Top seed Wang Yue was a convincing winner of the 2013 Chinese Individual Chess Championships with a score of 7½/11. He secured first place with a round to spare, and the winning margin was an impressive 1½ points despite a loss in the last round. ...
Official Website Report Whilst the weather in Switzerland is still relatively cold, things were heating up over the chess boards in Zug! After 8 rounds of play former world champion Veselin Topalov became the sole leader in the tournament. He ...
Official Website Report At the seventh round of the third stage Grand Prix in Zug only one game was decisive while all others finished in draws. Gata Kamsky defeated one of the leaders Alexander Morozevich. The central game of the round betw...
The players in the Alekhine Memorial bade farewell to Paris today with another thrilling round for chess fans to enjoy! World champion Vishy Anand clawed his way back to an even score with his first win of the tournament against DIng Liren. The ...
Official Website Report Both leaders Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich finished their games in draws while Ruslan Ponomariov outplayed Gata Kamsky to join two other leaders on the top. Hikaru Nakamura won the first game in the tourname...
Lev Aronian joined the leaders at the Alekhine Memorial thanks to a victory against Peter Svidler in round four. Svidler played his favourite Gruenfeld defence, and an interesting battle ensued until Svidler slipped up with 32...Rf7 and the game...
Official Website Report During the free day players charged their batteries to show the tough fights on all boards. Five decisive results at the fifth round as Topalov, Caruana, Karjakin, Morozevich and Kamsky defeated their opponents. The on...
The third round of the Alekhine Memorial didn't provide as many decisive games as the first two rounds, but there was still plenty of fighting chess to enjoy. The only decisive game of the day was the last to finish. Michael Adams had established...
Round two of the Alekhine Memorial proved to be every bit as exciting as the opening round, with three more decisive games to thrill the chess fans watching in the Louvre, and online around the world. Ding Liren had defeated Lev Aronian in the bi...
Official Website Report For the second day in a row all games finished in draws at the fourth round of Renova Group Grand Prix in Zug and Alexander Morozevich, Veselin Topalov and Ruslan Ponomariov are still on the top with 2½ points. Except ...
The Alekhine Memorial got underway in Paris today with a sensational opening round that would surely have warmed the heart of the fourth world chess champion. The three decisive games involved the top three seeds in the competition - but not all...
. The third round of the Renova Group FIDE Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland failed to produce any decisive games, leaving Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov as joint leaders with a score of 2/3 points. Veselin Topalov cam...
The Alekhine Memorial will take place from 21 April - 1 May. The excellent line-up includes world champion Vishy Anand, world #2 Lev Aronian, and world #3 Vladimir Kramnik. The tournament is a 10-player single round robin competition, with the fi...
U.S. House, Senate Recognize St Louis as Nation’s Chess Capital Resolution Highlights Benefits of Chess After School Programs PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2013 – Representatives William “Lacy” Clay (D-MO) and Blaine Luetkemeye...
. The second round of the Renova Group FIDE Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland produced great entertainment and three wins for the white pieces. Fabiano Caruana fell back to an even score after being slowly and imperceptibly outplayed by Ruslan Pon...
Breaking News FIDE have announced a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the All India Chess Federation to hold the next world chess championship match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen in Chennai, India from 6-26 Nov 2013. However, this is d...
The third Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series got underway today in Zug, Switzerland, with wins for Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Morozevich. Fabiano Caruana defeated Teimour Radjabov, who tried the Schliemann variation of the Ruy Lopez. Caruan...
Magnus Carlsen has been named by TIME Magazine on their 2013 list as one of the "100 Most Influential People" in the world. The full list includes such diverse names as Barack Obama, Kim Jong Un, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, Marissa Mayer...
Three to Be Inducted into World Chess Hall of Fame, Two into U.S. Chess Hall of Fame PRESS RELEASE: April 16, 2013 (St. Louis, MO) – An induction ceremony on May 2, 2013, will recognize five exceptional chess players as three are inducted ...
The Chinese Individual Chess Championships are underway in in Xinghua, Jiangsu. The competition takes place from 16-27 April and features 12 players in a single round-robin format. Top seed is Wang Yue (2706 Elo, pictured), but the competition i...
The third Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series runs from 17 April - 1 May in Zug, Switzerland. The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix series will qualify for the next Candidates Tournament, expected to be held in March 2014. Th...
Vladimir Kramnik has withdrawn from the inaugural Norway Chess 2013 super-tournament to be held from 7-18 May in Stavanger, Norway. The RCF (Russian Chess Federation) approached the tournament organisers to request that Kramnik be released from h...
The St. Petersburg team won the 2013 Russian Team Chess Championship after a nail-biting final round in Sochi. St.Petersburg were undefeated going into the final round, but lost their last match by the narrowest of margins 3½-2½ to Rostov. That o...
The great American chess Grandmaster and writer Robert Byrne has passed away at 84 years of age. Robert Byrne was one of the strongest American players of his generation, and the chess columnist for the New York Times from 1972 to 2006. Byrne ea...
