Former world chess champion turned political activist Garry Kasparov celebrates his 50th birthday today. Born Garry Kimovich Weinstein in Baku, his chess talent emerged early in life and he was selected to train at the famous Mikhail Botvinnik sc...
The Netherlands Grandmaster Loek van Wely took first place at the Sydney International Open, held from 2-7 April. Van Wely scored 7½/9 points to finish half a point ahead of top seed Li Chao of China, whom he beat in round 8. The competition fea...
Magnus Carlsen isn't just a phenomenon on the chess board, but increasingly so off it as well. The UK edition of the women's magazine Cosmopolitan has published a list of the "Sexiest Men of 2013" and amongst the actors, singers and assorted othe...
2013 U.S. Championships Celebrate 5 Years in Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS, April 11, 2013 -- The fields are set for both the 2013 U.S. Championship and 2013 U.S. Women’s Championship, scheduled to be held simultaneously May 2 through May 13...
ST. LOUIS – Webster University made history this weekend when it became the first St. Louis team ever to win a Final Four collegiate chess championship. Webster’s top-ranked chess team emerged victorious in the President’s Cup – also known as the ...
The 2013 Russian Team Championships are taking place in Loo in Sochi from 7-13 April. There are 18 teams competing for the title, and as usual many of the best players in the world are taking part. However, last year's champions Tomsk-400 are not...
A report today in the Indian newspaper The Hindu claims that Chennai will be the venue for world chess champion Vishy Anand's next title defence against Magnus Carlsen. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa of the Tamil Nadu government claimed the match wi...
Easter is a busy time for chess tournaments around the globe, but these events were overshadowed this year by the attention focused on the Candidates Tournament. One of those Easter tournaments was the 6th OGD Prinsenstad Tournament in the histor...
The all-conquering Baden-Baden team had already secured victory in the German chess league, the Schachbundesliga, on Friday, but with two more match victories this weekend they scored a remarkable season whitewash - winning all fifteen of their ma...
The Indian Express has published an interview with reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, covering his thoughts on the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London, and how he assesses the winner, world #1, and now his title challenger, Magnus C...
There is still uncertainty regarding the future of the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Prix, with further changes likely to the planned venues. The third tournament has already been changed from Lisbon, Portugal to Zug, Switzerland, but the competition dates ...
The 2013 Neckar Open took place from 28 March -1 April in Deizisau, Germany. The main tournament was a 9 round Swiss Open with well over 300 players taking part. The result was extremely close, finishing on a huge tie with 13 players scoring 7/9...
This weekend marks the climax of the Schachbundesliga 2012/13 season. The 13th round was played yesterday (Friday) and the 14th and 15th rounds are played on Saturday and Sunday. The Schachbundesliga is arguably the strongest national chess leagu...
US Junior Chess Champion Grandmaster Marc Arnold won the 12th Chess.com Blitz Death Match in a triple overtime thriller! Arnold beat the World Junior Champion Grandmaster Alexander Ipatov in the closest fight yet for the $1,000 Chess.com cash pri...
The 2013 London Candidates competition will surely go down in chess history as one of the most exciting world championship qualifying events ever held. After a few early glitches the official website worked well, and the video coverage and commen...
The 51st Doeberl Cup took place from 28 March - 1 April 2013. Doeberl is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia. Since 1963 it has been held every year in Canberra. Li Chao of China won the Premier tournament with a final score of 7...
OFFICIAL WEBSITE REPORT 13 year old Norwegian Aryan Tari made a sensational result in the Open Norwegian Championship scoring a GM norm before ever having made any IM norms. The 13 year old, FIDE rated at 2293 on the March 2013 list, is consider...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland The 2013 Candidates Tournament will live long in the memory, and its conclusion was as unexpected as it was amazing! The two remaining contenders, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik both had to keep one eye on e...
The final round of the Candidates Tournament in London is underway! Only two players still have a chance of finishing first - Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. The tournament winner will challenge the current world che...
With the 2013 Candidates Tournament reaching its conclusion in London today, the full extent of future plans for coverage of major events in the World Chess Championship cycle have been revealed. The organisational rights for the World Chess Cham...
The European Commission has ruled that membership of chess clubs and national chess federations can be classed as religious worship under the currently applicable laws covering member countries of the European Union (EU). The test case was brough...
FIDE have published the latest official rating list, for April 2013. Since the lists are now published monthly, there are sometimes very few changes from one list to the next, and this is certainly one of those occasions. The Candidates Tourname...
There was a very tense atmosphere in round 13 of the London Candidates Tournament - the penultimate day of the competition. Both Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen were absolutely determined to win their games against Boris Gelfand and Teimo...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland The drama reached fever-pitch in round 12 of the London Candidates Tournament today, as the event neared its final stages. It was a fantastic round where the result of the two crucial games was unclear until the ...
