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By IM Bryan Smith
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February 28, 2010 |
GM Eugene Perelshteyn and Ben Dean-Kawamura tied for 1st at the 32nd Marchand Open held in
Rochester during a lull between huge winter storms which have buffeted the East
Coast.
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By WIM Alexey Root
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February 25, 2010 |
Chess Master Kurt Schneider, who most recently played first board
for the Yale "A" team at the 2008 Pan Ams, was on the Oprah show Monday, February 22. But not for chess. Find out why!
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By CLO
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February 25, 2010 |
Kaidanov holds a 2-1 lead over the strongest woman chess player in history, Judit Polgar, in a Sicilian theme match. Update: Judit tied the match 2-2 and now the match goes to tiebreak.
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By Jonathan Hilton
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February 24, 2010 |
In the second installment of Hilton in the Big Classroom, Jonathan writes about the chess history of Merida, Mexico, the hospitality of meridanos and a blitz match with IM and author Ramón Huerta
Sorís.
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By FM Robby Adamson
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February 21, 2010 |
FM Robby Adamson of Tucson gives an in-depth, personal look into earning his second International master norm at the 25th North American Masters held over two weekends in Skokie, IL.
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By Shaun Smith
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February 20, 2010 |
Shaun Smith of Chess-In-The-Schools explains the team name concept and shows a few key games from his US Amateur East team, How to Lose a Girl in 3 Days.
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By FM Mike Klein
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February 19, 2010 |
GM Judit Polgar, the highest rated woman in history, will face renowned trainer GM Gregory Kaidanov in a Sicilian theme match from Feb.22-25. The games can be viewed on Monroi.com.
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By Alex Betaneli
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February 19, 2010 |
Winning the US Amateur Team North with 5.5/6 was I Love mchesscenter.com, a Chicago team led by IM Angelo Young. In other big news, Trevor Magness broke 2200 and annotates his win over GM Yermolinsky.
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By Jennifer Shahade
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February 19, 2010 |
CLO's US Amateur Team East wrap-up includes games from the winning team, the Cambridge Springers, a Chess Scoop video and best team name contenders. Updated with a pdf link to full crosstable.
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By Shaun Smith
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February 18, 2010 |
11-year-old Justus Williams won a four-game match against 11-year-old Josh Colas with a 3-1 score. Both are on pace to break the record for the youngest African-American master.
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By Dalton Perrine and Toby Boas
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February 18, 2010 |
Two members of the winning Beasts from the Southeast at the US
Amateur Team South, Dalton Perrine (board three) and Toby Boas (board
two) provided annotations of their games. Updated with annotations of a scholastic game!
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By CLO
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February 17, 2010 |
The Aeroflot Open concluded but Americansare playing in Cappelle while Shulman, Ehlvest, Lenderman and Krush are set to play in Iceland. Cappelle Update: Naroditsky finished with 5.5/9 but narrowly missed the IM norm. GM Bhat scored 6/9/
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By CLO
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February 17, 2010 |
Sign up for Alexandra Kosteniuk's 50-board simul exhibition at the Elementary Nationals! Also read about Kosteniuk simuls in Florida on April 24 and just announced, Cherry Hill, NJ on May 8th!
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By Betsy Dynako
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February 16, 2010 |
The 2010 Illinois High School Team Championship report includes a photo gallery and tandem annotations by Eric Rosen, the first board on the winning team, Niles North High and individual champion Michael Auger.
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By Shaun Smith
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February 16, 2010 |
From Feb. 17-18, Justus Williams and Joshua Colas, both 11, will face off in a rated match at IS 318K (4 rounds of G/60). Watch it live on ICC-rounds will be at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm each day!
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By CLO
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February 16, 2010 |
11-year-old expert Kapil Chandran organized a 38-board simul to benefit Haiti relief. Kapil scored one loss, two draws and 35 wins and most importantly raised $306 for the Save the Children organization.
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