The 3rd London Chess Classic was officially opened on Friday afternoon, December 2nd in Olympia, London. The participants answered questions from the press and (internet) audience and played a game via Twitter against 'the World', which th...
 By GM Ben Finegold Day three was a day for the GMs and Irina Krush. Krush, who had drawn her first three games, won both of her games Thursday to position herself well for a run at a GM norm. She now needs three points out of her remaining ...
Press Release: London Chess Classic 2011 The opening press conference took place at 14.00 UK time, 9.00am EST on Friday 2nd December in the Olympia Conference Centre. Heading the line-up is the '2800 Club' which includes World Champion, Viswan...
The first 'Chess and Corporate Strategy' Prize was awarded in Rome on Saturday, Novemer 26th. The prize went to three leading representatives of the Italian and international corporate world who distinguished themselves for an innovative a...
In the short period between the Tal Memorial and the London Chess Classic (which starts tomorrow), a few interviews with some of the world's best players have been published. In this post we share the most interesting ones with you. In today&...
 By GM Ben Finegold SAINT LOUIS, December 1, 2011 -- The grandmasters showed their strength in day two, as GMs Giorgi Kacheishvili and Andre Diamant won both games Wednesday. Diamant stands alone at 3-0 and Kacheishvili has 2.5-0.5. Round t...
The highest level game of chess ever played on Twitter will launch the 3rd London Chess Classic at Olympia. The game will begin at 14.45 UK time (15.45 CET, 09.45 EST) on December 2nd at the conclusion of the opening press conference which is bein...
The 2011 London Chess Classic will take place from 3-12 December at the Olympia Conference Centre, London. This relatively new addition to the chess calendar has already established itself as a firm favourite with fans and players alike. This ye...
PRESS RELEASE: Mikhail Gorbachev visited the closing ceremony of the World chess championship match Hou Yifan – Koneru in Tirana! The closing ceremony of the World Women’s Chess Championship match was held in the spectacular Presidential Palace...
Mikhail Gorbachev closed the Women's World Championship match between Hou Yifan and Humpy Konery on Wednesday. The closing ceremony was held in the Presidential Palace in the capital of Albania on the evening of the 30th of November. Report &a...
 By GM Ben Finegold SAINT LOUIS, November 30, 2011 -- The CCSCSL Invitational GM Norm tournament began with Executive Director Tony Rich answering a question about the draw rules. Many tournament organizers nowadays, especially those oversee...
The 2011 Max Euwe Memorial in Amsterdam (previewed here), has finished, and Zhaoqin Peng won Group 1, while Robin Van Kampen took the honours in Group 2. Grandmaster Jan Timman opened the event with a 24-game simultaneous exhibition at the Amste...
The World Youth Championships took place November 18-26 in Caldas Novas, a hydrothermal tourist resort in central Brazil 230km south of the capital Brasilia. The event lacked some top quality – players such as Giri, Caruana and Nyzhnyk were ...
The organizers of the London Chess Classic today announced the full pairings of the third edition which takes place 3-12 December in London. The third London Chess Classic will be the strongest tournament in the history of British chess. It will b...
The widely acclaimed documentary film Bobby Fischer Against The World by director Liz Garbus is being shown on the UK television channel BBC4 tomorrow (Wednesday 30 November) at 9pm. BBC4 is a free-to-air digital channel, so may be available outs...
One of the delightful features of chess is that it can be enjoyed at any age; a fact amply illustrated by two recently completed tournaments. The World Youth Championships took place in Caldas Novas, Brazil, from 17-27 November, and the World Sen...
Last weekend a German chess player played a simultaneous exhibition blindfolded over 46 boards in Sontheim an der Brenz, Germany. With a score of 34.5-11.5 in a simul that lasted 21 hours and 9 minutes, 41-year-old FM Marc Lang (2306) improved upo...
Gros Xake Taldea won the top league of the 2011 Spanish Team Championship. It was the first title ever for the team of San Sebastian, in the same year that the local chess scene will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the famous San Sebastian 1911...
The Spanish Team Chess Championships ran from 21-26 November in Melilla, Spain and team Gros Xake Taldea (GXT) from San Sebastián took the title in the Division Honor. The competition was a 7-team round robin event, with six players on each team...
The Malta Open was organized by ChessOrg Hoffmann Reisen, a German company specializing in chess travelling. It attracted 122 players from 22 countries, including seven GMs. Many participants were from Germany, England, Denmark and Sweden – ...
In an interview taken by Anastasiya Karlovich and Anna Burtasova on the day after the decisive 8th game of the WWCC match, 17-year-old World Champion Hou Yifan from China talks about the match, the hospital story, her hobbies and her view on life....
No turning back now! World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and his challenger Boris Gelfand today signed the contact for their match which will take place from 10-31 May 2012, in Moscow. The prize fund is 2.55 Million US Dollars, mainly provided...
The 11th Aeroflot Open will take place from 6-17 February 2012 in the Hotel Cosmos, Moscow. The Aeroflot Open has grown into one of the biggest and strongest Open tournaments in the world, and once again in 2012 the winner will earn an invitation...
Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura with the black pieces in the final round to claim first place at the Tal Memorial on superior tie-breaks from Lev Aronian, and consign the American to last place. Lev Aronian had a tough game against Ian Nepomn...
