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The Polgar Sisters and How They Grew 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've always admired the Polgar sisters as the "Williams sisters of the chess world".
It's a rare thing anymore to see the ladies together. It's ashame that the world has been deprived of seeing Zsofia really reach her potential but Judit has her pro career and Susan with her professional organizing and promotion business is a great asset to chess (and not just American Chess ... as some have said Read more:Sisters
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Get a Goldtoken user ID. Comment on the Chessvine announcemen Read more:Contest
Banjaluka 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The 9th Banjaluka international tournament will be happening soon ... check out the player list:
1. Korchnoi Viktor GM (SUI) 2602
2. Ilin?i? Zlatko GM (SRB) 2519
3. Draško Milan GM (MNE) 2508
4. Vuki? Milan GM (BIH) 2457
5. Jakovljevi? Vlado IM (BIH) 2442
6. Savanovi? Aleksandar IM (BIH) 2426
7. Lela Javakhishvili WGM (GEO) 2461
8. Geetha N. Gopal GM (IND) 2572
9. Sergei Volkov GM (RUS) 2636
10.
Jennifer Shahade and the Obama-McCain Chess Match 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Jennifer Shahade has a new blog article which says the following:
Four years ago, GM Pascal Charbonneau, John Fernandez and I created a fictional chess game between John Kerry and George W. Bush. Here we go again…
September Surprise! Instead of tonight’s scheduled debate, Barack Obama
and John McCain
will face off in a chess game. And what a match up it will be! Barack Obama just defea Read more:Match
The Pressure of Chess Tournament 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The casual chess enthusiast has no idea just how much pressure there is at a chess tournament. I think this is especially true of players expected to win events ... like Humpy Koneru who said:
"Whenever I compete in World Championships there is heavy expectation riding that I should become the champion. That does put pressure on me" - GM Humpy Koneru
Poor Humpy seems to frequently buckle under t Read more:Pressure
, Tournament
Chess Set Made Of Cheese 0000-00-00 00:00:00 After my earlier rant about a Chocolate Chess set given only casual mention by chessbase in its report on the WWCC I knew when I saw this I had to pass it on! A Chess set made entirely of cheese! Who wants grilled chess pieces?!? Read more:Cheese
Happy Belated-Birthday to Two Chess Authors!! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Argh! It seems I'm always the last to know but I LOVE wishing people happy birthday so I'm publishing this anyway!
HappyBirthday
to IM John Donaldson and GM Lars Bo Hansen!
Susan Polgar did a report on them and got her info from chesstoday as follows:
American IM John Donaldson was born on the 24th of September 1958. Donaldson is a well-respected chess organiser, journalist and author. He has
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was scouring chessblogland and came across a 'blog' of sorts called Bruno
's Chess Problem
of the Day. Today's puzzle is shown below:
Can you find the solution?
Rybka vs. GM Milov ... Milov Wins! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 That's right people! Take that Silicon Chip Monsters! Human's can still win matches. Well, okay, so the match was handicapped. The full details are written down by IM Larry Kaufman (an important member of the Rybka
team) for Chessbase but I'll pass them on here as well.
Two normal chess games where the only "handicap" was Milov's getting white in both games. He lost the first of these and drew th
GM Zoltan Almasi wins Hungarian KO Championship! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's a dream format: 16 players (12GMs, 4IMs), four game matches each round until a winner in each match is declared, and only the survivor claims victory.
GM Zoltan Almasi was 40 FIDE rating points higher than his nearest rival but far from 'sitting pretty' he must have felt quite a bit of pressure (having won it before adds to the strain). He pulled it out with flying colors and is the 2008 Hun
My Analysis: Taylor - NM Whaley 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here is a game of mine from the last Lexington tournament:
Positional Chess is not the absence of tactical themes ... it's two tactical ideas clashing and being forced to a standstill while both players work around those features. Take that following example:
[Event "Don't Let Your Flag Fall"]
[Site "Lexington, Kentucky"]
[Date "9-20-2008"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anton Taylor
"]
[Black "NM Davis Wha Read more:Analysis
Meet The SPICE Cup Players 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Source: Lubbock Online
Grandmaster Alexander Onischuk (USA)
Grandmaster Onischuk is one of the top Grandmasters in the United States. Born in 1975 in Sevastopol, Ukraine, he earned his Grandmaster title in 1994. In 1995, he tied for first at the World Youth Championship. In 2000, he won the Ukrainian Championship. He won the 2001, 2002, and 2003 World Open; and in 2001 and 2002 he was the Nation Read more:Players
GM Julio Becerra and GM Gregory Kaidanov Draw at SPICE CUP 0000-00-00 00:00:00 While I'm not thrilled with Kaidanov's desire to get the pieces off early in this game I have to admire his careful planning to bring a drawn endgame about (with a slight advantage to himself).
[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Date "2008.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Becerra"]
[Black "GM Kaidanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.9.21"]
[Ti Read more:Gregory
Fabiano, Nakamura, and who else? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's no surprise that the former New York FIDE master turned Italian superstar Grandmaster has hit the top of the Italian team for this years Olympiad.
