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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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 ... | Read More
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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/... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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On the heels of our 12th Blitz Death Match, we know you are all still looking for more blitz? So look no further! GM Alexandr Fier and GM Leonid Kritz will take the virtual stage in Chess.com's 13th Blitz Death Match,... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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 ch... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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 Teim... | Read More
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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 ... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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. Kramni... | Read More
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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... | Read More
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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... | Read More