After 8 rounds, 9 players were tied for first. After the smoke is clear, two tied for first. But neither is among the top five seeds at the start of the event. Final round key results: GM Alexei Shirov...
The history of chess
THE HISTORY OF CHESS Written by MonRoi Support The enigma of the origins of chess has puzzled historians for decades. Some claim that the chess game elements branched from different sources, which evolved and transformed into modern chess. Senet...
Graduating seniors
My friend Dr. Alexey Root of UTD just posted the following: Friday, April 17th, I attended the last UTD Chess Club meeting of the semester. I will miss the graduating seniors, pictured in this photo. Back row (left to...
Big names at 2009 Canadian Open
2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship Players GM Shirov Alexei 2748 GM Adams Michael 2712 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2699 GM Smirin Ilya 2647 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2616 GM Ganguly Surya 2614 GM Bluvshtein Mark 2568 GM Kovalyov Anton 2557 IM...
GM Onischuk
SPICE Cup Round 2 http://monroi.com/2008-spice-cup-home.html http://monroi.com/2008-spice-cup-media.html Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Picture of the day
Photo by MonRoi GM Kaidanov playing with the giant chess set at Lubbock International Airport Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Zatonskih wins rapid playoff game 1
[White “Zatonskih, Anna”][Black “Krush, Irina”][Result “d4”][WhiteELO “2490”][WhiteTitle “IM”][BlackELO “2515”][BlackTitle “IM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.Qb3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Qf6 8.0–0 Nge7 9.e5 Qg6 10.a3 Bxd2 11.Bxd2 0–0 12.Rac1 Bg4 13.Rfe1 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6...
Pick the winners!
Who do you pick to win the 2008 Frank K. Berry US and US Women’s Championship? Here are the top 10 seeds and how they qualified: 1 GM Alexander SHABALOV 2697 Current Champion2 GM Alexander ONISCHUK 2728 Rating3 GM...
Pictures and videos from scholastic nationals
High School National Video Link: http://monroi.com/chess-tournaments/39-ct/476-2008-uscf-high-school-national-chess-championship.htmlPhoto Link: http://monroi.com/chess-videos-photos.html?album=43&photo=1Replay Chess Games Link: http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1036 Junior National Video Link: http://monroi.com/chess-tournaments/39-ct/473-2008-uscf-national-junior-high-chess-championship-video.htmlPhoto Link: http://monroi.com/chess-videos-photos.html?album=42&photo=5Replay Chess Games Link: http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1030 Videos, pictures and games provided by our friends at MonRoi. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Excellent article about chess sponsorship
SECURING SPONSORS FOR CHESS TOURNAMENTS By Peter HumJanuary 2008Published on the MonRoi website In 2007, the organizers of the Canadian Open and Canadian Youth Chess Championships in Ottawa raised more than $90,000 in cash and many invaluable in-kind donations...