Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
CORPORATE NORWAY SUPPORTS CHESS Law firm Simonsen announced today that they are sponsoring Magnus Carlsen with NOK 2 millions. Carlsen’s extreme focus, discipline and determent are an example and an inspiration for our company, says Simonsen. Recently, investment bank Artic Securities also gave him NOK 2 millions. Magnus is breaking new ground here. None of the companies have signed any similar...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
ON CHESS Match generated fan participation Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:10 AM By SHELBY LYMAN The move-by-move coverage by PBS of the 1972 Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world-title series evoked an extraordinary response despite the apparent chess illiteracy of the American public. Viewers quickly learned the moves and basic rules. Those who didn't could at least follow the ebb and flow of each game...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
CHECK MAGNUS November 16, 2009 The chess world has a new No.1 player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and he is only 18 years old - the youngest No.1 ever. On Saturday, Carlsen beat No.11 Peter Leko of Hungary in the final round of a tournament in Moscow. Although Carlsen only tied for second in the tournament, it was enough for him to edge out Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria for the top world ranking. Topalov,...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Fi$cher family feud By ANDY SOLTIS Last Updated: 9:29 AM, November 15, 2009 Posted: 11:46 PM, November 14, 2009 NEARLY two years after Bobby Fischer's death, his tangled personal life is being sorted out in an Icelandic court. When Fischer died near Reykjavik in January 2007, he left an estate estimated at more than $2 million -- and no will. Most of the money came from his biggest payday -- his 1992...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Game was once a hit on television Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:29 AM By SHELBY LYMAN Chess seemed an unlikely candidate as a spectator sport when New York's PBS station announced its intended TV coverage of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world-championship match in 1972. There were the expected comments by pundits about "watching grass grow" or "watching paint dry." But the seven-week,...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Fischer's daughter Jinky files claim to his estate Ms. Marilyn Young, the Filipina live-in partner of the late chess legend Bobby Fischer has come out with her comment on the news from Iceland regarding the decision of the Iceland Supreme Court recognizing the legality of the marriage of Fischer to the Japanese Miyoko Watai. Through her lawyer, Samuel Estimo, Ms. Young said, "It's well that Miyoko...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
For immediate release November 7th 2009 London Chess Classic The London Chess Classic is delighted to announce that Viktor Korchnoi, one of the all time greats of world chess has agreed to be the tournament’s Guest of Honour. Korchnoi still plays high level chess at the age of 78 and recently played on board one for Switzerland at the European Team Championship. Korchnoi fought two world title...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Armenia and Azerbaijan vie for supremacy at Russia's expense Leonard Barden The Guardian, Saturday 7 November 2009 More than 150 nations are affiliated to the global chess body Fide, yet team supremacy on the board is currently being fought out by two small Caucasian republics. In the process the pair have humilated their big neighbour Russia, for long the undisputed No1. When Armenia won the 2006...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
An 'uncanny' aptitude for chess Wilton student is no ordinary player Posted on 11/05/2009 By LAUREN MYLO Hour Staff Writer Two weeks ago, Wiltonian Kapil Chandran beat a chess grandmaster who once beat legendary chess player Bobby Fischer. The next weekend, Kapil, 11, hosted a Halloween party with friends from Middlebrook School, where he is a student. Chandran is an ordinary boy despite his uncanny...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Studying Sharansky By Larry Gordon Published on Thursday, November 05, 2009 He blazed a trail that simply made things possible. He was just one man almost crushed by seemingly insurmountable odds. But he pushed back stubbornly and perhaps just a little harder than others, and that served as a catalyst for what would become a revolution. I’ve followed the fashion in which Natan Sharansky has...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Vishy Anand / Anatoly Karpov (day 2) The World Champion, the lndian Vishy Anand, will face a Chess legend, the Russian, Anatoly Karpov, several times World Champion. At Bastia October 31th, and then at Ajaccio November 2nd, the players will play two return matches at the time control of 15'+3" by move. Exceptionally for players of such a high level, their games will be commented without the aid...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Anand wins all in a simul, Karpov with a draw Anand - Karpov starts in France, games and info Note: for live coverege click here The World Champion, the lndian Vishy Anand , will face the ex World Champion, the Russian, Anatoly Karpov in a rapid match in France. The event will take place in two different cities. The players will start at Bastia on October 31th and later continue in Ajaccio on November...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
I just finished a nearly 4 hour filming for a new Bobby Fischer documentary. I think this one is quite different than other Fischer documentary in the past. I will let you know when it will be released. Chess news from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
World's youngest GMs Friday, October 23, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1. Sergey Karjakin UKR 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi IND 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen NOR 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov AZE 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So PHI 14 years, 1...
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