Viswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. Anand is one of four players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list and he has been among the top three ranked ...
There is some forum discussion on who are the top 50 chess players in the world or who the best player in the world is (or was). Well, if we look at current Elo (FIDE) ratings, they publish a list of the top players in the world. If we look at i...
The Grünfeld defence relies on one of the main principles of the hypermodern school: a large pawn centre could be a liability rather than an asset. The opening is named after Ernst Grünfeld, the player who first employed the defence in t...
This is an interesting game and one I'll use to kick off what a Game of the Day should look like! In the recent Rapid Chess Match featuring World Cup holder Levon Aronian vs. World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, Aronian handed Kramnik defeat afte...
