1. Why chess deserves a place in schools (Susanpolgar)
    Artwork by Mike MagnanWhy chess deserves a place in schoolsIn Armenia all six-year-olds study chess; in UK schools it fell off a cliff in the 1980s. But its educational benefits are plentifulJonathan Calderguardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 February 2012 13.30 ESTPrimary school children in Armenia have more to contend with than just the three Rs. From the age of six, they all study chess as a separate subject for two hours a week. Chess is important to the very identity of this landlocked little country. [...]
  2. Chess Prodigies Prep for State Championships (Susanpolgar)
    Chess Prodigies Prep for State Championships February 7, 2012 1:51pm By Mary Johnson,DNAinfo Reporter/ProducerMANHATTAN — In just three short weeks, chess prodigies from across the city will head upstate to Saratoga Springs for the 45th annual New York State Scholastic Championships.The competition, which will be held March 3 and 4, typically attracts roughly 2,000 players ranging from kindergartners to high school seniors."It’s a lot of fun for the kids," said Shernaz Kennedy, a child [...]
  3. Aeroflot Chess 2012 LIVE! (Chessdom)
    Aeroflot chess with computer analysis [...]
  1. Caruana and Le Quang start with wins, Tomashevsky held to a draw (Chessdom)
    The rating favorite Evgeny Tomashevsky was held to a draw at the start of the 2012 Aeroflot chess tournament. Tomashevsky did not continue his game against Aleksandrov and signed one of the shortest draws of the day in just 15 moves. The young talents Caruana and Le Quang Liem started with victories by defeating Dmitry [...]
  2. Nikolai Chadaev wins World Blitz Championship Qualifier (Chessblog)
    Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament took place at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th.The competition with 99 players consisted of 11 rounds of Swiss system, with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, and FIDE rating calculation. The prize fund was 30 000 RUB.GM Nikolai Chadaev took a clear first place with 9 po [...]
  3. Liem seeks to win Aeroflot for the 3rd time (Susanpolgar)
    Quang Liem attends Aeroflot chess tourney in RussiaVietnam’s top chess player, Le Quang Liem (Elo 2,714) has left for the 2012 Aeroflot Open Chess Tournament in Russia.The defending champion said that he aims to earn a higher Elo rating and gain more experience from the competition, which has attracted many international grandmasters.Liem, 21, will play nine games from February 7-16 in Group A that includes 74 competitors.The winner of Group A will be awarded US$20,000 in cash prize and will tak [...]
  1. Staunton Memorial: Adams lead by a full point (Newsisfree)
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  2. Georgi Tringov Memorial - Round Eight (Chessdom)
    The 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship 2012 – Georgi Tringov Memorial, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Plovdiv Municipality, is taking place from 29th January to 5th February in Novotel Hotel, Plovdiv. The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system and is valid for FIDE elo [...]
  3. Adams and Timman lead in Staunton memorial (Newsisfree)
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  1. Ask a direct opening or tactics question directly to a Grandmaster 2700+! (Chessdom)
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  2. Open Sicilians (Chesspublishing)
    All the latest novelties! [...]
  3. Armenian Grandmasters in “Aeroflot Open” (Susanpolgar)
    Armenian Grandmasters in “Aeroflot Open”Grandmasters Vladimir Akopian and Hrant Melkumyan will take part in the tournament A of “Aeroflot Open” to be held in Moscow. Armenian chess players will have 80 GM rivals; Tomashevsky, Caruana, Le Quang Liem, Jobava, Vallejo Pons, Sasikiran are among them.Official website of Armenian Chess Federation reports that a group of Armenian chess players will participate in tournaments “B” and “C” of the mentioned Open.Source: Polgar [...]
  1. Gruenfeld Indian Defence (Chesslodge)
    The Quality Chess "Grandmaster Repertoire" editions number 8 and 9, dedicated to the thorough analysis of the Gruenfeld Indian Defence, are finally out on the market. Grandmaster Boris Avrukh, who already wrote two highly praised volumes on the 1.d4 repertoire, now covers his favourite opening on 616 pages. Grandmaster Repertoire 8: The Gruenfeld Defence Vol.1 [...]
