Magnus Carlsen has regained the #1 position at the top of the official FIDE world chess rankings. Carlsen gained six rating points during the Bazna Kings tournament, pushing world champion Vishy Anand back down to #2. Carlsen tweeted that he was,...
The computer chess engine Rybka has been sensationally stripped of its multiple World Computer Chess Champion titles and banned from competing in future events. The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) took the action after an investig...
The new Fischer biopic "Bobby Fischer Against The World" has had its premiere in the US, and will be broadcast on HBO on Monday 6th June. Further details about the film can be found here. The film will have its UK premiere on 15 July, and as par...
Metropolitan Scholastic Chess Camp Promo Link GM Michael Adams, GM Loek Van Wely, and GM Melikset Khachiyan (along with the support of several other titled instructors) will be coming together for a rare opportunity at a scholastic camp i...
The official FIDE rating list for May 2011 has been published. With the list now being published every two months rather than quarterly, it's more up-to-date but sometimes barely changes. There is only one change to the top 10 since the March 201...
In chess, the history of the Simultaneous Exhibition (“Simul”) is a rich one. As with all World Records, many have sought to break the Simul record, setting a new and higher level with each attempt. To mention a few: · In 1922, the...
Chess.com is very excited to announce its future in the "online gaming community" as the world wide leader in... Checkers! Erik, the owner and CEO of Chess.com had this to say about the coming changes: "We are SO excited to make this transitio...
FIDE has published the latest official rating list and it confirms that Vishy Anand has regained the top spot from his chief rival Magnus Carlsen. There's not much to choose between them, but Anand's better result in Wijk Aan Zee made the differe...
When the IBM super-computer Deep Blue defeated the reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a match in 1997, it made headlines around the world. However, after the match IBM retired their silicon chess monster, satisfied that their objecti...
A new film about the American chess genius entitled "Bobby Fischer Against The World" debuted at the Sundance Film Festival recently and is now due for a wider release after Music Box Films announced that they have bought the theatrical distributi...
How well did you do in the 2010 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler? There were 20 chess related questions, and a total of 32 marks to earn, but how many did you answer correctly? Despite the questions being harder this year, the standard of entries was ...
Welcome to the 2010 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! To help keep yourself entertained over the holiday season, why not try our fun seasonal chess quiz? There should be something for everyone, so you don't need to be a Grandmaster to have a go! But ...
In the mass media of newsprint, chess often struggles in Western countries to achieve even a cursory mention. 80-year old chess legend Leonard Barden has been writing chess columns in the UK for over 50 years. Now, his daily column for the Londo...
The official July 2010 FIDE rating list has been published and it confirms Magnus Carlsen as the world #1 with his highest rating yet of 2826 Elo. Only the great Garry Kasparov has ever achieved a higher rating, with his peak being 2851 Elo back ...
The fourth tournament of the women's Grand Prix series started yesterday in Jermuk, Armenia. The idea of the Grand Prix is not only to bring together the best female players in the world for six round-robin tournaments, but also to define one of t...
The 2010 Copper State International, presented by Abstrax Inc came to a close on Wednesday June 9th in Mesa, Arizona. The tournament ended in the same way that it started: "Fighting Chess" on boards one through twenty! It seemed that every part...
The 2010 Copper State International, presented by Abstrax Inc, has reached the midway point of the tournament. It has certainly been an exciting few days of chess in Arizona, with many ups and downs for both our top seeds and our "Norm Hunters"...
It has begun! The 2010 Copper State International, presented by Abstrax Inc is officially underway. It has been a whirlwind 48 hours -- between player arrivals, the opening ceremony on Thursday night, and the first two rounds -- there is a lot ...
I don't think it was even mentioned around these parts, but our own Chess.com sponsored a $1000 prize for Best Game of the just concluded 2010 US Chess Championship. The award went to Yury Shulman for his victory over Hikaru Nakamura in the Quad ...
Now that the official FIDE rating lists are updated more frequently - every 2 months rather than every quarter, there tends to be less movement from one list to the next. The top 7 are unchanged this time, with Magnus Carlsen sill holding onto hi...
You may recall that a month ago we reported on filmmakers Katie and Nelson Dellamaggiore, who are raising funds to make a movie about the best junior high chess team in the US. Well, they are looking for someone rated 2100-2400 to play the star o...
Today I'd like to unveil what will be an extremely valuable training tool for those who choose to make use of it: Computer Workout. What? You've seen it before? Tried it before? No way! This is a 90% "completely" new Computer Workout, redesigned ...
The women's world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured) has become a 'Champion For Peace', joining many other high-profile sportsmen and women to promote peace through sporting initiatives all around the world. 'Champions For Peace' is an...
Spiderman star Tobey Maguire (pictured) could be set to take on the role of Bobby Fischer in a planned biopic of the controversial American chess genius. Firstshowing.net reports that the project, called Pawn Sacrifice, is written by Steven Knigh...
