The ACP Golden Classic in Amsterdam was won by Vassily Ivanchuk with an impressive undefeated score of 5/6. Ivanchuk beat Anna Muzychuk in the last round to seal victory by half a point from Gata Kamsky. However, the games will not count for ra...
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 ...
Ju Wenjun of China is leading the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Jermuk, Armenia with a score of 4½ points after six rounds. Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru and Ruan Lufei are just half a point behind the leader in this 12-player single round-robin event. T...
Fabiano Caruana won his last two games to take victory in the 2012 Dortmund tournament, just ahead of Sergey Karjakin by superior tie-breaks. Caruana ended the winning chances of Vladimir Kramnik in the penultimate round and finished with another...
PRESS RELEASE 1000Passions and Chess NYC have arranged for a unique opportunity to meet Magnus in person on August 23rd! Join Magnus for a fascinating evening of chess, filled with lecture, historic game analysis, and play. As a highlight of th...
The 45th Biel Chess Festival takes place from 21 July - 3 August in Biel, Switzerland. The main GM event is a 6-player double round robin tournament headed by world #1 Magnus Carlsen. Also taking part are Alexander Morozevich and the 2012 US Cha...
The fight for victory in the Dortmund tournament is extremely close with just two round remaining. At the top of the standings there is still a three-way tie for first place, with Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin and Arkadij Naiditsch (pictured...
The novel aspect of the ACP Golden Classic in Amsterdam was the re-introduction of adjournments into a strong chess event. The specially organised tournament is running from 14-22 July alongside the 2012 Dutch Championships at the Amsterdam Scien...
Much has been written about the many high-profile individuals in the financial and technological world who also have a gift for chess, but this news story combines the two in a much more direct way! The Chief Executive of Soletron, AJ Steigman ha...
After five rounds of the 2012 Dortmund tournament there is a 3-way tie between Ruslan Ponomariov (pictured), Sergey Karjakin and 10-time winner Vladimir Kramnik on 3½ points. Round four was uneventful and all games ended in draws, but round five ...
FIDE have confirmed details of the venues and players for the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Prix series, which starts in London on 20 September. Teimour Rajdabov, Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura are the top seeds among the 18 competitors in the series. ...
Arnold Wins 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship SAINT LOUIS (July 16, 2012) – In the closing ceremony last night, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned International Master Marc Arnold, 19, of New York ...
The exciting chess continued in round three at Dortmund, with 4 decisive games out of the 5 played. Vladimir Kramnik heaped more misery on back-marker Mateusz Bartel, inflicting his third defeat in as many games. It was a bad day all-round for G...
The FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Jermuk, Armenia takes place from 16-29 July 2012. The Jermuk Women's Grand Prix is the fifth in a series of six tournaments to determine the challenger for the 2013 Women's World Championship, against reigning champ...
Vladimir Kramnik shocked his opponent - and all his rivals - by playing the King's Indian in his second round game of the 2012 Dortmund tournament. Kramnik is an expert at destroying the King's Indian from the white side, so it was a huge surpris...
The ACP Golden Classic is underway in Amsterdam. The tournament runs from 14-22 July alongside the 2012 Dutch Championships at the Amsterdam Science Park. The field of seven is an interesting mix of players, but the event has attracted more atte...
Playoffs Loom for U.S. Juniors; Arnold, Shen Lead By Tony RichSAINT LOUIS (July 14, 2012) -- As the 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship winds down, the action is heating up; the competitors are feeding off the pressure as the race to ...
Arnold, Getz Lead After 4 Rounds at U.S. Junior Closed PRESS RELEASE: SAINT LOUIS (July 13, 2012) -- The action heated up today in the 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship as players once again demonstrated their fighting spirit. Pre-to...
U.S. Junior Closed Champs Underway, Getz Leads Group A By Tony Rich. SAINT LOUIS (July 12, 2012) -- The 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship began yesterday with exciting games, excellent analysis by the commentators and a spectacular will...
The 40th edition of the Dortmund Sparkassen chess meeting which takes place from 13-22 July in Germany. The modern Dortmund tournament has been held annually since 1973, and over the past decade it has been dominated by Vladimir Kramnik, who in 2...
When the Turkish organisers of the upcoming 2012 Chess Olympiad refused entry to arbiters from 7 countries that were suing FIDE there was an outcry at the ban from many parties, including the influential Russian Chess Federation. Nevertheless, th...
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is proud to host the U.S. Junior Closed Championship for the third consecutive year July 10 -15. The top Junior players in the nation will duke it out for the title of U.S.Junior Champion, $18,0...
Alexander Grischuk won the World Blitz Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, with a score of 20/30 points, half a point ahead of Magnus Carlsen in second place. Grischuk had led after the first day with 10½/15 and maintained his lead until the end...
Russia defeated China in the 2012 edition of the regular chess match between the two countries. The match took place from 1-9 July 2012 in St.Petersburg, Russia and featured male and female teams of 5 players from both countries competing in sepa...
