The Daily Dirt Chess News Blog: August 2010 Archives

No Hanky-Panky with Jinky

By Mig on August 18, 2010 04:58 | Permalink | 203 comments

Tags: DNA, Fischer, shenanigans

Fischer not a baby daddy.

NH 2010 r2: Dodging a Bullet

By Mig on August 13, 2010 16:35 | Permalink | 255 comments

Tags: endgame, funny, Howell, van Wely, video, zeitnot

Howell scores only win when Ljubojevic basically refuses to move and goes down to seconds after 20 moves. Nakamura miracle save in endgame against van Wely.

NH 2010 r1: Final Bullet

By Mig on August 13, 2010 01:17 | Permalink | 8 comments

Tags: blunder, endgame, Gelfand, Nakamura, NH Tournament

Nakamura beats Ljubo in a time scramble, Gelfand beats Howell.

Back to the Grind

By Mig on August 11, 2010 23:20 | Permalink | 26 comments

Tags: Caruana, Chess.FM, Gelfand, Giri, Howell, Ljubojevic, Nakamura, NH Tournament, Nielsen, So, Svidler, van Wely

Back in action for the NH Tournament. Rising Stars: Nakamura, Giri, So, Caruana, Howell Veterans: Gelfand, Svidler, Nielsen, van Wely, Ljubojevic. I'm on ICC Chess.FM starting 7:30am NY time. Argh.

August 2010 Archives

No Hanky-Panky with Jinky

NH 2010 r2: Dodging a Bullet

NH 2010 r1: Final Bullet

Back to the Grind

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