Both Gata Kamsky and Alexei Shirov proved that experience outweighs age in their semi-final victories over Carlsen and Karjakin. Who would have predicted that it would be the “Battle of the Old Men” in the finals? Usually these grueling fast time controls favor the young, but Kamsky and Shirov are both in insane form so […]

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 […]

The USCL Semi-Final between Boston Blitz and New York Knights is tonight, and I’m definitely looking forward to the games. There has been lots of live chess action lately with the Tal Memorial and European Championship both being broadcasted on ICC. But all these Super GM tournaments pale in comparison to USCL action!
I expect […]

The word on the street is IM David Pruess has just recently earned his 2nd GM norm with 7/9 in a tournament in France. Josh Friedel had a solid performance with 6.5/9, which was just shy of the norm. I guess the two of them are traveling Europe for norms this month, as Josh just […]