Chess

Beating the perception about chess

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Chess for Success tournament tries to beat perceptions about the game By Allan Brettman, The Oregonian November 07, 2009, 6:32PM Jerryd Bayless, Phillip Margolin and Susan Polgar. Remember those names. Linda Hu and Camille Franklin don't know any of them, but they do know chess. This morning, 8-year-old Hu, a Woodstock Elementary third-grader, and 9-year-old Franklin, a Vernon Elementary fourth-grader,...

Chess can help students academically

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Kids check in for local chess contest Nearly 40 students competed in the tournament Updated: Saturday, 07 Nov 2009, 5:31 PM EST Published : Saturday, 07 Nov 2009, 5:31 PM EST Kate Kelty WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - West Lafayette elementary school students were kept in check at a local chess tournament. Nearly 40 students from Cumberland and Happy Hollow Elementary Schools participated in the event....

Australian Chess Championship

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Location: norths (North Sydney Leagues Club). 12 Abbott Street, Cammeray NSW 2062. click here to visit norths chess club website. click here to visit norths website. Eleven days of chess competition with just one game per day. This gives time for rest and preparation between games. Competition games will be entered onto the website promptly and become available throughout the day they are played....

RP Chess Team bows to Uzbekistan in 6th round of the Asian Indoor Games

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA)-- Filipino Grandmaster Mark Paragua turned back IM Dzhurabek Khamrakulov but his efforts were not good enough to power the seventh- seed Philippine chess team to a higher notch.

Amusive Chess 2.0

SEO Blog and Entertainmet Blogger (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Amusive Chess 2.0 + Rus + Portable | 10,5 Mb Chess is an intellectual game of all times. Now it you can insert it into your PC so that you can play the game whenever you like, with no need of a counterpart player. The chess simulator will help you to master your chess playing skills, to train your intellectual capacity and, above all, give you lots of entertainment. Wreck your brain with this game!...

Grand Master Chess Tournament v1.0.0.1

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Whether you’re an old pro, someone who wants to improve his skills or a novice who wants to learn how to play, Grandmaster Chess Tournament has the features you’re seeking! Experts will appreciate the challenge of playing against the computer at one of the higher difficulty levels. Intermediate players will enjoy playing at the lower difficulty levels and using hints to learn new tactics....

Linex Magic - Kasparov Mascote in the final

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Linex Magic - Kasparov Mascote is the final of the Spanish CECLUB chess championship Gashimov with surprising draw, Shirov and Cheparinov save the day for Linex Magic Report by Chessdom.com Most of the top 10 players participate in the ongoing Tal Memorial in Moscow . The rest of the 2700 club, however, is not staying out of competitions. GM Shirov, GM Gashimov, GM Vallejo, GM Milov, GM Adams, GM...

Gaprindashvili and Cebalo win World Senior

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gaprindashvili and Cebalo become World Senior Champions 26th October to 7th November in Condino, Italy Report by our friends at Chessdom.com The 19th World Senior Chess Championship was held from 26th October until 7th November in Condino - Trentino, Italy. The Championship was played over 11 rounds with the Swiss System and the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes...

Korchnoi in London

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

For immediate release November 7th 2009 London Chess Classic The London Chess Classic is delighted to announce that Viktor Korchnoi, one of the all time greats of world chess has agreed to be the tournament’s Guest of Honour. Korchnoi still plays high level chess at the age of 78 and recently played on board one for Switzerland at the European Team Championship. Korchnoi fought two world title...

LIVE Commentary Poll - Round 4

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Which game would you like to see LIVE commentary in round 4? Vladimir Kramnik (2) - (1) Peter Svidler Magnus Carlsen (1.5) - (2) Levon Aronian Ruslan Ponomariov (1.5) - (2) Vishy Anand Peter Leko (1) - (1.5) Vassily Ivanchuk Alexander Morozevich (1) - (1.5) Boris Gelfand pollcode.com free polls The game with the most vote will be the game I will do LIVE commentary tomorrow morning. Chess news from...

• Anand, Aronian and Kramnik win in third round Tal Memorial - Chess news by ChessVibes
• Anand keeps Kramnik at bay - Hindu
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

RP place 6th

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

RP rapid chessers beat Qatar, settle for 6th in Indoor Games Cebu Daily News First Posted 09:10:00 11/08/2009 THE RP rapid chess team composed of GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., GM Mark Paragua, WFM Shercila Cua and WFM Catherine Perena yesterday settled for 6th overall at the end of the preliminary round of the rapid team competition in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kazakhstan...

Hoyle Puzzle and Board Games (2009)

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Challenging favorites provide something for every player with HOYLE Puzzle & Board Games 2009. This great collection features traditional puzzle game standards like Hangman, Mahjongg and Anagrams PLUS mind-bending puzzle classics like Sudoku and over 1200 different Crosswords. All games are designed with the official rules from HOYLE, the official name in gaming. As an added bonus, you receive...

A Little Strategery?

HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Just a thought - Nancy Pelosi is going to allow a vote on the anti-abortion funding amendment offered by Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat. While some pro-lifers are happy about that, others fear the passage of that amendment will clear the way for pro-life Democrats to support the main health bill, thus ensuring passage. Some of the lefties in the Dem party have said they wouldn't support the...

Aronian 1-0 Leko

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Aronian, L (2786) - Leko, P (2752) [D43] Tal Memorial (3), 07.11.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qf6 14.a4 h5 15.Qg5 Qxg5 16.hxg5 a6 17.Be5 Rg8 18.Rxh5 Nd7 19.Bf4 b4 20.Nb1 c5 21.f3 Bg7 22.Rh7 Bd4 23.Bxc4 Nf8 24.Rh5 Ng6 25.Bc1 0–0–0 26.b3 Ne5 27.Be2 Rd7 28.Rd2 Rgd8 29.Rc2 Ng6 30.Kf1 Kb8 31.g3...

Anand scores 1st win at Tal Memorial

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Anand, V (2788) - Svidler, P (2754) [D85] Tal Memorial (3), 07.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0–0 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.Qe3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.Rc1 Be6 15.b3 a6 16.Be2 Nc6 17.0–0 f6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Bf1 Bf7 20.Nh2 Be6 21.f4 Nd4 22.f5 Bf7 23.Ng4 gxf5 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qf2 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qd6 27.Rd1 c5 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.b4 f5 30.bxc5...