On Monday night in Tallinn (Estonia) Garry Kasparov announced his candidacy for the 2014 FIDE Presidential Elections. The 13th World Champion aims to "revitalize FIDE with a focus on serving the national federations and raising the commercial prof...
After a dozen years with the IM title, Irina Krush is finally a GM-elect. She becomes the first American woman to achieve the threshhold while representing the U.S. The first norm came right after becoming an International Master, then nothing fo...
During the final round (report here) of the Grand Prix in Élancourt (Paris) Chess.com's Jason Stoneking and Leslie McAllister created a number of videos, which deserve a separate post here in the news section! First, we'll embed the ro...
By virtue of winning all three segments, GM Judit Polgar cruised over GM Nigel Short in Chess.com's Death Match 18 on Saturday. The final margin was 17.5-10.5, with Polgar winning especially big in the three-minute segment (6-2). The two played ...
The award-winning chess documentary "Brooklyn Castle," which follows the successes and financial hardships of powerhouse I.S. 318 in New York City, will air this Monday on PBS. Check your local listings for the exact time. PBS representatives sai...
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The FIDE Grand Prix in Élancourt was won by Fabiano Caruana and Boris Gelfand, as all games in the final round ended in draws. This means that Shakhriyar Mamedyarov keeps his second place in the overall GP standings, and with it h...
The FIDE Grand Prix in Élancourt (Paris) will see an exciting last round as Fabiano Caruana can still win the tournament outright, and thus qualify for the 2014 Candidates Tournament. On Thursday tournament leader Hikaru Nakamura ...
It was a great week to play Black as everything got more cloudy in week six of the United States Chess League (USCL). Some of the top teams fell, and several divisions had the bottom of the standings inverted at week's end. Overall, the Black pie...
Amsterdam, October 3rd, 2013 — Chess.com today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ChessVibes.com, the leading website for chess news. The agreement combines the strengths of Chess.com, the number #1 online chess commun...
All games in round 9 of the Grand Prix in Élancourt ended in draws. Hikaru Nakamura is still leading the tournament, with two rounds to go. With six draws on Wednesday the drawing percentage at the Grand Prix went up to 68.5% again, making it cle...
Yu Yangyi of China and Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia won the gold medals at the World Junior Championship which concluded Thursday, September 26th. Title holder Alexander Ipatov (Turkey) won silver and Santosh Gujrathi Vidit of India took bronz...
After a few quiet days, the Grand Prix in Élancourt heated up again on Monday with four decisive games. Hikaru Nakamura was worse throughout his game, but defended well and even won as Vassily Ivanchuk lost on time in a drawn position. The America...
With the most credentialed chess player and female chess player of all time looking on, four young Hungarian stars bested their American counterparts Sunday in the first USA-Hungary Youth Rapid Match. The event was co-sponsored by Chess.com and wa...
Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Grischuk, the two players who have so much to gain in Élancourt, both lost their games in round 7 of the Grand Prix. On Sunday Caruana went down against Hikaru Nakamura in a Grünfeld, where a queen sacrifice didn't wo...
As the only winner of the sixth round, Fabiano Caruana caught Boris Gelfand in first place at the Grand Prix in Élancourt (near Paris) on Saturday. The Italian grandmaster beat Vassily Ivanchuk with White in a Classical French, while Gelfand drew ...
On Friday Alexander Grischuk and Etienne Bacrot both won their black games at the Grand Prix in Élancourt (near Paris). In this fifth round, Grischuk beat Vassily Ivanchuk in a Grünfeld. Anish Giri's loss to Bacrot was his third in the tournament;...
In a short, friendly match held in Nový Bor, Czech Republic Veselin Topalov defeated Viktor Laznicka with a 4-2 score. The Bulgarian won games 1, 4 and 6 and lost game 2. A second match took place at the same time in which Czech junior FM Tadeas K...
At the halfway pole in the United States Chess League (USCL), one team now stands above all others, and every division has a sole leader. The week had plenty of theoretical endings - they were not always handled correctly, but that gave fans a ch...
Leinier Dominguez and Vassily Ivanchuk won their games in the fourth round of the Grand Prix in Élancourt (near Paris). Dominguez beat Anish Giri in a rook ending that started as a Bc5 Ruy Lopez. In a Queen's Indian against Laurent Fressinet, Ivan...
A spectacular third round at the Grand Prix in Élancourt (near Paris) saw four decisive games, and two that lasted more than six hours. Fabiano Caruana beat Laurent Fressinet in a double rook ending on move 39, Hikaru Nakamura needed 35 moves to w...
ChessKid.com is hosting and co-sponsoring the USA vs. Hungary Youth Rapid Match, part of the Polgar Chess Festival. The festival, which is held for the seventh time, takes place Sunday, September 29th, 2013 at the Palace of Arts in Budapest, Hunga...
Alexander Grischuk, one of the favourites to win the Grand Prix in Élancourt (near Paris), suffered an early loss against Laurent Fressinet in the second round on Monday. The Frenchman played the rare move 4.Bf4 against Grischuk's Queen's Indian, ...
Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky joins the Chess.com/tv broadcasting team this Tuesday for Week 5 of the United States Chess League (USCL). He'll join FM Mike Klein in commentating on the games live. The broadcast will begin at 7:45 p.m. Eastern with ...
The sixth and last Grand Prix of the 2012-2013 series started on Sunday in Paris, France with five draws and a win for Boris Gelfand, who beat Anish Giri. The tournament is mostly about the big fight between Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Grischuk,...
