On board 1, Evgeny Romanov kept grinding like a grandmaster against James Morris’ well-organised defences, and could have paid a heavy price for his optimistic play. In the end however, White’s passed pawn prevailed. Arif Hafiz and Surya Ganguly appeared to have all the fun to themselves ...
an exhibition match the day before the event will put svidler, reigning chess960 champion and the seventh-ranked chess player in the world, across the board from a chess960-playing program called the baron for two games. so far, such high-level man-machine battles are rare for chess960, ...
4th board gets mated in 7 moves, etc., etc.) might be a little, how shall we say, dubious, pointing out it’s within the rules. That I will term the “soulless gambler automaton opinion.” It is valid and at the same time stinky. Every single team...
Pawns move 1 square forward (never two, as is possible on the first move in chess). While the pawn is on its own side of the board, it captures by moving 1 square forward and taking an opposing piece that may be sitting there (the pawns don't capture diagonally as in chess). Once...
Sax's tournament record was very impressive, winning many and rarely being far from the leader board. Gaining his GM title at an early age (for the time) and showing good results in events like the European Junior Championship in 1970 and the Hungarian Championships in the 1970s lead to in...
It is made up of Filipino students and other students who have an interest in the Philippines. Student A So, what kind of activities do they have? Student B They hold regular meetings and have lots of social activities, such as meals, plays and dances. Student A So wonderful! And what ...
I have filed suit against the United States Chess Federation and five of its board members to stop the sale of the building and the move to Crossville, Tennessee. The title of the case is Sloan vs. Marinello. It is pending in Goshen, Orange County, New York. The judge is Hon. Lawrence...