  2. Anand on how it feels to be an Indian sportsman (Newsisfree)
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  3. Five Indians in the B and C group. (Susanpolgar)
    Tough challenge for Hari, HarikaPTI Jan 14, 2012, 10.33AM ISTWIJK AAN ZEE (HOLLAND): Former world junior champion P Harikrishna will start his campaign with Bruzon Lazaro Batista of Cuba while compatriot D Harika will clash with promotee Daniel Vocaturo in the B group of Tata Steel Chess tournament.Even as world champion Viswanathan Anand gives the premier tournament a miss in view of his pending world championship match against Israeli Boris Gelfand later this year, the Indian interest in the f [...]
  1. ICGA/Rybka controversy: An interview with David Levy (1) (Susanpolgar)
    ICGA/Rybka controversy: An interview with David Levy (1)IntroductionIn June 2011 it was widely reported in the global media that the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), headed by Dr. David Levy, had found chess programmer Vasik Rajlich in breach of the ICGA’s annual World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) tournament rule related to program originality. In the ICGA’s accompanying report it was asserted that Rajlich’s chess program Rybka contained “plagiarized” code from Fruit, a pro [...]
  2. The Dzindzi – Rybka 3 Handicap Match (Newsisfree)
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  3. Rybka Controversy Rages On (Chess.about.com)
    Computer chess has been gaining a lot of added attention in the past few months, and not for positive reasons. Last summer, Rybka was stripped of its ICGA computer chess championships after allegations surfaced that significant portions of Rybka (in particular, early versions of the software) were plagiarized from another chess engine, Fruit. This past week, ChessBase published a report from Dr. Sren Riis that fiercely defended Rybka and creator Vasik Rajlich (you can read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 [...]
  1. Nikolai Chadaev first in the World Blitz Championship Qualifier (Susanpolgar)
    The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament took place at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th.The competition with 99 players consisted of 11 rounds of Swiss system, with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, and FIDE rating calculation. The prize fund was 30 000 RUB.GM Nikolai Chadaev took a clear first place with 9 points. Half a point behind are GM Papin Vasily RUS 2570, GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2542, IM Bog [...]
  2. Sharma v. Shahade; Shankland v. Hess; Blitz v. Bullet! (Main.uschess.org)
    IM David Pruess of chess.com announces a series of online Death-Matches. On 26 February, Greg Shahade and Arun Sharma of the USCL will face off while Shankland and Hess play on March 31. [...]
  3. World Blitz Championship Qualifying Tournament (Chessdom)
    The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament will be held at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th. The competition consists of 11 rounds of Swiss system with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, with FIDE rating calculation. The number of participants is [...]
  1. More endgame improvement (Susanpolgar)
    White to move and win.Source: ChessToday.netChess daily news from Susan Polgar [...]
  2. Endgame improvement (Susanpolgar)
    White to move. Whats the best continuation for White?3R4/4p1kp/1p2Pp2/p4p2/P5r1/6P1/4PP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1Chess daily news from Susan Polgar [...]
  3. Special endgame improvement review (Susanpolgar)
    White to move. How should White proceed?k7/8/3R4/8/8/1b6/3K4/8 w - - 0 1Chess daily news from Susan Polgar [...]
  1. Leave our meat judging team and Law School moot court team alone (Susanpolgar)
    Tech gets checkmatedSubmitted by Jon Mark Beilue on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 2:07pmHard times for us Texas Tech alums. First, the Red Raiders suffer their first losing football season since 1992. Then the men’s basketball team may not win a Big 12 game — and is proving it each time the Raiders take the court.Now this. Tech is suffering the indignation of losing its entire national championship chess club. You read it right. The reigning national collegiate champions, and their coach, former world champ [...]
  1. Conquering the Scandianvian Defense! (Susanpolgar)
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  1. Sochi R07: Karjakin beats Al-Modiahki, as bomb blast rocks Sochi (Newsisfree)
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  2. Reggio Emilia R5: Nakamura beats Ivanchuk, takes lead (Chessblog)
    Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hello everyone,The chess news update from the Reggio Emilia Tournament currently on in Italy is that Hikaru Nakamura has beaten Vassily Ivanchuk to take a clear lead after five rounds. There is also a parallel womens event which is being led by Sopiko Guramishvili . You can access the official website at this link.Round 5 resultsNakamura, Hikaru - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0Morozevich, Alexander - Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0Caruan [...]