Why am I not surprised? Oh, well, several years ago I predicted Nakamura
's rise and then he won the US Championship. Just before Fabiano
went off to Italy I predicted he'd be a GM shortly and then BLAM! His face was plastered on the front cover of
New Life in the Marshall Gambit a la GM Joel Benjamin 0000-00-00 00:00:00 wandering around chessblogland I came across an article from GM Joel posted to Chess Life Online. Now, I'm not a fan of Black's side of the Ruy Lopez but I read this article because White's side in the Ruy is my primary weapon. I've never been tempted to try Qf3 against Bb7 and it seems dangerous. As white I would simply avoid this line altogether. (if you're too lazy to click-through to the artic Read more:Benjamin
, Marshall
, New Life
Alexandra Kosteniuk is Women's World Chess Champion! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The new Women
's World
Chess Champion is none other than ... drum roll please ... Alexandra
Kosteniuk!!
As I expected Alexandra played to draw the game and hold her victory secure from game one. Here's the game ...
GM Kosteniuk (2510) - GM-elect Hou (2557) [B45]WWC - Nalchik, 14.09.20081.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 a6 9.a4 0–0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.
Chessvine Added to YourChess 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Thanks to the effort of my fellow webmaster Valerio Tirri Chessvine.com is now a featured news source on yourchess.net.
He's using a javascript method to parse my feedburner feed so the update is virtually instant as I post new content.
I like the idea of trying to 'aggregate' all these blog feeds and media sources all in one place. I'm fully supporting this project even if at some point Valeri
Oh, No, Mr. DP!! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 This one is firmly filed under miscellaneous ...
In a recent interview for Chessdom.com FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos makes the following statement ...
Q: How do you comment on the fact that five players, that have originally signed the Georgian letter, decided to come and play after all?
A: The problem is that after the unfortunate events in South Ossetia, the Georgian players rea
Hou in Trouble at the Women's World Championship 0000-00-00 00:00:00 It appears our Chinese heroine is having an uphill battle just to stay alive (at least according to Susan's Blog entry).
GM Kosteniuk (2510) - GM-elect Hou (2557) [B45]WWC - Nalchik, 14.09.20081.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 a6 9.a4 0–0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.Qe1 Bc8 14.Qg3 Bb7 15.f5 Kh8 16.Rad1 Rae8 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Qh3 Bd8 += 19.Nd4 Nxd4 Bl Read more:Trouble
, Women
, World
, World Championship
Another Hidden Article on Chessbase 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I think I've said before that I become frustrated with these interesting stories on Chessbase that simply merit a mention in the body of an almost unrelated article. Well, they've done it again!
I was reading the most recent update for the Women's World Championship when I came down to the end and there was a tiny mention of an edible chess set (board and pieces).
Now, maybe it's just me but tha Read more:Article
, Hidden
Dresden Chess Olympiad 2008 Teams List on Chessdom 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Chessdom.com has placed a list of the teams headed to Dresden
and members of those teams. The best part about this project is that they started with an admittedly incomplete list and let it grow through reader input. It's a good marketing strategy and the list itself is useful to all media outlets. Yet again Chessdom has proven its worth as a media outlet rivaling even the mighty chessbase.
You s
The Chess Blog Review Committee 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well, it seems that in my absence Chessvine gained some undue attention. It seems that my accepting Jack Lemoine's request to be a part of Chessvine has created a political stir. Just read this comment to a recent unrelated post:
Dear chess playing blogger,
Your blog has been reviewed as submitted. The Committee
appreciates your enthusiasm in joining the world wide web consortium. Unfortunately
BBC Not Covering the World Chess Championship 0000-00-00 00:00:00 After finding an important story from the Streatham & Brixton Blog I immediately sent off a little friendly comment to the BBC. ejh asked that this be passed on ...
If not now, when?
Dear BBC OnlineThe World
Chess Championship began on 14 October in Germany (see for instance As yet I see no coverage on the BBC site. Is there a reason for this?I write about chess and would appreciate
Anand Wins Game 3 of the World Championship! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 In a hugely unexpected display of skill Anand
demolishes Kramnik in just the third game. I personally expected boring draws until the rapid portion of the match ... but there you go ... I can't have it my way always. Anand will have a huge boost of confidence after this game!
GM Kramnik (2772) - GM Anand (2783) [D49]17.10.2008 - World
Championship - Game 31.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 N
The World Championship Thus Far 0000-00-00 00:00:00 At this very moment we're looking at the World
Chess Championship and after two and a half games we see Anand's preparation popping up here and there and Kramnik isn't playing with a fighting spirit. The first two games have been drawn but the excitement level rises with each cliffhanging draw and I think both players are starting to feel the strain.
But for Anand I think it's a good kind of stra
Karpov on Fischer - My Youtube Addiction Goes Critical 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Karpov talking about Fischer and making some very good points.
I'm becoming addicted to Youtube ... I'm cutting myself off for awhile (from youtube and picking on Fischer).
Kramnik-Anand Match: Analysts Unchained 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well, with the anticipated Vlad-Vishy match coming ever closer many authorities and even more non-authorities are weighing in with their thoughts on the match.
Naturally, Susan Polgar has provided some interesting stats involving the two players' record against each other. Of course the article is taken (and credited) from Chesstoday.net. It strikes me as a double standard that people are flatter Read more:Anand
, Kramnik
, Match
, Unchained
BabelFish Smabblefish 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I have added a new translation tool in the sidebar but to my chagrin when I translated a previous article from English into Japanese and then back into English it came out as follows ...
[arekisandora] Kosteniuk sees recently very sharply. Her victory of chess championship of the world of the woman her now winning the blitz of the woman of Mindsports of the world after continuing. Me the success w
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