Black to prevent mate

Black to stop the mate attack and find a way to be up the exchange

White to move. Can White save the game?

Black to move. mate in 7 or force material advantage

This game white can choose to be mated in 7 moves or if they take some other paths then mate comes sooner or another path leads to losing their queen and still losing the game. enjoy!

Chess on TV

Over 200 channels on cable or satellite and I can never find any chess games. I find the usual football, soccer, baseball, hockey, basketball, golf and tennis. I even find boxing, horse racing and I dare not forget to mention NASCAR and formula one racing. All of those sports are great and I watch most of them. I love sports. I love competition. I just cannot for the life of me figure out why chess gets so little attention. I know, I know, I hear you saying it is boring to watch. I only have one thing to say about that response. POKER is on TV now and is a great success. POKER!!! I don't play the game and I am sure it is great but it is just as "boring" as any other game to watch "if" you are not into it. If poker can get TV coverage and golf gets a whole channel dedicated to it and curling gets TV coverage (you know the sport that looks like an oversized bar game, the one with the disc you slide across the sugary sand substance) then why can't chess get a few hours a week? There are great chess games played worldwide that many would love to watch. This doesn't have to be just a game being broadcast for us to stare at a board for hours. There are ways to add some fun to the show. They could have well spoken Grandmasters like GM Yasser Seriwan, GM Maurice Ashley, GM Garry Kasparov, and GM Susan Polgar do the commentary and the analysis. There can be chess lessons given over the air based on the current position being played during the televised event. I mean if they can make Poker work then surely there is a way they can make chess work. The big networks are always afraid that there won't be an audience. Here are some facts about the possible audience.

"Today more than 285 million people play chess with other chess players from all over the world, via the internet. It is estimated 605 million people worldwide know how to play chess. Of these 7.5 million are registered players, covering 160 countries worldwide. Making chess one of the most popular sports around the world."

Official Worldwide Chess Campaign 2006
http://www.turowski.com/chess/world2005.html

"The World Chess Federation (FIDE) estimates that there are 600 million chess players in the world."

Off the Wall Chess Quiz by Bill Wall (Jan 13, 2005)http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/quiz.txt

Does this seem like a sport without a following?

Chess is like the Olympics every day. It brings people together from all over the world.

When America finally did broadcast some chess I was impressed and enjoyed every minute of it. Garry Kasparov was playing Deep Junior and it was done with style and I was hoping it was a start of something. Those hopes were short lived and the networks went back to the "money making" sports. If they only realized that chess could be a "money maker" for them then we might see it more.

Chess players spend years perfecting their skill and should be recognized as the great athletes they are. Every sport takes dedication and commitment and each person involved should be applauded for their success. This world seems so fixed on the physical that the mental is always overlooked.

Black to move. Who wins this game?