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Official Report - Anna Muzychuk defeats Hou Yifan to catch Kateryna Lagno in first place.
The key game of the round five was the encounter between number one and number two in the tournament Hou Yifan and Anna Muzychuk. The Slovenian player ... | Read More
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The first round of the inaugural Norway Chess 2013 tournament didn't disappoint eager chess fans watching the excellent online coverage from around the world.
The winner of the blitz tournament Sergey Karjakin continued where he left off, making ... | Read More
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Krush Pulls Away, Kamsky Draws at U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 8, 2013) -- The push and pull of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship continued yesterday in round five, but this time the men pulle... | Read More
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The Norway Chess 2013 super-tournament opened yesterday with a blitz competition to determine the pairings for the main event.
Sergey Karjakin took first place with 6½/9 points, with Magnus Carlsen second, Vishy Anand third and Hikaru Nakamura f... | Read More
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Official Website Report Round 4: Kateryna Lagno is the sole leader
The victory of Kateryna Lagno over Alexandra Kosteniuk made the Ukrainian player the sole leader in the tournament. It was a day of sacrifices as in 4 of the 6 games the player... | Read More
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PRESS RELEASE -- Chess.com LLC May 5th, 2013:
ChessKid.com is set to host the 2nd Annual Online National Chess Championship, June 14th-17th 2013. Founded and organized in June of 2012, last year's event was the first of its kind a... | Read More
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Tourney Leaders Win Again at U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 6, 2013) -- A pair of runaway trains kept up their furious pace in round four of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, held at the Chess ... | Read More
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FIDE have issued a press release to explain their decision to award the world chess championship match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen to Chennai, India without a bidding process.
The challenger Magnus Carlsen had complained in a strongl... | Read More
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Magnus Carlsen has responded to FIDE's decision to award the world chess championship match between himself and Vishy Anand to the city of Chennai without a bidding process.
Writing on his Facebook page, Carlsen said he was "deeply disappointed a... | Read More
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Krush, Kamsky Remain Perfect at U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
UPDATE INTERVIEW WITH WGM ABRAHAMYAN:
SAINT LOUIS (May 6, 2013) -- Two premium matchups were the top layer on a chess cake that featured 13 winners in 17 games i... | Read More
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Rising U.S. Chess star and Chess.com member Kayden Troff celebrates his 15th birthday today! Kayden hails from Utah, and learned to play chess at the age of 3 by watching his father Daniel playing against his brothers.
Kayden's talent has devel... | Read More
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Official Website Report
Anna Muzychuk, Bela Khotenashvili and Katerina Lagno are the leaders after a very exciting round three. The most unexpected result was the victory of lowest seed, Mongolian WGM, 2298, over top seed and former world ch... | Read More
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The hotly-anticipated new super-tournament Norway Chess 2013 runs from 7th -18th May in Stavanger.
When the original line-up was announced it included the top 8 players in the world at that time, but the withdrawal of Vladimir Kramnik and the vag... | Read More
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Five Remain Perfect at U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 5, 2013) -- After two rounds of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, there are curiously more perfect scores remaining in the latter tournamen... | Read More
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FLASH REPORT
Eye-witnesses at the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan (from 4-7 May 2013) say that Chennai, India has today been confirmed as the host city for the Anand v Carlsen match from 6-26 November 2013.
Magnus Carlsen and... | Read More
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The first round of the 14th European Individual Chess Championships gets underway today.
The championship takes place in Legnica, Poland and the format is an 11-round Swiss system with 285 players taking part, including more than 140 grandmas... | Read More
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Official Website Report - Round 2
Hou Yifan defeated Bela Khotenashvili to take an early lead after two rounds together with Anna Muzychuk, who made a draw against Katerina Lahno. Another Chinese player Ju Wenjun managed to recover after yesterd... | Read More
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Decisive Results Abound at 2013 U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
The action got a running start today as the majority of the first-round battles at the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship produced a clear victor. Hal... | Read More
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Official Website Report - Muzychuk and Khotenashvili draw first blood
The first round of the first stage of Grand Prix tournament in Geneva got under way on the 3rd of May 2013, after the founder of Neva Fondation Elena Timtchenko made the f... | Read More
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The Norwegian Chess Federation has written an open letter to FIDE to urge them to organise a full bidding process to decide the venue for the World Chess Championship match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen.
FIDE have already signed a Memora... | Read More
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The first Women's Grand Prix of the 2013/14 series is underway in Geneva, Switzerland, sponsored by Fondation Neva. The competition dates are 2-16 May, with the first round on 3rd May and final round on 15th May.
The official website for the G... | Read More
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The 48th Capablanca Memorial took place in Havana, Cuba from 20 April - 1 May (exactly the same dates as the Alekhine Memorial!).
The Hungarian grandmaster Zoltan Almasi (pictured) took first place in the 6-player double round-robin Elite section... | Read More
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GM Timur Gareev Defeats 29 Players in Blindfold Simul
PRESS RELEASE: SAINT LOUIS (May 1, 2013) -- It took 10 hours and 39 minutes for Grandmaster Timur Gareev to topple the final king and leave the chess community in Saint Louis dazed and amaze... | Read More
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There was a final twist in the tale as the destiny of the Alekhine Memorial tournament was decided on the final day.
Lev Aronian defeated former leader Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to catch Boris Gelfand in the standings on 5½/9 points.
The tie-break... | Read More
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The 2013 U.S. Chess Championship and 2013 U.S. Women’s Championship take place from 2-13 May at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
The opening ceremony takes place on May 2, and the first round for both events starts at 13... | Read More