Double Master Challenge today at Chess Arena
Chessdom Chess Arena, the brand new free online chess platform, is gaining speed every day. Despite being in early beta, with very limited functionality, Chess Arena presents multiple nice features to...
View Article10th South Wales International Open
The 10th South Wales International Open is taking place on 14-19th July at the Penarth Conservative Club, 15, Stanwell Rd, Penarth, South Glamorgan.The Venue is situated just a few hundred metres from...
View ArticleTournaments in Vladivostok
The student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok will host three chess tournaments from 18th to 30th July.The “Pacific Meridian” (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) will be played as 11-round swiss with the time...
View ArticleV Vitoria-Gasteiz International Open
The fifth edition of the International Open Vitoria-Gasteiz will be played on 21st-28th July at the Gran Hotel Lakua in the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the...
View ArticleChess among ten most popular sports in Russia
Russian Internet giant “Yandex” has presented a list of ten most popular sports in Russia. The list was composed after examining queries in the Yandex search engine.The two most popular sports are...
View ArticleWhy is Magnus Carlsen not playing in the FIDE World Cup?
Official website: http://www.chessworldcup2013.comChess Daily News from Susan Polgar
View ArticleAlgorithms, a wonderful chess documentary, highly recommended
Hello Susan, Following our successful Kickstarter campaign, I thought I would update you on ALGORITHMS, our documentary about blind chess players in India. The response so far has been fantastic....
View ArticleRaining gold in Iran at the Asian Youth Championships
Source: http://www.sportstaronnet.comIt rained medals for India at the recently-concluded Asian youth chess championship in Sari, Iran. The Indians pocketed as many as 49 medals including 20 gold in...
View ArticleEven more prizes added for the SPF Girls' Invitational
Last night, I made the announcement that I will personally sponsor an additional $5,000 cash prizes for the top 3 finishers of the 10th annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational. You can read...
View ArticleStathes Gazis leads Ikaros International Open
After the completion of the 7th round of Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2013, upsets and surprises keep coming up, with FM Stathes Gazis (seeded No. 5) of S.M.S. Elefsinas keeping the lead...
View ArticleIvan Sokolov vs Peter Leko – Tata Steel 2013 (GM Damian Lemos) ... and more
The Janisch Gambit by GM Leonid KritzThe Janisch Gambit by GM Leonid KritzPosted on July 15,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Janisch Gambit is...
View ArticlePreparing for World Cup and Webster University
“Chỉ có một chút hồi hộp, còn lại tương đối thoải mái”, nhà vô địch cờ chớp thế giới 2013 Lê Quang Liêm cho biết như vậy sau khi anh hoàn tất thủ tục cho chuyến du học Mỹ vào tháng 8 tới.Xem lại môn...
View ArticleThe best performances of all time
By Frank 'Boy' Pestaño and Frank 'Boy' PestañoChessmosoThursday, July 18, 2013ACCORDING to Wikipedia, securing a perfect score (100 percent) in a world-class tournament is very rare. These were...
View ArticleFriendly match between China and USA in Ningbo
Team China (Men)Wang Yue (2705)Zhou Weiqi (2616)Wen Yang (2593)Xiu Deshun (2556) Lu Shanglei (2536) Team China (Women)Ju Wenjun (2531)Tan Zhongyi (2478)Guo Qi (2446)Ding Yixin (2432) Wang Jue (2399)...
View ArticleMiddlegame tactic review
White to move. How should White proceed?Source: ChessToday.netChess Daily News from Susan Polgar
View ArticleSlovenian chess star fighting for her life
Original letter http://www.sah-zveza.si/news/1307/Dajmo%20Vesna.pdf. You can use http://translate.google.com to translate the letter. She needs help from the chess community.The father of the WIM sent...
View ArticleCzech Open 2013
The 24th International Chess and Games Festival from the Czech Republic is taking place on 11th – 27th July in Pardubice, a city that lies on the river Elbe, 96 kilometres east of Prague.A huge number...
View ArticleBiel Rapid Chess Tournament
The 46th Biel International Chess Festival will be held from 20th July to 2nd August in Biel, Switzerland.A large amount of events will take place in the festival, and the action begins on Saturday the...
View ArticleVladimir Onischuk convincing winner of Pacific Meridian Rapid
The Pacific Meridian (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) rapid tournament was held on 18-20th July at the student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok, Russia.The event was 11-round swiss with the time control 15′+10”....
View ArticleWebster U GM Robson scores in USA vs China match
http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/chesslive.htmlMen's resultsZhou 0-1 RobsonShankland 0-1 Wang YueWen 1/2 KaidanovXiu 0-1 LendermanShulman 0-1 LuChina 2.5 - 2.5 USAWomen's resultsTan 1/2 Abrahamyan Foisor...
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