The 19th Bunratty Chess Festival took place from 17-19 February in Ireland and England's Michael Adams (pictured) won the Masters event. Top seed Adams finished the 6-round Swiss competition with a score of 5 points, but needed to win a blitz pla...
In the weekend of 25th and 26th February 2012 the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga will be held. As things are heating up in Germany, we'll give the pairings at the venues Wattenscheid, Hockenheim, Trier and Remagen. In Wattenschei...
After a year of absence, Hikaru Nakamura will be back in St. Louis this year to seek his third U.S. Championship title. His main rival will be reigning champion Gata Kamsky while former winner and "semi-retired" Yasser Seirawan will be p...
Nana Dzagnidze from Georgia took first place at the ACP Women Chess Cup in Tiblisi, beating Pia Cramling in a tie-break playoff after both finished on a score of 8/11 in the rapid round-robin event. It was an exciting climax to this strong event ...
Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia won the ACP Women Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia on Tuesday after beating Pia Cramling of Sweden in a blitz playoff. Both ladies had finished on 8/11 in the rapid event, half a point ahead of Kateryna Lahno. Nana Dzagnidze...
PRESS RELEASE: Fields set for 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship ST. LOUIS, February 22, 2012 -- The fields are set for both the 2012 U.S. Championship and 2012 U.S. Women's Championship, scheduled to be held simultaneou...
Super Grandmaster? Sadler sadly behind, and a Short Island Iced Tea for Hou Yifan! Yes please! Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #17 is out! About the Full English BreakfastMission: Bring the serious chess news analysis. VERY serious,...
The Vladimir Petrov Memorial took place from 15-20 February in Jurmala, Latvia. Vladimir Petrov (pictured) was a talented Grandmaster from Latvia, who achieved great success in the 1930's. He won the Latvian national championships twice (1935 and...
FIDE has signed an agreement with the companies CNC and Agon for the next World Championship cycle. CNC will be responsible for media, web and software rights, while Agon will be organising and funding the events. The contract with the Tretyakov G...
Last Friday we reported on the Aeroflot Blitz tournament which was won by Sergey Karjakin in his hometown Moscow, Russia. Some of our readers pointed out that a number of videos have been uploaded to YouTube by Eugene Potemkin and Sergey...
The US TV Network CBS broadcast a profile of world #1 Magnus Carlsen, on Sunday 19 February. For those who couldn't watch it - the video is here, or on YouTube here! There are also several 'web extras' available: Chess on the mind - Bob Simon b...
We had already mentioned it, and now it's available online: Magnus Carlsen in the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes, which aired on Sunday night in the USA. CBS provided the chess media all the links and embed codes to share their footage with the ...
Evgeny Romanov won the 26th International Open Pierre et Vacances which was held February 13-19, 2012 in Cannes, France. The top group had 61 participants, with French GM Etienne Bacrot as the top seed. Romanov finished clear first with 7/9 after ...
Alexander Morozevich won the Vladimir Petrov Memorial in Jurmala, Latvia on Sunday. The Russian grandmaster scored 5/7 and finished half a point clear of Alexei Shirov and Igor Kovalenko. Alexander Morozevich, winner in Jurmala | Photo ©...
Top seed Anna Muzychuk had a good start in Tbilisi, Georgia where she is leading the ACP Women Cup after five rounds. The Ukrainian born IM, who has been playing for Slovenia since 2004, scored 4.5/5 while Kateryna Lahno and Pia Cramling are ...
The ACP Women Chess Cup takes place from 17-22 February in Tbilisi, Georgia. This rapid tournament is a 12-player round-robin competition with some very strong women players, 10 of whom have the full Grandmaster title, and 3 former world champion...
The Tarrasch Defence is a great opening. It is both solid and active, it has a rich history and it has been endorsed by numerous world class players, including Garry Kasparov. Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch himself gave the good example when he wrote, more...
On Sunday Magnus Carlsen will appear in the CBS news magazine program 60 Minutes. We received a press release from CBS which includes a preview video. PRESS RELEASE It may seem a polite game of quiet wit, but chess grandmasters are really ...
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The US TV Network CBS is broadcasting a show about chess, and in particular Magnus Carlsen, on Sunday 19 February at 7pm ET/PT. A brief preview can be seen here. The program is part of the CBS news "60 Minutes" magazine. By way of comparison, a ...
The 'Chess in European Schools' project had a very successful follow-up on Thursday in the European Parliament. Almost the full needed number of MPs signatures (369 signatures – 50%+1 from the total number of 736 MPs) was gained duri...
Sergey Karjakin won the Aeroflot Blitz tournament in his hometown Moscow, Russia. The Russian grandmaster finished on 15/18 in this double nine round event, half a point more than former blitz world champion Alexander Grischuk. Moscovite Sergei Ka...
Mateusz Bartel won the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Russia. The Polish grandmaster edged out Ukrainians Anton Korobov and Pavel Eljanov on tie-break (most games with Black) after all three had finished on 6.5/9. Bartel is also the editor-in-chief of t...
Polish GM Mateusz Bartel (pictured) has won the 2012 Aeroflot Open in Moscow after drawing his final round game with Anton Korobov. Bartel finished tied with Korobov and Pavel Eljanov with a score of 6½/9, but took the tournament victory thanks t...
In a recent interview, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov mentioned the dates and location for the Candidates Tournament: 23 October-13 November 2012 in London. Thus far, FIDE hasn't published an official press release which confirms this, so n...