  3. Nakamura beats Ivanchuk, earns clear lead at the half (Susanpolgar)
    Round 5 results Nakamura, Hikaru - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander - Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano - Giri, Anish 0-1 Standings after 5 rounds 1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2758 11 2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2762 10 3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2775 8 4. Giri, Anish g NED 2714 5 5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2727 4 6. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2729 2 Official website: Polgar [...]
  1. London named as possible venue for Candidates Tournament (Susanpolgar)
    London named as possible venue for Candidates TournamentFebruary 7, 2012 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Assistant to the FIDE President Berik Balgabaev has tweeted that World Championship Candidates Tournament will be held in London from October 23-November 13. However, FIDE official website says nothing on the matter yet. Chess Federations of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria have recently expressed readiness to organize the tournament. On February 2, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian issued a letter to [...]
  2. Vladimir Kramnik conquers London (Chessdom)
    Congratulations for Kramnik for winning London Chess Classic. [...]
  3. More videos from London (Susanpolgar)
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  1. 4 year old Shivanshi Kalsotra (Susanpolgar)
    To: The President FIDE, Subject: Thanks for heartful & kind support to our youngest player Baby Shivanshi Kalsotra in shape of all appreciation & Title (Most Youngest Chess Player in India Honoured)Esteemed Sir/Madam,Trust this piece of mine to find you in the best of your health and everything.It’s our pleasure that your organization doing a great job to promote chess worldwide through association, organization & other sources which is really commendable.Now on behalf of our Chess A [...]
  2. Results are in at Golden State & Liberty Bell (Main.uschess.org)
    Results are in at two major events held over Martin Luther King Day weekend, the Liberty Bell Open in Philadelphia and the Golden State Open in San Francisco, California. IM Justin Sarkar won Golden State while Columbia University freshman Victor Shen took clear first in Philly. Full stories coming soon. [...]
  3. Marc Lang catches the eye by breaking world blindfold record (Susanpolgar)
    Marc Lang catches the eye by breaking world blindfold recordLeonard BardenFriday 30 December 2011 08.24 ESTWhen Miguel Najdorf played 45 <a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Chess" href="Polgar [...]
  1. Baden-Baden and Bremen on fire in German Schach Bundesliga (Susanpolgar)
    Baden-Baden and Bremen on fire in German Schach BundesligaOn 4th and 5th of February the 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga took place. The top teams Baden-Baden, Bremen and Eppingen prevailed and will fight for the title in the highest German chess league. Article and photos by Georgios Souleidis The rounds 8 and 9 of the Schachbundesliga took place this weekend in Berlin, Emsdetten, Dresden and Solingen. The matches in the German capital with the appearance of the teams Berlin, Baden-Ba [...]
  1. Appeal to FIDE: move the Womens World Championship (Newsisfree)
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  2. The visual appeal (Chessexpress)
    Here is a nice mate in 2 which took me a little while to solve. I like this, not because of the difficulty (you should be able to find the answer in under 5 minutes), but just because of the nice layout of the pieces. (Composed by F. Schrufer) [...]
  1. Back to the Bay: Josh Friedel on the Northern California International (Main.uschess.org)
    GM Josh Friedel returned from Wisconsin to the Bay Area for the 2012 Northern California Invitational, held at the NorCal House of Chess. Articles includes annotations by tourney winner GM Shankland and WGM Abrahamyan. [...]
  2. 15. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft (Chessdom)
    The 15th International Bavarian Open Chess Championship is organized by the Municipality of Bad Wiessee and Tourism Tegernsee GmbH. [...]
  3. The sharp point of the Bayonet (Chess)
    My result at the National Open was a bit disappointing but my last round game made up for it. I didnt do much preparation but I did watch a Danny King video on the Bayonet Attack to sharpen my repertoire against the Kings Indian. It turned out... [...]
  1. Super Aeroflot 2012 (Susanpolgar)
    Aeroflot Chess 2012The Aeroflot Chess tournament takes place 7-17 February 2012 in Moscow, the city where the RSSU Cup has just finished and where the 2012 World Chess Championship will be played.Despite having very low number of players for such a high prize fund, Aeroflot Chess 2012 is still one of the strongest open tournaments this year.Top rated players are Tomashevsky, Caruana, Le Quang Liem, Vallejo Pons, Jobava, Sasikiran, Eljanov, Inarkiev, Andreikin, Zvjagnisev, Akopian, Kobalia, Aleks [...]
