Photos by Timea Jaksa Here is the link to some new pictures of the Polgar family. The last 21 pictures were taken by Timea during the Aquaprofit – Polgar Chess Day a few weeks ago in Budapest, Hungary. Chess...
NPR interview with 8 year old World Youth Champ Awonder
Young Chess Champ Talks About The Game ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I’m Robert Siegel. LYNN NEARY, HOST: And I’m Lynn Neary. And now, an impressive little boy named Awonder – Awonder Liang....
Polgar Girls 2011
Photos by Timea Jaksa Here is the link to some new pictures of the Polgar family. The last 21 pictures were taken by Timea during the Aquaprofit – Polgar Chess Day a few weeks ago in Budapest, Hungary. Chess...
Big turn out for Get Smart! Play Chess!
A little more than 4 short years ago, chess almost did not exist in Lubbock, Texas. 5 SPICE Cup, 10+ international events, and a bunch of national collegiate chess titles later, chess is booming in West Texas. Yesterday was...
More of the USCF – Women’s World Team Championship Saga
The USCF declined to send a team to the Women’s World Team Championship due to budget issue. All the other countries accepted the invitation. Obviously the organizer cannot make an exception just for the U.S. It is a pity...
The US refuses to send women’s team to World Team Championship
The US Team Will not Play in Mardin The US Chess Federation made a final decision of not sending a team to the Women’s World Team Chess Championship which will take place in Mardin, Turkey and informed organisers about...
A great story: Unlikely chess friendship
Attorney Shawn Hu, left, plays chess with his homeless friend Alexander Pinkston on Michigan Avenue. (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune / November 15, 2011) Chess forges friendship, keeps it in check As buddies, Loop lawyer, homeless man seem an unlikely...
SPICE – Knight Raider A. Diamant perfect through 3 in St. Louis
Round 3 results Table White Fed. Rating Black Fed. Rating Result 1 IM Yang, Darwin USA 2442 IM Krush, Irina USA 2476 1/2 2 IM Rensch, Daniel USA 2416 GM Kacheishvili, Giorgi GEO 2590 0-1 3 IM Shahade, Gregory...
I made a promise to be there and kept it
Pitbull attack could not get her off her game today She was playing with the family dog, a pitbull, and was bitten in the face. She said to me, “It was all my own fault for scaring the dog,”...
Over 2,000 celebrated Aquaprofit – Polgar Chess Day in Budapest
5th Aquaprofit – Polgar Chess DayBy Diana Mihajlova In Tirana, while the Women’s World Championship between Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru was taking place, in Budapest, three ladies synonymous with women’s chess were holding their annual chess event named...