Today the world stood still for a moment, mourning the death of one of the true greats of recent history. It was one man who dominated the newspapers, websites and tv programs: Nelson Mandela. The South African leader, who passed away on December ...
Russia expectedly won the gold medals at the World Team Championship in Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). Ian Nepomniachtchi was again the one who decided the match in Russia's favor - he beat Samy Shoker, while the other three games against Egyp...
After beating Ukraine in round 8, Russia is very close to winning the World Team Championship in Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). Ian Nepomniachtchi decided the match in Russia's favor by beating Yuriy Kryvoruchko. China and Ukraine are now one ...
The traditional "Snow Drops vs. Old Hands" tournament, the annual match between talented ladies and chess veterans, is under way in Podebrady, Czech Republic. After four of the eight rounds, the "Snow Drops" are leading 10-6. Can the legends fight...
The World Team Championship is about to reach its climax with just two rounds to go in Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). On Tuesday all the favorites won their important matches: tournament leader Ukraine beat Egypt (but only with 2.5-1.5), ...
The 5th London Chess Classic festival starts on Saturday, December 7th in the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, London. Besides several chess tournaments, there will be a chess in schools conference this year. In this 5th edition the top GM...
Starting with two losses, the Netherlands recovered and even joined the group of favorites on Monday at the World Team Championship in Kemer, Antalya, Ukraine with a 2.5-1.5 win over tournament leader Ukraine. Beating Anton Korobov,...
In the last week of the year, Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman will be playing a four-game match alongside the Groningen Chess Festival. The match between Karpov and Timman, which is held twenty years after their historic world title match, will be h...
Winning its fifth match 2.5-1.5 to Turkey at the World Team Championship in Kemer, Antalya, Ukraine kept its perfect score and maintained its three-point lead. Russia is in clear second place, while the Netherlands moved up to shared third place w...
On Saturday night Magnus Carlsen performed the kick off for the football match Real Madrid vs. Real Valladolid. The Norwegian chess player, who became World Champion last week, was wearing a Real Madrid shirt with 'Magnus' on his back. The home te...
On Friday the Indian branch of CNN published the first video interview with Viswanathan Anand after his loss against Magnus Carlsen last week. CNN-IBN's Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to Anand about the match, his family and chess in India. Because ...
Ukraine increased its lead at the World Team Championship in Kemer, Antalya (Turkey) to a whopping 3 match points. In round 4 Germany was beaten 3-1, while their nearest rival Armenia went down 1.5-2.5 to China. Russia defeated Azerbaijan wit...
Ukraine tops the standings after three rounds at the World Team Championship in Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). After beating Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5, the team with Ivanchuk, Korobov, Moiseenko, Kryvoruchko and Areshchenko is the only one left with a perfect ...
After two rounds of the 2013 World Chess Team Championship in Antalya, Turkey, a perfect bell curve of results have unfolded. Three sqauds - Germany, Azerbaijan and Ukraine - have won both of their matches, while an equal number of teams - Turkey,...
Unfortunately the interview with Magnus Carlsen we were hoping to do today couldn't go through. Because he will be leaving shortly for Norway, we instead sent our selection of questions (asked by you!) via email to his manager, and we hope to rece...
Today the World Team Championship starts in Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). Ten countries will be playing a single round robin tournament over nine rounds. The top seeds are Russia, who have Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepo...
At a very brief closing ceremony Magnus Carsen was officially crowned World Champion on Monday at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Chennai, India. Carlsen, who won his match against Viswanathan Anand last Friday with a 6.5-3.5 score, received a sil...
Chess.com's 3rd Death Match Qualifier will take place from December 1st 2013 to January 1st, 2014 and will determine the participants for the 21st Chess.com Blitz Death Match - set to be held on Saturday, February 8th 2014. The rules and format ...
Magnus Carlsen won the 2013 World Chess Championship in Chennai, India on Friday. The 10th and last game of the match ended in a draw, and so the final score is 6.5-3.5 in favour of the Norwegian, who will celebrate his 23rd birthday in eight...
The most accomplished player in the history of the United States Chess League (USCL) finally has his crown. GM Julio Becerra once again led his team to the championship match, but for the first time, the Miami Sharks emerged victorious. They bea...
Magnus Carlsen is almost sure of becoming the next chess world champion after he won for the third time in the World Championship match in Chennai against Viswanathan Anand on Thursday. In a sharp Nimzo-Indian, the 43-year-old Indian got a nice at...
Recently, the massive Typhoon Haiyan directly hit the Philippines, a country with a rich tradition of chess. The country is easily the strongest island nation in the Pacific, with Australia and Indonesia a distant second and third, respectively. W...
Although his family lived in the Philippines for a short while, Viswanathan Anand grew up and spent most of his childhood in Madras, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Having lived in Europe for a long time, Anand has now mov...
The eighth match game between Magnus Carlsen, playing white, and Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw after 33 moves. The Norwegian challenger switched to 1.e4 and the World Champion defended with the same line that his opponent has been using: the B...
