The third Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series runs from 17 April - 1 May in Zug, Switzerland. The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix series will qualify for the next Candidates Tournament, expected to be held in March 2014. Th...
Vladimir Kramnik has withdrawn from the inaugural Norway Chess 2013 super-tournament to be held from 7-18 May in Stavanger, Norway. The RCF (Russian Chess Federation) approached the tournament organisers to request that Kramnik be released from h...
The St. Petersburg team won the 2013 Russian Team Chess Championship after a nail-biting final round in Sochi. St.Petersburg were undefeated going into the final round, but lost their last match by the narrowest of margins 3½-2½ to Rostov. That o...
The great American chess Grandmaster and writer Robert Byrne has passed away at 84 years of age. Robert Byrne was one of the strongest American players of his generation, and the chess columnist for the New York Times from 1972 to 2006. Byrne ea...
Former world chess champion turned political activist Garry Kasparov celebrates his 50th birthday today. Born Garry Kimovich Weinstein in Baku, his chess talent emerged early in life and he was selected to train at the famous Mikhail Botvinnik sc...
The Netherlands Grandmaster Loek van Wely took first place at the Sydney International Open, held from 2-7 April. Van Wely scored 7½/9 points to finish half a point ahead of top seed Li Chao of China, whom he beat in round 8. The competition fea...
Magnus Carlsen isn't just a phenomenon on the chess board, but increasingly so off it as well. The UK edition of the women's magazine Cosmopolitan has published a list of the "Sexiest Men of 2013" and amongst the actors, singers and assorted othe...
2013 U.S. Championships Celebrate 5 Years in Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS, April 11, 2013 -- The fields are set for both the 2013 U.S. Championship and 2013 U.S. Women’s Championship, scheduled to be held simultaneously May 2 through May 13...
ST. LOUIS – Webster University made history this weekend when it became the first St. Louis team ever to win a Final Four collegiate chess championship. Webster’s top-ranked chess team emerged victorious in the President’s Cup – also known as the ...
The 2013 Russian Team Championships are taking place in Loo in Sochi from 7-13 April. There are 18 teams competing for the title, and as usual many of the best players in the world are taking part. However, last year's champions Tomsk-400 are not...
A report today in the Indian newspaper The Hindu claims that Chennai will be the venue for world chess champion Vishy Anand's next title defence against Magnus Carlsen. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa of the Tamil Nadu government claimed the match wi...
Easter is a busy time for chess tournaments around the globe, but these events were overshadowed this year by the attention focused on the Candidates Tournament. One of those Easter tournaments was the 6th OGD Prinsenstad Tournament in the histor...
The all-conquering Baden-Baden team had already secured victory in the German chess league, the Schachbundesliga, on Friday, but with two more match victories this weekend they scored a remarkable season whitewash - winning all fifteen of their ma...
The Indian Express has published an interview with reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, covering his thoughts on the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London, and how he assesses the winner, world #1, and now his title challenger, Magnus C...
There is still uncertainty regarding the future of the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Prix, with further changes likely to the planned venues. The third tournament has already been changed from Lisbon, Portugal to Zug, Switzerland, but the competition dates ...
The 2013 Neckar Open took place from 28 March -1 April in Deizisau, Germany. The main tournament was a 9 round Swiss Open with well over 300 players taking part. The result was extremely close, finishing on a huge tie with 13 players scoring 7/9...
This weekend marks the climax of the Schachbundesliga 2012/13 season. The 13th round was played yesterday (Friday) and the 14th and 15th rounds are played on Saturday and Sunday. The Schachbundesliga is arguably the strongest national chess leagu...
On the heels of our 12th Blitz Death Match, we know you are all still looking for more blitz? So look no further! GM Alexandr Fier and GM Leonid Kritz will take the virtual stage in Chess.com's 13th Blitz Death Match,...
US Junior Chess Champion Grandmaster Marc Arnold won the 12th Chess.com Blitz Death Match in a triple overtime thriller! Arnold beat the World Junior Champion Grandmaster Alexander Ipatov in the closest fight yet for the $1,000 Chess.com cash pri...
The 2013 London Candidates competition will surely go down in chess history as one of the most exciting world championship qualifying events ever held. After a few early glitches the official website worked well, and the video coverage and commen...
The 51st Doeberl Cup took place from 28 March - 1 April 2013. Doeberl is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia. Since 1963 it has been held every year in Canberra. Li Chao of China won the Premier tournament with a final score of 7...
OFFICIAL WEBSITE REPORT 13 year old Norwegian Aryan Tari made a sensational result in the Open Norwegian Championship scoring a GM norm before ever having made any IM norms. The 13 year old, FIDE rated at 2293 on the March 2013 list, is consider...
Annotations by GM Sam Shankland The 2013 Candidates Tournament will live long in the memory, and its conclusion was as unexpected as it was amazing! The two remaining contenders, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik both had to keep one eye on e...
The final round of the Candidates Tournament in London is underway! Only two players still have a chance of finishing first - Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. The tournament winner will challenge the current world che...
