Annotations by GM Sam Shankland Round 11 of the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London took place today, and with each passing round we get a little closer to establishing the name of the next challenger for the World Chess Championship. Tournam...
The race for the finish line is underway at the London Candidates Tournament! In round 10, Vladimir Kramnik scored his second win of the tournament by beating his compatriot Alexander Grischuk with the black pieces in a Berlin endgame. Kramnik...
FIDE have announced the dates and venues for the Women's 2013-14 Grand Prix, the winner of which will qualify to challenge the incumbent women's world champion in 2015. The schedules for previous Women's Grand Prix series have been relatively ...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland Vladimir Kramnik had the white pieces against Magnus Carlsen in round nine of the Candidates Tournament and needed a win to allow him to catch up with the world #1 in the standings. He chose the familiar Catalan...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland The most anticipated game of round eight of the Candidates Tournament was the clash between co-leaders Magnus Carlsen and Lev Aronian. A win for either player would be a massive step towards overall victory in th...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland The first half of the 2013 Candidates Tournament is over, and Magnus Carlsen and Lev Aronian have maintained their joint lead of 1½ points from the rest of the field. They meet again on Sunday in a crucial clash...
The venue for the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series has been changed from Lisbon, Portugal to Zug, Switzerland less than a month before it gets underway, and it seems unlikely that the 4th leg will take place in Madrid as originally planne...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland It was another day of high excitement and fighting chess at the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London, with Magnus Carlsen winning his third game of the event against Peter Svidler. As soon as Carlsen achieved th...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland Round five was another day of great fighting chess at the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London, but for the first time since the opening round there were no decisive games. It certainly wasn't for the lack of tr...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland Magnus Carlsen beat Alexander Grischuk in round four of the 2013 Candidates Tournament to move into a share of the lead with Lev Aronian on 3/4 points. With 4.d3 Carlsen declined to enter the mainline Berlin and a...
PRESS RELEASE: GM Judit Polgar will be featured multiple times on Chess.com and ChessKid.com during the month of March! Her contributions are being made in a partnership with Chess.com and its scholastic extension site in an effort to help Judit ...
Game Annotations by GM Sam Shankland Any lingering doubts that the 2013 London Candidates Tournament would be a draw-fest were surely dispelled completely in a pulsating third round which had three decisive games. The wheels may have already co...
Game Annotations by GM Sam Shankland After a tentative opening round at the 2013 London Candidates Tournament, Lev Aronian became the first man to win a game by beating Boris Gelfand in round two. In a balanced position Aronian set a trap and ...
. Game Annotations by GM Sam Shankland The 2013 Candidates Tournament got underway in London today, not exactly with a bang, but at least a certain spark - although that might have been the server for the official website going up in smoke! Such...
The 2013 Candidates Tournament starts today In London, with the winner earning the right to challenge current world champion Vishy Anand for the title. The tournament is an 8-player double round-robin event, with 22-year old world #1 Magnus Carls...
. PRESS RELEASE: Chess in Schools and the Communities (CSC), a UK registered charity and Newham Borough Council are working together with East Village in an innovative project to deliver chess to all 64 primary schools in Newham and teach 20,000...
PRESS RELEASE: Chess is Officially in the Hungarian National Curriculum! The Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development has released a supplement to the National Curriculum, and made Judit Polgar’s "Skill-building Chess” subject...
The 2013 Candidates Tournament takes place in London from 14 March - 2 April, with the winner earning the right to challenge current world champion Vishy Anand for the title. The tournament is an 8-player double round-robin event, with 22-year...
The Ukrainian team of Anna Ushenina, Kateryna Lagno, Mariya Muzychuk, Inna Gaponenko and Natalia Zhukova won gold at the 2013 Women's World Team Championships in Kazakhstan after drawing their final match with Russia. It was a fine victory for U...
Ukraine narrowly defeated the US team 2½-1½ in the penultimate round of the Women's World Team Championships to take them within touching distance of the gold medal. Irina Krush of the US beat the women's world champion Anna Ushenina, but wins f...
The US team scored the upset of the day in round 7 of the Women's World Team Championships, beating Russia by a score of 2½-1½. That unexpected result drops Russia to third in the standings, allowing China to move up to second place thanks to th...
Top seeds Ukraine increased their lead at the Women's World Team Championships in Kazakhstan by thrashing France 4-0 in round six. Second placed Russia were held to a draw by Georgia in a match where all the games were decisive, while defending ...
The Russian Chess Federation has announced the establishment of a new tournament in honour of the fourth world chess champion Alexander Alekhine. The Alekhine Memorial will be a 10-player single round robin tournament held jointly in the Louvre i...
After five completed rounds of the 2013 Women's World Team Championship in Kazakhstan, Russia are leading the competition, just ahead of Ukraine in second, and China in third place. Standings After 5 Rounds # Team MP BP TB 1 RUSSIA 9 16 33.50 2...
