The opening ceremony of the much awaited World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in Chennai is scheduled to start in 19 days from now: on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 — "tentatively" at 16:00 local time. Then, o...
The Norway Chess 2013 super-tournament opened yesterday with a blitz competition to determine the pairings for the main event. Sergey Karjakin took first place with 6½/9 points, with Magnus Carlsen second, Vishy Anand third and Hikaru Nakamura fo...
As we near the eve of our 13th Blitz Death Match, we figure you've waited long enough for the announcement regarding our 14th! Remember, this month members are competing to qualify for the 15th Blitz Death Match in June, and you can see details he...
PRESS RELEASE: GM Judit Polgar will be featured multiple times on Chess.com and ChessKid.com during the month of March! Her contributions are being made in a partnership with Chess.com and its scholastic extension site in an effort to help Judit ...
The Women's World Chess Team Championship 2013 is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan. The competition features 10 national teams, with 4 players plus a reserve for each team. The format is a 9-round single round-robin event from 2-12 March at a ti...
The great Viktor Korchnoi is reported to be in such poor health after a recent stroke that he may have played his last competitive game of chess. At 81 years of age the legendary Viktor Korchnoi is the oldest active Grandmaster on the chess circu...
Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri share the lead after two rounds in Biel. Both won one game and drew one to score 4 points, as the football scoring system is used in Biel. Carlsen crushed Wang Hao on Tuesday while Giri held a draw with Black against ...
The 65th Russian Higher League Championship was held from 16-27 June in Tyumen, Siberia. The "Higher League" serves as a qualification event for the main Russian Chess Championships in August, where the top players are seeded directly into the ev...
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As we're approaching the start of the Anand-Gelfand World Championship match (the first game will be played next Friday), many media are publishing previews online or in their print edition. We give a number of links and a few quotes. A b...
Time flies: last Saturday issue #52 of ChessVibes Training was sent to our subscribers, and tomorrow we'll distribute #53 already. We celebrate this with the following offer: if you subscribe before May 10th*, you'll receive the last five ...
This year marks the 40th edition of the Dortmund Sparkassen chess meeting in Germany, which takes place from 13-22 July. The modern Dortmund tournament has been held continuously since 1973, and over the past decade it has become a firm favourite...
In issues 50, 51 and 52 of our PDF & PGN magazine ChessVibes Training Anish Giri treats the readers with a deep analysis of a very exciting game played at the European Championship in Plovdiv: Niclas Huschenbeth (2509) vs. Erwin l'Ami (261...
Silvio Danailov is still considering to take FIDE to court for the way they treated the Bulgarian bid to host the 2012 Candidates Tournament. "Our lawyers are studying the case and preparing the report," says the President of the Europea...
Last week an interview appeared online with Andrew Paulson, the American businessman who signed a contract with FIDE to organize the next two World Championship cycles. The interview was conducted by English GM Raymond Keene and although many crit...
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Hoang Thanh Trang is leading the European Women's Champoinship after six rounds. Four participants are half a point behind: Marie Sebag, Valentina Gunina, Cristina-Adela Foisor and Viktorija Cmilyte. Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary) ...
After twitter rumours led to much speculation and an apparent confirmation from FIDE President Kirsan Illyumzhinov, London has now been officially confirmed as the venue for the 2012 Candidates Tournament by an AGON press release which was re-publ...
For the first time this season Anatoly Karpov played a game for his club SV Hockenheim, on Sunday in the Schachbundesliga. The former World Champion drew against IM Martin Krämer in 78 moves. OSC Baden Baden maintained the lead in the competi...
FIDE has signed an agreement with the companies CNC and Agon for the next World Championship cycle. CNC will be responsible for media, web and software rights, while Agon will be organising and funding the events. The contract with the Tretyakov G...
In a recent interview, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov mentioned the dates and location for the Candidates Tournament: 23 October-13 November 2012 in London. Thus far, FIDE hasn't published an official press release which confirms this, so n...
In the latest issue of ChessVibes Training you can find loads of interesting and instructive chess material. Let's have a look! Giri's Grab Bag - In his weekly column, GM Anish Giri discusses the first game he played after Tata Steel:...
After seven completed rounds out of nine at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Pavel Eljanov (pictured) of the Ukraine and Mateusz Bartel of Poland share the lead on 5½ points. They will now meet in a crucial showdown in round eight. Former leader Ant...
Only a week after Boris Spassky, the oldest living former World Champion, turned 75, we have another legend celebrating a special birthday. Yuri Averbakh, the oldest living grandmaster in the world, turned 90 today. Yuri Averbakh at his 80th birth...
