This is Gata’s camel, courtesy of his Excellency Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Kamsky – Bacrot [D15]Candidates 2007 27.05.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.b4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 a5 10.bxa5 Bg7 = 11. f4...
Coverage of the Candidates’ Matches
The road to Mexico City takes another step forward today as 16 players will compete for the final 4 spots to join Kramnik, Anand, Svidler and Morozevich. I will cover the candidates’ matches extensively right here. Many games will...
Minor accident with the bus carrying all the players in Elista
During the transportation of the players and journalists of the Candidates Matches from the airport, a local child unexpectedly runs to the road. In order to avoid a serious accident the drivers of the buses had to apply a...
FIDE’s new invention! Baaaaahhhh
The method to decide which player gets White in the first game is … draw a sheep! White sheep for Judit means she gets white against Bareev in the first game 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Extensive coverage of the candidates’ matches
I will cover the candidates’ matches extensively starting tomorrow, especially Judit, Gata, Magnus / Levon Aronian. Please feel free to join me with feedbacks, comments and analysis. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Candidates’ Matches start tomorrow!
The 16 Grandmasters who will participate in the Candidates Matches are: 01. Levon Aronian (ARM)02. Peter Leko (HUN)03. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)04. Boris Gelfand (ISR)05. Etienne Bacrot (FRA)06. Alexander Grischuk (RUS)07. Judit Polgar (HUN)08. Alexei Shirov (ESP)09. Michael Adams (ENG)10....
Our federation is not healthy
This is my Candidate Statement for the June 2007 Chess Life The current state of our federation is not healthy! The USCF lost money again! Many sponsors do not want to deal with us. Many supporters are tired of...