$10,000 Webster University SPICE Cup OpenOctober 16-20, 2012St. Louis, Missouri Prizes: $10,000 guaranteed ($4,000 – $2,000 – $1,500 – $1,000 – $500 – $250; Under 2400 FIDE $500 – $250) This event will be held alongside with the SPICE...
South Africa’s first Grandmaster
Cape man is South Africa’s first chess grandmasterSeptember 11 2012 at 10:01amBy Aziz Hartley Cape Town – A Mitchells Plain father who grew up in the township and played his first game of chess at 13, has become South...
Susan Polgar World Open for Boys and Girls 2012 with over $100K in scholarships and prizes!
Official website: http://www.polgarworldopen.com/Susan Polgar World Open for Boys and GirlsMain Event – October 6 – 7*, 2012Special 3 hour Camp – October 5, 2012 Doubletree Hotel – Oakbrook, IL Over $100,000 in prizes and scholarships to Webster University **The...
$10,000 SPICE Cup Open in St. Louis
$10,000 Webster University SPICE Cup OpenOctober 16-20, 2012St. Louis, Missouri Prizes: $10,000 guaranteed ($4,000 – $2,000 – $1,500 – $1,000 – $500 – $250; Under 2400 FIDE $500 – $250) This event will be held alongside with the SPICE...
Photos from the 2012 Chess Olympiad Closing Ceremony
Photos from the Closing Ceremony: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/OlympiadClosingCeremony Photos from Chess Olympiad: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/IstanbulChessOlympiad Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Fiercely, ferociously, going for his opponent’s jugular
For Boris Spassky, the key to Bobby Fischer’s unparalleled chess achievements was his implacable will to win. Bobby’s competitiveness was noticed early by others. As a 9-year-old grade-school student, he elicited the following appraisal by a teacher: “Whatever he...
Photos from 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiad
Photos from 2012 Chess Olympiad: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/IstanbulChessOlympiad Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
$10,000 SPICE Cup Open in St. Louis
$10,000 Webster University SPICE Cup OpenOctober 16-20, 2012St. Louis, Missouri Prizes: $10,000 guaranteed ($4,000 – $2,000 – $1,500 – $1,000 – $500 – $250; Under 2400 FIDE $500 – $250) This event will be held alongside with the SPICE...
Many norms earned at the Chess Olympiad
Norms earned so far (women): No. Name Team FED After Rd. Pts. Games New Title 1 WFM Baciu, Diana Moldova MDA 10 5 9 WIM 2 Frayna, Janelle Mae Philippines PHI 9 6 9 WIM 3 WFM Gevorgyan, Irina...