AGON, the company set up to organise and promote the commercial activities of the World Chess Championship competition cycle, have issued a press release with the results of a survey about chess. The survey was conducted by the polling organisat...
PRESS RELEASE 1000Passions and Chess NYC have arranged for a unique opportunity to meet Magnus in person on August 23rd! Join Magnus for a fascinating evening of chess, filled with lecture, historic game analysis, and play. As a highlight of th...
Much has been written about the many high-profile individuals in the financial and technological world who also have a gift for chess, but this news story combines the two in a much more direct way! The Chief Executive of Soletron, AJ Steigman ha...
FIDE have confirmed details of the venues and players for the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Prix series, which starts in London on 20 September. Teimour Rajdabov, Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura are the top seeds among the 18 competitors in the series. ...
FIDE have published the official July 2012 chess rating list and Magnus Carlsen has maintained his #1 position, gaining 2 points to stand at 2837 Elo thanks to his victory at the Tal Memorial. Lev Aronian's poor performance at the same event cont...
The fate of famous old chess Grandmasters is not always a happy one, so it is heartwarming to learn of the rededication of the grave of Polish-born Grandmaster Johannes Zukertort (1842-1888). Thanks to the collaborative efforts of Dr Marek Stel...
AGON APPOINTS PENTAGRAM TO REPOSITION CHESS FOR THE WORLD STAGE PRESS RELEASE: LEADING design agency Pentagram has been hired to rebrand the World Chess Championships, after the World Chess Federation (FIDE) accorded the commercial rights to the s...
FIDE have published the latest official chess ratings list, and although he didn't play any games during the period, Magnus Carlsen is still at #1 with 2835 Elo. Levon Aronian has made further inroads into Carlsen's lead, gaining 5 points to reac...
I am Attila Turzo, an International Chess Master, and I organize and run the event called the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul, in which I play with 1000 players simultaneously on 1000 boards. Thank you very much to the staff and owners of Chess.com...
We hope everyone had fun with this article! It was our intention to go "over the top" in such a way that no one would really believe it... but for all those who did, please put down the pitch forks and get back to solving Knight Forks - Danny -...
PRESS RELEASE Ten year old Samir, who is from London (Westminster) and living with a Brain Tumour, had just one wish – to star in his very own film. Today his wish was granted by Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, the charity that grants magical wishes ...
The European Chess In Schools Campaign has succeeded after being endorsed by the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. The UK based Chess in Schools and Communities Campaign (CSC) and the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe gained enough support for their de...
The 2012 Tal Memorial will be held from 7-19 June in Moscow, and the six confirmed players so far are: Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Lev Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Another four places have to be filled, bu...
FIDE have published the official March 2012 rating list, confirming Magnus Carlsen as the world #1 with an unchanged rating of 2835 Elo. Levon Aronian improved his rating, but not his ranking. He consolidated his #2 spot, halving the gap to Carls...
PRESS RELEASE: The Chess in Schools and Communities Campaign (CSC) is working with the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe on a political campaign to garner support for chess to be introduced to schools Europe-wide. The focus of the campaign is a w...
PRESS RELEASE Lindenwood Launches World-Class Collegiate Chess Program University Offering Chess Scholarships, Forming Team for Competition Lindenwood University is putting out a call for some of the finest young chess players in America and ab...
The recent 4-part defence (part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4) of the banned Rybka program, published by Chessbase and authored by Dr. Søren Riis, a computer scientist at Queen Mary University, has received a swift response from the International...
Many thanks to all the Chess.com members who entered the 2011 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler. There were 20 chess related questions, and a total of 28 marks to earn, but how many did you answer correctly? There were a few really tricky questions this...
In June 2010 Vasik Rajlich, the author of the strongest commercial chess software program - Rybka, was sensationally accused of plagiarizing code from other programs, especially Fruit. The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) stripped ...
FIDE have published the latest official rating list, and Magnus Carlsen has consolidated his status as the world's #1 rated player. Carlsen gained 9 rating points to reach a career high of 2835 Elo, a full 30 points clear of new #2 Lev Aronian. ...
Welcome to the 2011 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! What better way to entertain yourself over the holiday season than by trying to answer the questions in our fun seasonal chess quiz? There should be something for everyone, so you don't need to be ...
The widely acclaimed documentary film Bobby Fischer Against The World by director Liz Garbus is being shown on the UK television channel BBC4 tomorrow (Wednesday 30 November) at 9pm. BBC4 is a free-to-air digital channel, so may be available outs...
Vladimir Kramnik's recent good form sees him rejoin the 2800+ Elo club in the official FIDE ranking list for November 2011, but with no gain on his #4 spot from the previous list in September. Magnus Carlsen remains the #1 ranked player, slightly...
Magnus Carlsen retains his world #1 ranking in the latest official rating list from FIDE. Carlsen creeps up 2 points to 2823, with Vishy Anand and Lev Aronian the other current members of the 2800+ club. Vladimir Kramnik's excellent performance ...
