Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura are the six players who will compete in the 2015 Zurich Chess Challenge. The tournament will take place February 13-19, 2015 at H...
Despite losing his last-round game to Levon Aronian on Saturday Viswanathan Anand finished in clear first place at the Masters Final. The Indian grandmaster won for the first time in Bilbao, having participated in four previous...
With one round to go, Viswanathan Anand is already certain of tournament victory at the Masters Final in Bilbao. Today both games ended in draws, which means that Anand cannot be caught tomorrow, even if he loses to Levon Aronian. SOCA...
In the fourth round of the Masters Final in Bilbao, Viswanathan Anand won another game to increase his lead to four points. On Thursday, he got a very pleasant position out of the opening against Francisco Vallejo Pons, and forced resignation o...
Last year it lost, but today SOCAR of Azerbaijan took revenge and beat Novy Bor of Czech Republic to grab sole lead at the European Clup Cup in Bilbao. In the women's section, Batumi of Georgia keeps on winning. Wednesday was a r...
After two losses with the black pieces, on Tuesday Ruslan Ponomariov defeated Francisco Vallejo Pons as White in round three of the Chess Masters Final in Bilbao. The Ukrainan grandmaster switched places with his opponent in ...
On Monday Viswanathan Anand also won his second game at the Chess Masters Final as he beat Francisco Vallejo Pons in 35 moves from a Ragozin Defense. Ruslan Ponomariov lost his second game in a row to Levon Aronian in a King's Indian. At the ...
In the first round of the Chess Masters Final, Viswanathan Anand immediately grabbed the lead. In the clash between ex-world champions, Anand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov after 61 moves in a King’s Indian game. Francisco Vallejo Pons and Levon...
Two (three?) major chess events were opened on Saturday in Bilbao, Spain: the Chess Masters Final and the European Club Cup (open and women). Starting from Sunday, the full top 10, with the exception of world #1 Magnus Carlsen, will be active in t...
Update: Note the change in day. The match will now be Friday, October 3. Two of the most esteemed chess coaches in the world will compete in Death Match 28 on October 3. GM Simen Agdestein, former teacher of the current world champion, and GM ...
Chess.com will host the chess section of the 2014 World Mind Games Online Tournament from September 15 to November 15. Along with bridge and go, this online chess event is held ahead of the fourth edition of the SportAccord World Mind ...
The new and clear world #2 in the live ratings, Fabiano Caruana, is the highest-rated player to participate in the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix Series. The other top 10 players who said yes to FIDE's invitation are Alexander Grischuk, Hikaru Nakamu...
On Wednesday, Mérida Patrimonio de la Humanidad clinched its first Spanish Team Championship title in Linares. The team led by Vassily Ivanchuk won in the last two matches to finish on 12 match points, one more than 2013 cham...
Despite being more than a 130-point underdog, GM Alex Lenderman took out GM Wang Yue in Death Match 27 on Saturday. Wang edged his younger opponent in the first two time controls (5+1 and 3+1) but Lenderman won the final five games of bulle...
The Spanish Team Championship is under way in Linares, the city that hosted the “Wimbledon of Chess” for many years. Some very strong grandmasters can be found on the top boards, such as Anish Giri, Etienne Bacrot, Vassily Ivanchuk, Pe...
Hou Yifan of China became the winner of the overall 2013-2014 Women's Grand Prix, finishing 85 GP points ahead of Humpy Koneru of India. She has now secured a place in the 2015 women's world championship match, no matter how she will score in...
World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen has signed the contract to defend his title according to his manager, Espen Agdestein. The match will take place as scheduled in Sochi, Russia from November 7-28, 2014. Both Carlsen and Agdestein are in St. Lou...
GM Fabiano Caruana completed his dream tournament at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup with a repetition refusal then quick draw offer. Unlike GM Magnus Carlsen's draw refusal in the final round of the 2013 edition, much less was riding on Caruana's brav...
After eight rounds of streaks and subplots, the results calmed today in St. Louis. It didn't have to be that way. For the first time all event, no one broke through for a win in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. In round 9 both GM Magnus Carlsen and GM ...
So GM Fabiano Caruana is human. He also happens to be a $100,000 richer human. In the most hyped game of his budding career, Caruana went for the gusto against GM Magnus Carlsen. The game ended drawn, which stops Caruana's winning run at seven, ...
GM Fabiano Caruana's rout of the world's best players at the Sinquefield Cup continued in round seven. After GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave became a victim for the second time in the double round robin, GM Vladimir Chuchelov shook MVL's hand, shrugge...
Hou Yifan of China is on the verge of winning the overall 2013-2014 Women's Grand Prix. With three rounds to go, she tops the standings of the Sharjah GP together with her compatriot Ju Wenjun. More important, Hou Yifan is 3 points ahead of...
Start counting on your other hand. GM Fabiano Caruana's run at the strongest tournament in history now stands at 6-0. Sinquefield Cup commentator GM Ian Rogers had a request for Caruana after today's game: "At least equal the chances and give us...
The 2014 Sinquefield Cup's lone "rest day" was just a clever name for most of the field. Interviews, athletics and one spectacular artistic exhibit filled the day. What do you do if you're playing the perfect tournament? GM Fabiano Caruana began...
