We had a couple of big upsets today. Radjabov beating Anand with the white pieces was probably the biggest one of the day. It seems to me that once Radjabov was able to build this pawn chain with d6 and e5, Anand had very little chance of saving the game.

Notice the pawn can not be […]

The Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk Ann Zee starts tomorrow and the field is extremely strong this year. There are a few players who I’d love to see in the tournament who are absent this year, but it’s tough to fit everyone into a single tournament. The players who I was hoping to see play […]

Junior chess player Ray Robson started the UTD GM Invitational Tournament off with a BANG, with 2 wins over GMs and 2 wins over strong IMs. If he can continue this pace, he should have no problems achieving a GM Norm (IM Norm is almost a given at this point) Here is the Robson “Hit […]