2nd Annual Sister City Chess Championship Saturday, May 10, 2008at Oveal Williams Senior Center 1414 Martin Luther King Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78401For event information, call 361-826-3410.For directions to center, call 361-887-7633. What: United States Chess Federation (U.S.C.F.) Sanctioned...
Rules and Conditions for SP National Invitational for Girls
Rules and Conditions for the Annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls(March 2008) July 27 – August 1 at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock, Texas The annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls, the most prestigious all-girls event...
Won’t likely to repeat
The would have been great match that never took place Magic of ’72 match hasn’t been repeated and likely won’t beSaturday, March 15, 2008 3:02 AMBy SHELBY LYMAN The 1972 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was a...
Karpov visits Chicago school
Chess legend Karpov visits with Stevenson High School teamBy Russell LissauDaily Herald Staff In what one coach called a “once-in-a-lifetime wonder,” seven-time world chess champion Anatoly Karpov met with Stevenson High School’s state-champion chess team this morning. Some of...
Chess and Information Blog
I just changed the header of this blog to Susan Polgar Chess & Information Blog. As I stated before, I have never promoted chess alone. I have always been an advocator for chess with its vast benefits for people...
20th Century Brands to be gone
Several brands which were extremely powerful during the last few decades are about to disappear. Many of them no longer drive big sales. Some are a part of companies that are in trouble. Some are part of industries which...
An essay by Grandmaster Imre Hera
Special essay by Grandmaster Imre Hera of Hungary This is from my column in ChessCafe this month (which covers Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi and game analysis) http://www.chesscafe.com/polgar/polgar.htm People often ask me about what it takes to become a grandmaster and how...
Ida Freeman Elementary’s road to the nationals
Chess Club seeks funds for nationalsCourtney BryceSpecial to The Sun EDMOND — The Chess Club at Ida Freeman Elementary increased in size since last year and so has its expenses. David Nichols, fifth-grade coach, said they had 60 students...
Video Interviews with Topalov, Anand, Radjabov
Click here to see the video interviews with Topalov, Anand and Radjabov from Linares after round 11, courtesy from our friends at Europe Echecs. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A rare picture
I just recently found this picture in my archive. I am not sure if this was ever published before. Note: The picture came from a slide and when I scanned it, it came out backward. That is why the...