Luke McShane is still doing very well in London. The English grandmaster, who has a regular job when he doesn't play tournaments, is leading the Chess Classic with two rounds to go. He beat Nigel Short on Saturday, who tried his luck in a King...
Four young female players – the Snowdrops, and four experienced grandmasters – the Oldhands meet in Marienbad (Marianske Lazne) in the Czech Republic again. From December 3 to 11, 2011, they compete in a closed two-rounds Scheveningen ...
After some pulsating chess and lots of decisive results so far, round six was a relatively quiet affair. Hikaru Nakamura celebrated his 24th birthday today, but he was unable to mark the occasion with a win. In a critical battle with Luke McShane...
On his 24th birthday, Hikaru Nakamura maintained his lead at the London Chess Classic as all games in the sixth round ended in draws. Magnus Carlsen had his free round today, and saw Vladimir Kramnik and Luke McShane catch him in second place. Fou...
Another sensational round in the 2011 London Chess Classic saw Hikaru Nakamura seize the lead with a score of 10 points by beating David Howell. He takes the lead from Magnus Carlsen, who only just held on for a draw today with Lev Aronian, and f...
In two recent top level games (Kramnik-Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura-Carlsen) an opposite-coloured bishop ending appeared. Such endings are infamous, not only for their drawing tendency, but also for their hidden complexity. In ChessVibes Training i...
On Thursday the London Chess Classic resumed with the fifth round, and again three of the four games ended decisively. Vishy Anand bounced back from Tuesday's loss by beating Nigel Short. Hikaru Nakamura won again and grabbed the lead; he beat...
The 21st World Senior Chess Championships, held in Opatija, Croatia from November 14th to November 27th, was won by IM Vladimir Okhotnik. The French IM finished on 9/11, half a point more than GMs Komljenovic and Timoscenko. Final standings (top 3...
At 10th and 11th of December the 6th and 7th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. Take a look at the pairings at the venues Bremen, Baden-Baden, Hamburg and Katernberg. The top match of the weekend will take place in Bremen where the ho...
Baskharan Adhiban won the 16th Cultural Village GM tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. The Indian grandmaster finished on 6.5/9, one point ahead of Benjamin Bok (The Netherlands), Daniel Naroditsky and Aleksandr Lenderman (both USA). With...
It's a little known fact that the playing venue of the London Chess Classic is actually not that easy to reach from the City. The office where I work is on the South bank of the Thames, close to London Bridge station, from where it took me no ...
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. Â Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm and a International Grandmaster norm round robin tournament in tandem from December 7th to December 11th of 2011. The tournament is sponsored by Cal...
The fourth annual "Snowdrops versus Old Hands" tournament is currently taking place in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic. The tournament is organised by the Prague Chess Society with sponsors Czech Coal and pits a team of vet...
Luke McShane and Magnus Carlsen are sharing the lead after four rounds at the London Chess Classic. McShane, who beat his compatriot David Howell with Black on Tuesday, even has the tiebreak advantage. Carlsen drew with Vladimir Kramnik. Vishy Ana...
Vishy Anand finally looked set to break his recent run of draws by beating Hikaru Nakamura in the fourth round at the London Chess Classic. Amazingly, he faltered badly and threw away a winning position, and the draw sequence was broken by a loss...
(Press Release) 2012 is a special year for chess as the Rock's biggest and most popular international event celebrates its tenth birthday. The Tradewise 2012 Chess Festival will be held over 10 days from 24th January to 2nd February, 201...
 By GM Ben Finegold SAINT LOUIS, December 5, 2011--The CCSCSL Invitational wrapped up Friday night with a lot of exciting games. I was wondering two things went I went to sleep Thursday: Would GM Georgi Kacheishvili continue his blistering ...
Magnus Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura on Monday to grab sole lead at the London Chess Classic. Luke McShane, who won with Black against Mickey Adams, is now in second place. Nigel Short is clear last after losing against Levon Aronian while Vish...
The third round at the London Chess Classic was another hugely entertaining day with four hard-fought games producing three decisive results. Magnus Carlsen's strong recent record against Hikaru Nakamura continued with yet another victory against...
After Germany's surprise victory at the European Team Championship, one might have expected positive effects for German chess – even if mainstream media attention was rather limited. However, within a few days it turned out that old conf...
There was an exciting second round at the London Chess Classic, with two decisive games and a very near miss. Lev Aronian ruined a promising position in time trouble to lose to Hikaru Nakamura, while Nigel Short played badly, eventually getting a...
In a spectacular second round of the London Chess Classic Hikaru Nakamura beat Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik was too strong for Nigel Short, while Magnus Carlsen had to defend a very difficult position against Luke McShane. David Howell and M...
Magnus Carlsen took an early lead at the London Chess Classic on Saturday. In the only decisive game of the round, the Norwegian beat David Howell with White. The first move in Carlsen-Howell was performed by tennis legend Boris Becker | all photo...
Magnus Carlsen took an early lead at the 2011 London Chess Classic by beating David Howell in the opening round. It was a nice attacking display from the world #1, sacrificing two pawns to tie up Howell's pieces. It looked like Luke McShane woul...
