It was an extremely exciting day at the World Cup 2007 as most players fought hard to avoid elimination or clinch their spot into the next round. In the end, 5 players advanced to the quarterfinals: Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Ivan Cheparinov, and Sergey Karjakin.
Carlsen, who won the first game of the mini […]

I just happened to catch this on the news tonight, Garry Kasparov has been reportedly arrested and sentenced to 5 days in prison by a Moscow court. According to Kasparov’s publicist,Marina Litvinovich, the former chess champion was forced to the ground and beaten by riot police.
Over the past few months, Kasparov has become very […]