21st Annual Chicago OpenMay 24-28, 2012The 21st Annual Chicago Open is underway at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel. The event runs from 24-28 May and the prize fund is a guaranteed $100,000. Several Chess.com members are taking part, inclu...
While the current World Championship cycle is about to reach its climax, the next cycles are well under way. The player who will challenge the winner of the Anand-Gelfand match in a new title match, will be coming from the 8-player Candidates tour...
Karpov Battles Seirawan in Saint Louis PRESS RELEASE - SAINT LOUIS, May 24, 2012 - The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is proud to host former World Champion GM Anatoly Karpov in a special match against four-time U.S. Champion GM ...
Vishy Anand opted for 1.e4 for his penultimate turn with the white pieces, and Gelfand once again replied with 1...c5. This time the champion avoided the Sveshnikov by choosing 3.Bb5, but Gelfand proved to be just as well prepared in this variati...
The tiebreak is getting closer and closer now that the 10th match game between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand also ended in a draw. Today Anand returned to 1.e4 and went for a Rossolimo Sicilian (3.Bb5) instead of allowing another Sveshnikov. Gelfa...
Two unique chess matches involving robots took place on Saturday, May 19th in Moscow, on Strastniy Boulevard. In a specially built pavilion made for this event two-time Olympic champion and former world champion Alexander Grischuk and two robots, ...
Game 9 of the 2012 World Chess Championship was the longest of the match so far, and Boris Gelfand was better for the majority of the game. The challenger stuck to 1.d4 and this time the champion switched to the Nimzo-Indian defence. No Slav toda...
The 9th game between Boris Gelfand and Vishy Anand, the longest encounter in the match so far, ended in a draw after 49 moves. For the first time in this World Championship match a Nimzo-Indian opening came on the board. With White Gelfand got a s...
Diplomacy, Peace in Switzerland, U.S. Fantasy, and Fix My Wiki! Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #21 is out! About the Full English BreakfastMission: Bring the serious chess news analysis. VERY serious, and not at all witty. Definite...
Chess.com hosted its 5th Blitz Chess Death Match on Sunday, May 20th from 11am to 3pm Pacific time. Originally, GM Kacheishvili was set to face off against SM (Senior Master) Jorge Sammour Hasbun in a rival match of US Chess League foes (click her...
David Navara finished 3rd at the Reykjavik Open two months ago in Iceland, during which he gave a long interview to Grandmaster Vasily Papin. The interview – where the Czech grandmaster talks, for instance, about his doubts about the li...
After losing in game 7 of his world championship defence against Boris Gelfand, Vishy Anand needed a quick response in game 8, but no-one expected it to be 17-moves quick! Gelfand blundered on move 14 and resigned when his queen was trapped just...
Due to a tactical oversight by Boris Gelfand, Vishy Anand needed only 17 moves to level the score in the World Championship match in Moscow, Russia. On Monday the World Champion played 3.f3, just like in game 3, after which the challenger went for...
Krush Beats Zatonskih to Win U.S. Women's ChampionshipBy FM Mike KleinSAINT LOUIS, May 20, 2012 -- IM Irina Krush won both games of today's rapid playoff match to become the 2012 U.S. Women's Champion. Playing black, Krush beat defending champion ...
Boris Gelfand took the lead in the World Championship match in Moscow, Russia on Sunday by beating Viswanathan Anand in 38 moves. Again a Chebanenko Semi-Slav came on the board and in his 4th white game, the challenger was again the first to ...
After six straight draws in the first half of the World Chess Championship between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand in Moscow, the second half of the match finally produced a decisive game. Vishy Anand had the black pieces for the second game in a r...
Garry Kasparov visited the World Chess Championship match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand in Moscow on Friday, and gave some typically blunt opinions in a press conference. Selected questions from the media and answers from Kasparov are bel...
Hikaru Nakamura won the U.S. Championship on Saturday after beating Yasser Seirawan with white in the last round. The top rated American grandmaster finished a full point ahead of Gata Kamsky and with a point less, third came Alexander Onischuk. A...
Nakamura Clinches Third U.S. Championship TitleBy FM Mike KleinSAINT LOUIS, May 19, 2012 -- After 11 exhausting days of play at the 2012 U.S. Championships, one champion has been decided, while one will require another day. GM Hikaru Nakamura took...
PRESS RELEASE FIDE and AGON are pleased to announce the full details of the new Grand Prix cycle 2012/2013. Regulations for the Series as well as Players contracts can be found below. Each player will be assigned to play in four of the six cities ...
One of the good things about the Anand-Gelfand World Championship match is that it generates a lot of debate on some essential points: what’s the proper format to determine the best player in the world; should chess always be spectacular; do...
A real chess training revolution! Last week we wrote about Chessity.com, and on May 13th Chessity organized an amazing chess tactic battle. Users where thrilled about this chess training competition! (Advertorial) Here's what some of...
Game 6 in the World Championship match between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw as well. Anand repeated his Chebanenko Semi-Slav and Gelfand tried something different on move 6. He won a pawn, but didn't see a way to finish ...
Nakamura Beats Kamsky to Take Lead at U.S. ChampsBy FM Mike KleinThe battle all chess fans waited to see at the 2012 U.S. Championship did not disappoint. GM Hikaru Nakamura beat GM Gata Kamsky for the first time ever in classical chess to take ov...
