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Chess Life Magazine 2007 April
Chess Life Magazine 2007 April
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Hikaru Nakamura places second in the Gibraltar Chess Festival while
Irina Krush defeats GMs Akopian and Korchnoi, just missing her second
grandmaster norm. GM Ian Rogers reports.
Although today chess problems and chess play often are two separate worlds, this
was not always the case. Great players were often involved in the composing of
problems. Here we will look at some problems composed by world champions,
national champions, and contenders to the throne.
While
dancing on the edge of the global village, Daaim Shabazz has created
and maintained a valuable and unique chess news website,
thechessdrum.net.
The 90th Marshall Chess Club Championship was a
100 Grand Prix point, nine-round Swiss which featured 19 Masters,
including five GMs and four IMs. For IM Justin Sarkar, the venerable
club was the location of his first GM norm.
Book
of the Year in England last year and finalist for ChessCafe.com Book of
the Year this year, this endgame book is being bandied about as an
instant classic. 