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Krush Crowned; Kamsky, Ramirez Await Playoff
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 12, 2013) -- After four unsuccessful attempts, IM Irina Krush finally defended her U.S. Women’s Championship title today. Her draw with WGM Camilla Baginskaite ... | Read More
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Sergey Karjakin is setting the Norway Chess 2013 super-tournament on fire with a perfect score of 4 wins from 4!
The latest victim was world #2 Lev Aronian, who lost horribly despite having the white pieces. Karjakin now stands 1½ points clear a... | Read More
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Krush Cruises, Kamsky Holds at U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 12, 2013) -- In a day in which both leaders could have at least guaranteed themselves a spot in a first-place tiebreak, only one built a safety net. Round eight... | Read More
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Official Website Report - 4 decisive games. Muzychuk and Khotenashvili still tied for first.
In the eighth round of the Neva Fondation Women Grand Prix the game between the two leaders Anna Muzychuk and Bela Khotenashvili finished in a draw ... | Read More
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Sergey Karjakin still has a perfect score at the Norway Chess 2013 tournament after scoring another victory in round 3.
Karjakin convincingly defeated Wang Hao to lead by a full point on 3/3 going into the first rest day on Saturday.
World champ... | Read More
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Pivotal Matchups Loom in Round 8 of U.S. Championships
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 10, 2013) -- Despite missing a startling tactic, a shaken GM Gata Kamsky collected himself to hold a draw against the much lower-rated GM Alejandro Rami... | Read More
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Official Website Report Round 7 - No draws in round 7. Muzychuk and Khotenashvili lead.
It’s well-known that women play uncompromising chess, and all six games were decisive in round seven of Neva Fondation Women Grand Prix in Geneva. The... | Read More
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Official Report - Four leaders after six rounds
Tatiana Kosintseva and Bela Khotenashvili outplayed Viktorija Cmilyte and Batchimeg Tuvshintugs respectively and joined the leading group. Kateryna Lagno and Anna Muzychuk drew their games and... | Read More
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Ramirez Joins Chase, Abrahamyan Inches Closer
By FM Mike Klein
SAINT LOUIS (May 10, 2013) -- A pair of largely uneventful draws by the two leaders protected their respective leads, but a host of other players jockeyed for position just benea... | Read More
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Sergey Karjakin is the sole leader after two rounds of the Norway Chess 2013 tournament in Stavanger.
Karjakin maintained his perfect start by winning his second round game against the lowest seeded competitor Jon Ludvig Hammer. Hammer once again... | Read More
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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