Hou Yifan is poised to create history by becoming the first female winner of the Gibraltar International. She told me that her win over Polgar hadn't sunk in as anything special and she wasn't thinking about the enormous cash rewards first place...
Mickey Adams remains the favorite, but there are many contenders, including Hou Yifan who is having a fantastic tournament. The top results from round eight: 1 3 GM Adams Michael 2724 6 ½ - ½ 5½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 2 2 15 GM Short N...
The results of the top games in round seven: 1 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Negi Parimarjan 2641 22 2 3 GM Adams Michael 2724 5 1 - 0 5 GM Howell David W L 2603 27 3 11 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2700 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Gopal G N 2566...
The big result of round 6 was to set up the historic encounter between Hou Yifan and Judit Polgar in round 7. 1 35 GM Gopal G N 2566 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Adams Michael 2724 3 2 41 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2535 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2700 11 3 ...
At the midway point the leaderboard has shrunk, though there are many players on 4/5. The rain has departed and the view of the Mediterranean Sea in the sunshine is spectacular. There are special events every evening. Judit Polgar and Mickey Ada...
There were a few more draws on the top boards today in Gibraltar. 1 25 GM Hou Yifan 2605 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Adams Michael 2724 3 2 30 GM Brunello Sabino 2581 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Short Nigel D 2677 15 3 5 GM Le Quang Liem 2714 2½ 1 - 0 3 GM Felgaer Ruben...
Nigel Short crushed Mamedyarov to remain atop the super field in Gibraltar. He allowed no counterplay in applying the Spanish Inquisition. Hou Yifan continued her perfect run, smashing Almasi. Adams sacrificed a pawn for pressure and prevailed a...
A quick report as the games were posted late. Make sure you check out the live GM commentary from 3pm local time. 4 GM Jussupow Artur 2569 ½ - ½ GM Svidler Peter 2749 1 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 1 - 0 GM Nabaty Tamir 2563 3...
I come to chess.com for chess, not politics. I am a political activist, but I confine my political activities to the streets and to the huge progressive blog dailyKos. So it was somewhat surprising what I found that the blog was going to hold its ...
The Swine Flu threatens to wreak havoc with major chess events this summer. England is expecting 100,000 new cases per day this August. If a player or member of staff falls ill, whole events will need to be shut down. The British Championship and...
10-year old Hansel Teoh (Hansel here at chess.com), from Monticello Academy (Sunnyvale) won the Polgar World Open Boys Under-11 Championship in Las Vegas this weekend (June 6-7) with a perfect 5-0 score and won the speed chess competition with ...
I have written up the HHCF event from the perspective of one of my strudents (and chess.com member). It is at http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/1/175050/5056/366/703416. (because I wanted to post at a site that isn't just chess) There will ...
