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 The much anticipated clash between Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik failed to deliver any excitement in round 3 at Dortmund, being drawn in a mere 19 moves. Kramnik seemed to surprise Carlsen in the opening and he quickly resorted to a repetit... http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-round-3-7290 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:31 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-round-3-7290 The Swine Flu threatens to wreak havoc with major chess events this summer. England is expecting 100,000 new cases per day this August. If a player or member of staff falls ill, whole events will need to be shut down. The British Championship and... http://www.chess.com/news/summer-events-threatened-5023 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:47:14 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/summer-events-threatened-5023 Round 2 at Dortmund threw up another thrilling endgame tussle for the purists. The difference was that whereas in the first round Dmitry Jakovenko (pictured) was the unwilling victim, this time he had a chance to display his own endgame prowess ... http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-round-2-8665 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:23:05 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-round-2-8665 The first round of the Dortmund super-tournament saw Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeat Dmitry Jakovenko to take an early lead. Jakovenko tried to blunt Carlsen's attacking flair with the Berlin defence, but Carlsen showed his maturity with a displ... http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-round-1-1740 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:34 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-round-1-1740 The traditional chess super-tournament in Dortmund, Germany takes place from 2-12 July. This 37th edition of the tournament is a very strong double round robin featuring Magnus Carlsen (pictured) as the top seed.  Magnus Carlsen (NOR)  2772  ... http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-tournament-2009-7794 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:58:13 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/dortmund-tournament-2009-7794 A French team took on the Olympiad Champions Armenia, led by Lev Aronian (pictured) in a rapid match in Paris from 24-25 June.  Each team had 4 players, who met in 8 rounds at a time control of 15 minutes plus a 10 second increment. Armenia wer... http://www.chess.com/news/armenia-defeat-france-in-rapid-match-1882 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:37:05 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/armenia-defeat-france-in-rapid-match-1882 Despite it's proud chess history, the United Kingdom has seen very few strong tournaments in recent years - or decades come to that. It is therefore with no small sense of excitement and anticipation that the London Chess Centre has announced the... http://www.chess.com/news/london-chess-classic-lineup-announced-9913 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:50:30 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/london-chess-classic-lineup-announced-9913 Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) has won the strong Bazna King's Tournament in Romania with a score of 7/10, a clear point ahead of his nearest rival, Boris Gelfand. Three consecutive wins in rounds 5,6 and 7 propelled Chucky to the top of the standin... http://www.chess.com/news/ivanchuk-wins-in-bazna-9914 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:15:00 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/ivanchuk-wins-in-bazna-9914 Following on from his win in the US Chess Championships in St. Louis, Hikaru Nakamura (pictured) has landed an invite to one of the world's most prestigious tournaments. Nakamura will be playing with the world's elite in the 'A' Group at the Coru... http://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-to-play-corus-2010-4758 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:53:55 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-to-play-corus-2010-4758 Stalled by a round 5 draw 11-year old Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar (Master Kenneth here at chess.com) eked wins in his last two games against Philippine Science High School sophomore Kevin Sicat and Metropolitan Chess Club's Malcolm Kwok to log 6.5 poi... http://www.chess.com/news/shell-national-active-chess-quotkenneth-2nd-over-allquot-7236 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:07:21 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/shell-national-active-chess-quotkenneth-2nd-over-allquot-7236 Ivan Cheparinov (pictured), the Bulgarian GM better known as Topalov's second, has won the 3rd Ruy Lopez tournament in Zafra, Spain, held from 13-19 June. Cheparinov won the 8-player round robin event with a score of 5/7 against an interesting fi... http://www.chess.com/news/cheparinov-wins-in-zafra-8162 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:21:14 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/cheparinov-wins-in-zafra-8162 Kenneth Baltazar (Master Kenneth here at chess.com) ranked only 23 rd from a field of 312 players shares the early lead with 32 other players after 3 rounds of the 2009 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship Kiddies Division held in the Ma... http://www.chess.com/news/2009-shell-national-youth-active-chess-quotkenneth32-others-early-leaderquot-5982 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:38:08 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/2009-shell-national-youth-active-chess-quotkenneth32-others-early-leaderquot-5982 The 44th Capablanca Memorial tournament was held in Havana from 8-18 June. In the elite group, Leinier Dominguez (pictured) was the top seed, and he won the 6-player double round-robin event with a score of 6.5/10.  Dominguez clinched the victor... http://www.chess.com/news/dominguez-wins-capablanca-memorial-4212 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:02:39 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/dominguez-wins-capablanca-memorial-4212 The latest chess super-tournament is currently taking place in Bazna, Romania. This is the third edition of the tournament, and the format has changed to a double round-robin featuring six strong Grandmasters, including local star Liviu-Dieter Ni... http://www.chess.com/news/bazna-kings-tournament-9410 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:54:05 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/bazna-kings-tournament-9410 Host Vietnam sweep all the 38 gold medals in the team events and 42 gold medals in the individual events to emerged over-all champion in the 10th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship held June 6-15,2009 at the Thua Thien- Hue,Vietnam.The 25-man Phil... http://www.chess.com/news/10-th-asean--age-group-chess-championship-9163 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:39:24 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/10-th-asean--age-group-chess-championship-9163 The 2009 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship start next weekend, when the National Capital Region, the first leg of the eight stage nation wide series unfolds June 20,2009 at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City,Philippines. The two day eve... http://www.chess.com/news/2009-shell-national-youth-active-chess-championship-1812 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:16:24 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/2009-shell-national-youth-active-chess-championship-1812 The 10th International Poikovsky Tournament in Russia has concluded with Alexander Motylev (pictured) finishing a clear winner by a full point with a score of 7/9.  Motylev was the only player to remain undefeated throughout the tournament, achi... http://www.chess.com/news/motylev-wins-poikovsky-9638 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:27:20 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/motylev-wins-poikovsky-9638 10-year old Hansel Teoh (Hansel here at chess.com), from  Monticello Academy (Sunnyvale) won the Polgar World Open Boys Under-11 Championship in Las Vegas this weekend (June 6-7) with a perfect 5-0 score and won the speed chess competition with... http://www.chess.com/news/hansel-wins-championship-in-vegas-8195 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:22:03 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/hansel-wins-championship-in-vegas-8195 The 17th Sigeman tournament in Sweden finished with top seed Nigel Short (pictured) the runaway winner with a score of 4.5/5. This year's edition was a rather short single round-robin event with just 6 players and 5 rounds. Yet so complete was th... http://www.chess.com/news/short-wins-sigeman-tournament-4391 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:41:25 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/short-wins-sigeman-tournament-4391 11- years old Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar , a grade VI students of F.G.Calderon Integrated School edged out his older rivals via a higher tiebreak scores to rule the 2009 Malabon Rapid Chess Championship held June 7,2009 at the Plaza Hulong Duhat C... http://www.chess.com/news/2009-malabon-rapid-chess-championship-6462 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:46:39 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/2009-malabon-rapid-chess-championship-6462