Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (pictured) of the Boston Blitz has won an award for the best game of the US Chess League, for his win against IM Davorin Kuljsevic. Here are the judges comments followed by the game: FM Robby Adamson (2nd Place, 19 points): Th... http://www.chess.com/news/us-chess-league-game-of-the-year Fri, 16 May 2008 12:33:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/us-chess-league-game-of-the-year Leaders Gregory Kaidnanov and Sergey Kudrin drew their game in the 3rd round, allowing several of the closing pack to catch them on 2.5/3. The results in round 3:   White    Black    1  ... http://www.chess.com/news/us-championships---round-3 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/us-championships---round-3 In the rapid match between Vladimir Kramnik and David Navara (pictured) for the Cez Chess Trophy, Kramnik extended his lead to 3.5-0.5 by winning the third game and drawing the fourth. There is now a rest day before the remaining 4 games are playe... http://www.chess.com/news/kramnik-extends-lead-against-navara Fri, 16 May 2008 11:29:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/kramnik-extends-lead-against-navara Topalov wins again to stay in contention The amazing Veselin Topalov (artist's impression pictured!) convincingly won his 8th round game against his countryman and friend, Ivan Cheparinov to close the gap to former runaway leader Vassily Ivanc... http://www.chess.com/news/round-8-at-mtel-masters Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:27 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/round-8-at-mtel-masters Lvov, Ukraine to host match After many delays, extended deadlines and negotiations behind the scenes, the date, venue and prize fund for the Gata Kamsky (pictured)  - Veselin Topalov semi-final candidates match has finally been announced. The... http://www.chess.com/news/venue-set-for-kamsky-v-topalov Fri, 16 May 2008 10:53:35 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/venue-set-for-kamsky-v-topalov World Championship contender, Vladimir Kramnik is taking on David Navara in an 8-game rapid match in Prague.  The time control is 25 minutes per game plus a 5 second increment per move.  Kramnik won the first two games of the match (see ... http://www.chess.com/news/kramnik-v-navara-in-rapid-match Thu, 15 May 2008 13:56:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/kramnik-v-navara-in-rapid-match After 2 round in Tulsa, Sergey Kudrin and Gregory Kaidanov (pictured) are joint leaders with 2/2 after beating Ivanov and Gurevich respectively.  They are now paired against one another in the 3rd round of this 9-round Swiss event. The full ... http://www.chess.com/news/us-championships---round-2 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:54:12 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/us-championships---round-2 Ivanchuk - Topalov ends in a draw Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured, with fans) survived severe time trouble for a second time to hold Veselin Topalov to a deserved draw in Round 7 in Sofia.  Ivanchuk is a notorious time trouble addict and found him... http://www.chess.com/news/round-7-at-mtel-masters Thu, 15 May 2008 12:25:36 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/round-7-at-mtel-masters The Frank K Berry US Chess Championships are underway and produced a first round upset as reigning men's champion Alex Shabalov (pictured, left) lost to a former champion Alex Yermolinsky (pictured, right) by blundering after just 18 moves. ... http://www.chess.com/news/us-championships-commence Wed, 14 May 2008 11:46:32 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/us-championships-commence Ivanchuk finally held - Topalov narrows lead The inevitable finally happened in Sofia as Vassily Ivanchuk's hot streak of 5 consecutive victories came to an end as he was held to a draw by Teimour Radjabov.  This allowed Veselin Topalov (... http://www.chess.com/news/6th-round-at-mtel-masters Wed, 14 May 2008 10:55:34 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/6th-round-at-mtel-masters A new Chess.com Vote Chess game starts today - Positional vs. Tactical players! Who will win this battle of styles? Can tactical players land a knockout blow, or will they punch themselves out and get squeezed? Can positional players choke out the... http://www.chess.com/news/positional-vs-tactical-players---new-vote-chess-game Wed, 14 May 2008 09:09:16 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/positional-vs-tactical-players---new-vote-chess-game Chess fans in the UK will have the chance to see two giants of the game at the Hay Festival in Wales later this month. Boris Spassky (pictured) is giving a simultaneous exhibition (fully booked - I tried! ) and is also being interviewed by Ronan B... http://www.chess.com/news/kasparov-and-spassky-at-hay-festival Mon, 12 May 2008 14:24:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/kasparov-and-spassky-at-hay-festival Mighty Chucky axes all his rivals Besides the anti-draw rules in force in Sofia, there is also apparently another rule that everyone must lose to Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured!). Quite unbelieveably, Ivanchuk has now won ALL five of his games in the ... http://www.chess.com/news/round-5-at-m-tel-masters Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:42 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/round-5-at-m-tel-masters The United States Chess Federation (USCF), in conjunction with the Marriott Indianapolis East Hotel, and the Orange Crush Chess Club, has announced the return of the U.S. Open to Indiana. The 110th U.S. Open will be held August 1-9, 2009, at ... http://www.chess.com/news/us-open-to-be-held-in-indianapolis Sun, 11 May 2008 21:59:52 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/us-open-to-be-held-in-indianapolis Glorious Chucky makes it 4/4 In round 4 at the MTel Masters, Vassily Ivanchuk continued on his hot streak by beating Cheparinov in a complicated King's Indian.  The other games between Radjabov and Topalov, and Bu Xiangzhi and Lev Aronian... http://www.chess.com/news/4th-round-at-mtel Sun, 11 May 2008 09:37:01 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/4th-round-at-mtel For those of you who are missing your fix of Yelena Dembo's games, she is currently participating in the Kapthung Open in Luxembourg. The event is a 9 round Swiss with a first prize of 3,000 Euros and 1,500 Euros for the top woman.  The t... http://www.chess.com/news/kapthung-open-2008 Sun, 11 May 2008 03:37:26 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/kapthung-open-2008 The 4 Nations Chess League in the UK started in 1993 and has grown to become the premier team event in the country (The '4 Nations' name comes from the fact that the chess federations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are separate or... http://www.chess.com/news/conclusion-of-4ncl Sun, 11 May 2008 00:37:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/conclusion-of-4ncl The 2008 Frank K Berry US Chess Championship takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma between 13-21 May.  The men's event is a 9 round Swiss with 24 players taking part.  The women's championship is a 10 player round robin tournament. Both... http://www.chess.com/news/the-2008-us-chess-championships Sat, 10 May 2008 15:38:04 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/the-2008-us-chess-championships More boo-hoo's for Bu Sometimes it's just not your lucky day.  Today was just one of those days for poor Bu Xiangzhi of China (pictured) who suffered the ignominy of reaching a resignable position as early as move 9 against the unstop... http://www.chess.com/news/round-3-at-m-tel-masters Sat, 10 May 2008 14:13:02 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/round-3-at-m-tel-masters CHESS enthusiasts have an opportunity to take part in a record-breaking chess feat to be attempted on May 18 at the RB Land office in Seremban 2. Local chess candidate master Collin Madhavan will be taking on 88 chess players at the same time in w... http://www.chess.com/news/chess-master-to-take-on-88-players-in-simultaneous-challenge Sat, 10 May 2008 06:16:09 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/chess-master-to-take-on-88-players-in-simultaneous-challenge