Polgar: My Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Chess (Part 1)By Susan Polgar Over the years, one of the most popular questions which I am being asked is what are some of the most memorable moments in my career?...
Memo for 2014 FIDE General Assembly Delegates
Dear Delegates! To facilitate our mutual work, please pay attention to the following information: 1. The Secretariat is situated in office 312, hotel Radisson Blu, Tromso. 2. The GA Agendas can be picked up from our offices (one per...
The 2014 FIDE Election is heating up
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: http://fidefirst.com Former World Champion Garry Kasparov: http://kasparov2014.com The election is heating up. Both parties have their own campaign website. I report, you then can make your own decision as who is the better candidate. Chess...
Sports, Empowerment and War
Sports, Empowerment and Warby Shelby Lyman The idea of sports as a form of manly empowerment is an old one. Teddy Roosevelt, a future American president of Rough Riders fame, declared inProfessionalism in Sports (1890): “There is a certain...
Relentless, gradually overpowering opponents and never giving up
Chess by Shelby Lymanon July 26, 2014 – 12:01 AM Like many great players, Magnus Carlsen has few explicit secrets. In part, because his manner at the chessboard, his play and the games themselves are transparent. There is not...
So’s Gambit Declined?
So’s gambit declinedPhilippine Daily Inquirer12:10 am | Saturday, July 26th, 2014 Zugzwang.That’s the term for a situation in a chess game where a player is forced to make a move that will only worsen his position. That’s close to...
Andrey Filatov on decision to run for Vice President of FIDE
Andrey Filatov (photo by Russian Chess Federation) The FIDE leadership elections will take place this August in Tromso, Norway during the World Chess Olympiad. The FIDE President will be elected on 11 August, while the Vice Presidents will be...
2014 SPICE Cup – $5,000 1st prize
2014 SPICE Cup Open Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation St. Louis, Missouri October 21-26, 2014 GM/IM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 Limited to first 50 entries (Free entry to all players FIDE >...
A chronicle of blind moves
A chronicle of blind movesBy Shyama Krishna KumarPublished: 23rd July 2014 09:07 AMLast Updated: 23rd July 2014 09:07 AM BANGALORE: In 2006, Ian Mcdonald, an independent filmmaker, happened to read a small newspaper article about a tournament for visually...