Fabiano Caruana started with 2.5/3 at the Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö, Sweden. The Italian grandmaster is in sole first place after beating Anish Giri and Hans TIkkanen with the white pieces and then drawing against Peter Leko with B...
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The young Italian Fabiano Caruana seems to be one of the hardest working Grandmasters at the moment, and the number of his games doesn't seem to be affecting the quality. Caruana currently leads the Sigeman Tournament in Malmo, Sweden with a scor...
The first game of a big match can often be something of a quiet affair, but that was emphatically not the case today. Boris Gelfand took the fight to champion Vishy Anand by playing the double-edged Grunfeld Defence in game one of their match for...
The first match game between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand ended in a draw. Gelfand surprised his opponent by playing the Grünfeld, and if anyone was better in the final phase of the game, it was him. The first handshake between Boris G...
Pre-tournament favorites and former winners Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky are sharing the lead after three rounds at the U.S. Championships in Saint Louis, USA. In this first report we focus on the men's event and give you the daily reports ...
Pre-Tourney Favorites Pull Ahead at U.S. ChampionshipsBy FM Mike Klein The bell curve of scores began to take shape after today's round three of the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship. With six of the 11 games pitting first-time...
On Thursday, May 10th the World Championship match between reigning champion Vishy Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand was officially opened. At 18.30 a press conference took place in the press room, with Boris Gelfand, Vishy Anand, Mrs. Irina Lebe...
The official 2012 FIDE World Chess Championship between the reigning champion Viswanathan Anand of India, and his challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel starts tomorrow (11 May) at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The prize fund is a cool...
Zatonskih Stays Perfect at 2012 U.S. ChampionshipsBy FM Mike KleinAfter two rounds of play at the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship, only one player out of 22 remains with an unblemished record. Defending champion IM Anna Zatonskih c...
Vassily Ivanchuk has good chances to win yet another title in Havana. After outplaying Viktor Laznicka in round 5 of the Capablanca Memorial, the Ukrainian is the sole leader again with 3.5/5. Leinier Dominguez is in second place with half a point...
In the UK Chess League the 4NCL, favourites Wood Green took the 1st Division title with three convincing victories over the last weekend of competition from 5-7 May. They thrashed Jutes of Kent 7½-½, hammered Cheddleton 7-1, and cruised home 5½...
After four rounds of the 47th Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Vassily Ivanchuk, Leinier Dominguez and Viktor Laznicka are locked together on 2½/4 in the "Elite" group. The Elite contest is 6-player double round-robin headed by last year's winner ...
Yesterday Vishy Anand, Boris Gelfand, a number of officials and team members inspected the venue for the World Championship match: the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The official website reported: In accordance with the match...
Decisive Results Abound in Round 1 of U.S. ChampionshipsBy FM Mike KleinSAINT LOUIS, May 8, 2012 -- There were running starts and standing starts and very little in between to open the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship. All but ...
Press Release The Limhamn Chess Club is proud to invite the players, the chess audience, the media and the sponsors to the 20-year jubilee of the annual Sigeman Chess Tournament. The tournament will take place at the classical Hipp Theater in cen...
PRESS RELEASEBy Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS, May 8, 2012 -- The 2012 U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women's Championship began in the most serene setting, belying the pressure that will mount over the next two weeks. The opening ceremony and drawin...
This season the 4 Nations Chess League's first division was won comfortably by Wood Green Hilsmark 1, who won all their matches and probably by the greatest margin in 4NCL history. The team was able to call on players such as Michael Adams, Jo...
Although this month most of us will be closely following the World Championship match, there are in fact two big events about to start which are worthy of attention not only on Moscow rest days. Today in Saint Louis, USA the 2012 U.S. Championship...
As we're approaching the start of the Anand-Gelfand World Championship match (the first game will be played next Friday), many media are publishing previews online or in their print edition. We give a number of links and a few quotes. A b...
The 2012 US Chess Championships take place from 8-20 May at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Defending champion Gata Kamsky will face a strong field, including Hikaru Nakamura who returns after missing last year. The championsh...
Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) are sharing the lead after three rounds at the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba. Both players scored 2 out of 3 in the 6 player double round robin where Yuniesky Quesada Perez (Cuba), Ian ...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won a strong rapid Grand Prix event in Nancy, France on the weekend of 28-29 April. Nearly 200 players took part in a preliminary 9-round rapid Swiss qualification event on the Saturday, and remarkably despite an internatio...
Leinier Dominguez defeated Viktor Laznicka in the first round of the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba. Like last year, the tournament has a top group of 6 players who play a double round robin: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Leinier Dominguez Pere...
