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 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   Yelena Dembo is a Russian born Women's Grandmaster and International Master currently rated at 2429 Elo, which places her at 43rd in the women's chess world rankings.  She is also one of the top rated players at Chess.com! I... http://www.chess.com/news/an-interview-with-yelena-dembo---part-1 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:58:11 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/an-interview-with-yelena-dembo---part-1 It was a foregone conclusion that Viswanathan Anand would be awarded the Chess Oscar this year. For, how else does one salute a World Champion and World number one? The 38-year-old World Champion, currently in Chennai, was absolutely delighted on ... http://www.chess.com/news/anand-wins-2007-chess-oscar Thu, 08 May 2008 12:07:09 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/anand-wins-2007-chess-oscar Here are some chess tactics to know, the first move should, take out patn diagonal to queen, then take bishops, knights, and rooks out, then attack with all pieces at once, who knows how good your opponent will be, that will determine if it will ... http://www.chess.com/news/chess-players-tactics2 Sat, 03 May 2008 13:20:55 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/chess-players-tactics2 Fischer's 'widow' and nephews in legal tussle for £1m estate As a chess mastermind Bobby Fischer was capable of executing manoeuvres as complicated as they were brutal. Now, following his death, the tussle over his million-pound ... http://www.chess.com/news/fischers-widow-and-nephews-in-legal-tussle-for-1m-estate Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:07:03 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/fischers-widow-and-nephews-in-legal-tussle-for-1m-estate Grandmaster Wesley So continued to amaze the chess world by dominating Indonesia’s top player right on his turf. So posted three straight wins in his six-game duel opposite GM Susanto Megarant... http://www.chess.com/news/wesley-so-continues-impressive-run Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:54:37 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/wesley-so-continues-impressive-run Russian chess Grand Master and former world champion Anatoly Karpov will take part in a gigantic 4,000 chess board simultaneous match on April 21 at the University of Computer and Informatics Sciences (UCI) in Havana. Karpov was welcom... http://www.chess.com/news/grand-master-anatoly-karpov-to-play-at-cuban-mass-match Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:12 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/grand-master-anatoly-karpov-to-play-at-cuban-mass-match Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster from England, a popular and prolific chess author and an experienced coach.  He also authored the recent Chess Mentor course, "Understanding the Colle-Zukertort" and is currently playing in a vote chess... http://www.chess.com/news/an-interview-with-gm-nigel-davies Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:10:06 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/an-interview-with-gm-nigel-davies On April 13th, 1963 a baby boy called Karri Kimovich Weinstein was born in Baku, Azerbaijan.  He went on to become better known as Garry Kasparov and dominated the chess world for decades - being recognised as the World Champion from 1985 to ... http://www.chess.com/news/happy-birthday-garry-kasparov Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:20:16 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/happy-birthday-garry-kasparov In 1973 the Brazilian Chess Grandmaster Henrique Mecking was ranked 3rd in the World, only headed by the greats Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.  The strength of his play at a young age even drew comparisons with Bobby Fischer. However, Me... http://www.chess.com/news/henrique-mecking-plays-again Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:42:42 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/henrique-mecking-plays-again Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra KosteniukAlexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2523, presently ranked eighth in the women chess world (according to April 2008 FIDE rating list). Her most notable chess achiev... http://www.chess.com/news/interview-with-grandmaster-alexandra-kosteniuk Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:16:50 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/interview-with-grandmaster-alexandra-kosteniuk The latest quarterly update to the FIDE ratings list has been published and the top 100 players and top 50 women players are shown below.  Vishy Anand is the undisputed number 1 again.  The 17 year-old Magnus Carlsen is a stunning 5th! ... http://www.chess.com/news/april-fide-rating-list Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:15:31 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/april-fide-rating-list http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-18-fischer-obit_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip   Bobby Fischer is the greatest player in the world.   The link above was a news story from USA Today.   Ray Duque III (GM-IBD) New York City   http://www.chess.com/news/bobby-fischer2 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:42:19 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/bobby-fischer2   Robert James Fischer (1943 - 2008) was brilliant at the game of chess, but not so much with the game of life. However, we should remember his genius at the board, and better understand the person. He said many things that upset a lot of peo... http://www.chess.com/news/bobby Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:59:56 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/bobby By GUDJON HELGASON – 43 minutes ago REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He... http://www.chess.com/news/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-new-king-whoever-that-becomes Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:53:21 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-new-king-whoever-that-becomes Tathagat Avatar Tulsi is a scientist and is most well known as a child prodigy. He is a Guinness World Record holder. He has the special distinction of being one of the world's youngest scientists. At the age of 17, he wrote a research pape... http://www.chess.com/news/interview-with-the-genius-guinness-world-record-holder-tathagat-avatar-tulsi Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:02:23 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/interview-with-the-genius-guinness-world-record-holder-tathagat-avatar-tulsi    Italian-American GM Fabiano Curuana wins Italian championship  an article about Caruana at chessbase.com  http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4187 official website http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?a... http://www.chess.com/news/caruana-wins-italian-champioship Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:59:11 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/caruana-wins-italian-champioship Markus Ragger (born Feb 5, 1988 in Klagenfurt) is tied as the top Austrian chess player. He learned chess at the age of two from his grandparents. At six, he began playing at the club where he plays today.  He plays in the German Bu... http://www.chess.com/news/young-superstars-markus-ragger Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:59:34 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/young-superstars-markus-ragger Friedrich (Fritz) Saemisch was born on the 20th of September 1896 in Berlin, Germany. Awarded the GM title in 1950 he was the (unofficial) Austrian Champion in 1921, their first championship. His most notable match win also in 1921 was against Ric... http://www.chess.com/news/hof-er-friedrich-saemisch Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:43:54 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/hof-er-friedrich-saemisch Wesley So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino chess International Master who was the youngest member of the national men’s team to the Chess Olympiad (2006 - Turin, Italy) at the age of 12. He also holds the record of being the youngest Nat... http://www.chess.com/news/young-superstars-wesley-so Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:52:41 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/young-superstars-wesley-so