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King+Pawn/King

Watch this endgame on youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUs1yoO4czE

Checkmate in 6 moves

Try to solve this problem! White to move and checkmate in 6 moves.

Hint: The queen promotion 1.34Q? is wrong (black is in stalemate)!

Polgar Superstar Chess World Championship

The third Starchess WCh will be held in Pardubice (Czech Republic) on 16th July! The tournament is open for every starchess player.
http://www.czechopen.net/en/festival-tournaments/

Starchess training and tournaments in Budapest

Starchess training and tournament every Saturday starting from 14:00 at the "Polgár Kulturális Központ és Múzeum" (V. Aranykéz Street 7)! The results of the first tournament (02.19.): Group A: 1.Bence Papp 2.Viktória Hámori 3-4.József Kuti, Balázs Papp Group B: 1-2.Károly Bodgal, Adél Erdei 3-4.Andi Flores, Anna Lipovics The results of the second tournament (02.26.): Group A: 1.Bence Papp 2-3.Viktória Hámori, Balázs Papp Group B: 1.Károly Bogdal 2.Dániel Lipovics 3-4.Péter Hegedűs, Rachel Lipovics The results of the third tournament (03.05.) Group A: 1-2.Bence Papp, Árpád Rusz 3.Viktória Hámori Group B: 1.Tamara Erdei 2.Károly Bogdal 3.Adél Erdei The results of the fourth tournament (03.12.) 1.Viktória Hámori 2.Tibor Hegedűs 3.Péter Hegedűs The results of the fifth tournament (03.19.) Group A: 1.Árpád Rusz 2.Balázs Papp 3.Bence Papp Group B: 1.Tamara Erdei 2.Károly Bogdál 3.Adél Erdei The results of the sixth tournament (03.26.) Group A: 1.Árpád Rusz 2.Bence Papp 3.Balázs Papp Group B: 1-2.Jonathan Petró, Dániel Lipovics 3-4.Péter Hegedűs, Rachel Lipovics

Twins

The following positions are checkmates in 2 moves. Try to solve them!

Simultan Chess Association (Szimultán Sakk Egyesület)

László Polgár, Veronika Hun & Árpád Rusz at the Simultan Chess Association (http://www.hunsakk.hu/)

http://www.kisalfold.hu/sport/gyor_lett_a_csillagsakk_megyei_kozpontja/2201678/ (in Hungarian)

The longest win in 5-piece pawnless endgames (DTM87)

Discovered by computer, this position was a big surprise. White needs 87 moves to checkmate! The only winning move is 1.K7!

You can download the analysis here.

"Marczibányi Sportcentrum" Tournament (Budapest)

The final results:

Men:
1.Tamás Pálinkás
2-3.Ákos Indig, Árpád Rusz

Women:
1.Viktória Hámori
2.Tamara Erdei
3.Adél Erdei

Starchess Boards and Sets

For more photos click here: Starchess Board Photos

Starchess Tournament - Budapest

On 12th December an open Starchess tournament will be held in "Marczibányi Sportcentrum" starting at 14:00.
http://www.marczibanyi.hu/

Starchess Tournament - Hotel Monte Cristo, Budapest

The final results of the tournament:

Men:
I.Árpád Rusz
II.Bence Papp
III.Gábor Tóth

Women:
I. Gabriella Pereszlényi
II.Tamara Erdei
III.Judit Molnár

Starchess in the Variant Chess Magazine

In the last issues of the Variant Chess Magazine some articles were published about Polgar Superstar Chess by John Beasley. You can download those issues in PDF here:
VC61
VC62
VC63

Mate in three moves

What is the key move which leads to mate in three?
There is a hint on the diagram... :)

Mate in 49 moves!

The very first Starchess Endgame Databases - something like the Nalimov Tablebases for orthodox chess - has been generated few days ago. A nice discovery by computer: the following position is a win for white. (Remember, in Starchess the bishop is stronger than the rook.)

Mate in two moves

Try to solve the following problem!

Photos from the WCh (Pardubice - 2010)

Edit Papp sent us some photos from the World Championship. Here is the link.


















The World Champion: Gábor Akóts (HUN)

Hungary-Israel Match (Budapest)

The team of Israel won the match held in the famous Hotel Gellért, Budapest. Hungary was represented by József Kuti, Bence Papp, Balázs Papp and Ádám Uzonyi. The winning team: David Eri, Alon Kosashvili, Joav Kosashvili and Rafael Eri.
Click here for more photos!

Balatonfüred 2010

Main Tournament:
1-2.Csaba Schenkerik, Bence Papp
3.Áron Fuszek

Womens Tournament:
1.Tamara Erdei
2.Gabriella Pereszlényi
3.Adél Erdei

The 6 game match between the 1st and 2nd placed player from the recent World Championship ended draw:
Gábor Akóts - Attila Czebe 3:3
Click here! (Photos by Judith Erdei)

Starchess Photos from Israel

Photos by Zsuzsa Kardos.
Click here!

Starchess tournament in Balatonfüred

On 8 august, at 11:00 an open tournament will be held near the Lake Balaton, in Balatonfüred, Hungary. The address is: "MAZSIHISZ üdülő", Liszt Ferenc street 7 (near the Anna-Bella Hotel).

Photos from Pardubice

Click here!

XIV Konik Morsky Rewala

Some photos an the results of a tournament held in Poland last year.

World Championship 2010 - Pardubice

The results of the 2nd Polgar Superstar Chess WCh:

I.World Championship
II.Blitz World Championship
III.Computer World Championship Match:
"Starchess 2.0" - "Superstar 2.9" 5-3


Yoav Kosashvili (ISR) and Valery Shemeakin (UKR)

Videos about Polgar Superstar Chess

László Polgár demonstrating a game (in Hungarian):


Tom and Leeam Polgár Shutzman with their Grandfather and Grandmother (László and Klára Polgár):

Polgar Starchess Event - Jerusalem

In June 2010 a Polgar Starchess Event has been held in Jerusalem with participation of junior players from Israel and Hungary.

Click here for more photos!

SuperStar 2.9 has been released

Several bugs were fixed. It can be downloaded free here.
Starting from today, the Superstar Server has changed. To play on this new server everybody needs to register again.

10 Starchess problems on 1 diagram!

The stipulations are (by the position of the black King):
Mate in 2: bK16, bK28
Mate in 3: bK33
Mate in 4: bK10, bK12, bK34
Mate in 5: bK26
Mate in 6: bK6
Mate in 7: bK19, bK24

Starchess for Zillions of Games

Download Starchess for Zillions of Games

You will need the Zillions of Games program to run this.
The Zillions of Games homepage is here.

Starchess games on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/polgarstarchess

Problem 6

Problem 5

Study 7

Problem 4

Problem 3

Game 3

Game 2

Game 1