  2. Tactical Super-Test # 2! (Chess)
    Its been two month since we did our first tactical Super-Test, so now it is time to check your chess skills again and compare them to the best players in chess history! Let me remind you that unlike typical tactical tests, here in most of the pu... [...]
  3. Oliver Barbosa becomes Philippines’ 3rd super GM (Susanpolgar)
    Oliver Barbosa becomes Philippines’ 3rd super GMPhilippine Daily Inquirer 12:36 am Thursday, January 26th, 2012Oliver Barbosa became the third Filipino super Grandmaster after he ruled the 10th Parsvnath International Grandmasters Chess Tournament in New Delhi, India on Monday.The Taytay, Rizal, native finished the eleven-round Swiss system tournament with 9.5 points on eight wins and three draws en route to the title, which enabled the former University of the Philippines (UP) mainstay to raise [...]
  1. TTU a little bland without SPICE (Susanpolgar)
    Champion chess team leaving TTU Reported by: Brittany PriceLast Update: 11:21 pmFOX 34 TVThe SPICE program is named for coach and founder Susan Polgar. It has brought the university international attention during its four-year run, fielding numerous grandmasters and national champions. Now Polgar and several of her best will head to Webster University near St. Louis.<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="Polgar [...]
  2. The "Unofficial" TTU Mascot Video (Susanpolgar)
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  1. d-Pawn Specials (Chesspublishing)
    Recent high-level games in various d-Pawn Specials! [...]
  2. UNM pawns Yale, Princeton for national title (Susanpolgar)
    Chess club pawns Yale, Princeton for national titleBy Ashley McElroy New Mexico Daily LoboThe UNM Chess Club competed in its first intercollegiate championship in December and checked back into New Mexico with a Division III title.Along with the title, the four-member chess team placed 13th overall at the Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship in Fort Worth, Texas, which came as surprise to team members who said they didn’t expect to place at all.“We placed higher than schools like Yale [...]
  3. Classical Games Everybody Should Know. Isolated Pawn. Part Two. (Chess)
    In the first part of this article we started analysis of the classical position with Isolated Queen Pawn where Black pawn e6 is moved to c6. This kind of the position happened in many games of the famousmatch La Bourdonnais - McDonnell. Today ... [...]
  1. Aronian to participate in Bilbao Grand Slam 2012 (Susanpolgar)
    Levon Aronian to participate in Bilbao Grand Slam 2012February 6, 2012 - 14:44 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - From September 24-October 13, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in Chess Grand Slam 2012, to be held in Bilbao, Spain. Aronian will rival Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), winner of Viswanathan Anand - Boris Gelfand pairing, as well as of winners of Linares and Bazna International Chess Tournaments, armchess.am reported.Source: Polgar [...]
  2. Mecking to participate in Brazilian Championship (Susanpolgar)
    The 78th Brazil Chess Championship is taking place from 10th to 20th December in Campinas. 12 players compete in the round robin tournament. GM Giovanni Vescovi is defending the last years title.Participants:GM Giovanni Vescovi 2637GM Rafael Leitão 2626GM Henrique Mecking 2590GM Alexandr Fier 2573IM Diego Di Berardino 2491GM Everaldo Matsuura 2487GM Krikor Meckhitarian 2487GM Felipe El Debs 2477FM Paulo Jatobá Reis 2438IM Evandro Barbosa 2412FM Yago Moura Santiago 2335FM Haroldo Cunha dos Santos [...]
  3. Carlsen to participate in the next World Championship (Susanpolgar)
    Carlsen to participate in the next World ChampionshipMagnus Carlsen has decided to participate in the next World Championship cycle. He is stopping the boycott that began in May 2010 and is back in the hunt for the highest title in chess. The Norwegian prodigy annouced his decision right after winning Bilbao Grand Slam in an interview for the Norwegian VG. Carlsen admits to have come to the decision after FIDE announced that the next Candidates Tournament will be a round robin event. Magnus Carl [...]