
During the Bilbao Masters tournament Veselin Topalov’s manager IM Silvio Danailov told journalists that there were no news regarding the Topalov vs Kamsky match. Now Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation has appealed to FIDE President: “Mr. Ilyumzhinov, please inform me where and when the match will take place!” Full story, with corrections of the translation.
As a child John Healy discovered that drink offered a release from his violent and unpredictable father. For fifteen years he dossed, drank and fought in the grass arena – the parks and open spaces of London. And spent time in prison. On one occasion he learnt chess – and became hooked. After a decade out of print Healy’s gripping tale is now published as a Penguin Classic.
The Harlem Children’s Zone is staging a Chess Festival on Sunday, September 28th. It features free chess lessons, a free drawing for 300 chess sets and T-shirts, problem-solving contests and free refreshments. As part of the celebration, Kasparov will play 20 games simultaneously against student players from Harlem. Press release.
The Republican candidate announced that he would miss the debate scheduled
for later tonight, then he decided to participate. Not in a debate, apparently,
but in a chess match, as WGM (and author, and webmaster) Jennifer Shahade tells
us. She has published the game with full commentary by the candidates. It ends
in a nice checkmate by a pawn on e5.
Parody.
On Monday, September 29 Greg Chamitoff, travelling 210 miles above the earth at five miles a second, will challenge team earth to a ground-breaking Space Match. It is a unique event, pitting the International Space Station astronaut against the residents of Earth, guided by a team of schoolchildren. Rate of play is one move per day. Press release.
The 22-year-old Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, rated 2622, is the second strongest female player in the history of chess. In this year’s Women’s World Championship she cruised through to the semi-finals and was then eliminated by 14-year-old Chinese wonder girl Hou Yifan. What went wrong? Manisha Mohite analyses the situation around Humpy and offers explanations. Sify report.
The chess program Rybka has played a number of handicap matches against titled players, but never before one against a 2700+ player. Last week it got an opportunity against Vadim Milov, playing two regular games, two with pawn and move handicap and four with exchange odds. It was a well-matched battle, instructive for both the programmers and the Super-GM. Larry Kaufman reports.
Learning from the young Keres and Smyslov
Published by September 23rd, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsIn 1939 neither the legendary Paul Keres, 23, nor the future World Champion
Vassily Smyslov, 18, were obviously at their prime, but they were already very
strong and great battlers. In our Wednesday night Playchess
lecture Dennis Monokroussos takes a look at an encounter which starts with a
low-tech opening but develops into a firework of attacking brilliance. Wed. night, free of charge.
Ningpo or Ningbō is a provincial Chinese city – populated by over
two million and covering an area of over 6000 square kilometres. It is playing
host to a traditional China vs Russia match, which this year is going in favour
of the Eastern players. After the five rounds of regular chess (rapid and blitz
are to follow) the score is 26:24 points – thanks to the Russian girls.
Pictorial report.
It is 21 days to go for the start of the long awaited World Championship match. While tension is rising you should not miss getting to know the champion and his challenger in person. While Kramnik recorded his famous DVD
‘My Path to the Top’
at the end of 2007, Anand just recently made two DVDs, also in the Fritz Trainer format. Buy Vishys
‘My
Career vol 1 and 2′ now or read this review.
One of the quirks of living on the surface of a tilted sphere is opposite seasons. When it is cold, dark and damp in the Northern Hemisphere, the southern half is enjoying balmy weather, with the denizens engaging in activities such as mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, skydiving and river safaris in jet boats. You can join them and play chess as well. The Queenstown Open is in January.
The Serbian Chess League took place in Subotica, from September 1 to 12, 2008. Fifty-one participating grandmasters make it one of the world’s strongest leagues. The well deserved victory went to NSK DDOR from Novi Sad. Second was Beograd Beopublikum, which chould not catch Novi Sad in spite of a 6/10 result and 2704 performance by Arkadij Naiditsch. Report and games.
Bilbao Masters: photographic impressions by Fred Lucas
Published by September 20th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsWe turn, as in the past, from the digicam journalists who swarm around chess events to the professionals who take their work very seriously, composing, framing, cropping, colour-correcting their high-quality pictures, and producing aesthetically pleasing visual feasts. Our friend and teacher Fred Lucas was at the Chess Masters in Bilbao and has provided us with his take on the event. Enjoy.
Kampf der Könige – Fighting For The Crown
Published by September 19th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsJust 23 days, 20 hours, 37 minutes and 06 seconds left (at the time of writing) for the start of the World Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany. For those of you who can barely wait there is a chess quiz on the official site; an opportunity to buy premium tickets for the live online coverage; and a chess film on DVD with spectacular chess visuals.
EU Individual Championships: Jan Werle wins
Published by September 18th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsThe Europen Championship in Liverpool, England, with 141 players and a prize fund is 30,000 pounds, was won by the young Dutch grandmaster Jan Werle, half a point ahead of a trio consisting of Czech GM Viktor Laznicka and the top Brits Michael Adams and Nigel Short (who lost one game by ringtone). The reporting on the tournament site was exceptional. Big pictorial wrapup.
Nalchik Final: Kosteniuk leads 2:1, needs just a draw
Published by September 16th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsThe third game of the Women’s World Championship Final was a tough, 72-move draw. That left Russian GM Alexandra Kosteniuk in the lead with 2:1 points. On Wednesday the 14-year-old Chinese has to win with black in the last game to force a tiebreak. Kosteniuk can pick up the title with a draw. The game starts at 15:00h local time (GMT +3). You can watch it on the Playchess server.
If you’re a 1.e4 e5 player you will want to tune in to our Wednesday night Playchess lecture. Dennis Monokroussos takes a special look at one of the first great American players, Frank Marshall, whose fame continues until today on account of his Ruy Lopez gambit. The game is from the World Championship match against Emanual Lasker in 1907. Very instructive.
Nalchik: Alexandra Kosteniuk is the Women’s World Champion
Published by September 16th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsThe Russian GM drew the fourth game against the 14-year-old Chinese wondergirl Hou Yifan to win the final of the Women’s World Championship with a 2.5:1.5 score. In the final game Alexandra Kosteniuk was winning but played it safe and drew with a perpetual check. Express report.
If you’re a 1.e4 e5 player you will want to tune in to our Wednesday night Playchess lecture. Dennis Monokroussos takes a special look at one of the first great American players, Frank Marshall, whose fame continues until today on account of his Ruy Lopez gambit. The game is from the World Championship match against Emanuel Lasker in 1907. Very instructive.
Nalchik: Alexandra Kosteniuk is Women’s World Champion
Published by September 16th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsThe Russian GM drew the fourth game against the 14-year-old Chinese wondergirl Hou Yifan to win the final of the Women’s World Championship with a 2.5:1.5 score. In the final game Alexandra Kosteniuk was winning but played it safe and drew with a perpetual check. We bring oyu a final pictorial report from Nalchik with a special section of the actors in the background. Beautiful people.
Bilbao R10: Topalov wins Bilbao, leads in live rankings
Published by September 15th, 2008 in Chess News. 0 CommentsVeselin Topalov won his final game in Bilbao against Vassily Ivanchuk in fine style, securing first place by a big margin and advancing to number one in the world in the unofficial live rankings. Teimour Radjabov beat Levon Aronian with the black pieces, putting Magnus Carlsen in second place according to the Bilbao system. Anand was a shocking last. Big pictorial report.
