On the new FIDE ratings list of September 1st, 2011 Alexander Morozevich made a huge jump. Winning 43 points, the Russian grandmaster climbed from place 48 to 17. In the top 10 Kamnik and Karjakin switched places, Grischuk and Kamsky are back in w...
The first day of the World Cup's second round in Khanty-Mansiysk saw fifteen decisive games, and seventeen draws. Zoltan Almasi, Etienne Bacrot, Alexei Shirov and Paco Vallejo are in the danger zone after losing to lower-rated opponents. Gene...
There are dozens of chess improvement books on the market - impossible to read them all. But even if you're tired of keeping track of the good ones, or if your most recent one is Dvoretsky and Yusupov's classic Training for the Tournament ...
The first games of the second round matches took place today in the 2011 World Cup, and a few familiar names are in trouble. Alexei Shirov was crushed by Vladimir Potkin in a one-sided encounter, and the Hungarian #1 Zoltan Almasi also lost to th...
Vladimir Malakhov, the big surprise of the previous World Cup, was eliminated in the round 1 tie-break on Tuesday by Ruben Felgaer of Argentina. Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov lost to countryman Yaroslav Zerebukh and Alexander Motylev of Russia is also o...
Gata Kamsky and Alexander Morozevich both survived rapid tie-breaks to book their place in the second round of the 2011 World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Etienne Bacrot is also through safely, but he needed four tie-break games to finally end...
Peter Leko (Hungary) was eliminated by Sam Shankland (USA) at the World Cup in Kanty-Mansiysk on Monday, after their second game ended in a draw. Wang Yue (CHN) is also out after the first round; he lost 0.5-1.5 to Alexandr Fier (BRA). Anton Filip...
Former British Champion and Olympiad gold medalist Matthew Sadler won the 13th Sants Open in Barcelona on Sunday with a score of 8.5/10. Playing his first long Swiss event in more than a decade, the English grandmaster defeated top seed Jan Smeets...
The second, and last, of the regular games in the first round of the 2011 World Cup took place today in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Peter Leko went for broke after losing his first game yesterday to Sam Shankland, trying the Benoni defence. B...
In the biggest upset of the first day at the 2011 FIDE World Cup, Peter Leko of Hungary lost to American grandmaster Sam Shankland. Leko, a former World Championship contender, needs to win the second game with Black to stay in the competition. Ge...
The 2011 Chess World Cup kicked off today in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia with the first games of the opening round of matches. The top seeds mostly performed well against their out-rated opponents, although #9 seed Peter Svidler had to settle for a d...
Today the 2011 FIDE World Cup was officially opened by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Tomorrow the first round is scheduled at 15:00 local time (11:00 CET). 128 participants from all over the world will fight in a knock-out that will last more...
Zhanibek Amanov (Right) and Timur Gareev (Left); Photo: Betsy Dynako Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Grand Master norm round robin tournament on August 23 to 27 of 2011. The tournament is sponsored by California Market ...
The 2011 FIDE World Cup will take place from 28 August - 20 September in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The tournament will follow the familiar KO format of previous World Cup events, with paired players meeting in two-game mini-matches, with rapid t...
Michael Adams won the first Metropolitan International in Los Angeles, California. The English grandmaster finished clear first wth 7.5/9, a full point ahead of a group of six players, including GMs Loek van Wely and Dejan Bojkov, who reports for ...
The celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Botvinnik continue in Russia. A chess festival in St. Petersburg entitled "100 Years of Mikhail Botvinnik" featured a 9 round Swiss open competition which was won by Denis Kri...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the French Championship on Thursday. The top seed finished clear first with 7/11, half a point ahead of Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet, Andrei Istratescu and Sebastien Feller. In the final round Vachier-Lagrave held B...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) won the 2011 French Chess Championships with a score of 7/11, half a point ahead of four challengers in a close contest. Vachier-Lagrave won three games and remained undefeated to take the title. The 20-year old...
One of the most prestigious chess tournaments in history looks set to reopen its doors in 2012. The Linares Chess Tournament, which wasn't held last year for the first time since 1987 due to finances and economic issues, will return next year. ...
Marijan Petrov won one of the stronger summer opens of 2011: the Vienna Open. The Bulgarian grandmaster edged out David Shengelia of Austria on tie-break after both had finished on 7.5/9.The stunning playing hall inside the Vienna Town hall | Phot...
We have just received: The Slav: Move by Move. Move by Move is a new series of opening books which uses a question-and-answer format to replicate chess lessons. In this volume IM and chess coach Cyrus Lakdawala shares his experience and know...
The name of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was mentioned in worldwide mainstream media on Tuesday, and again it was related to Muammar Gaddafi. According to Russian press agency Interfax, the FIDE President spoke on the phone with the Libyan dictator, who sai...
The top seed Michael Adams (pictured) triumphed at the 1st Metropolitan Chess International in Los Angeles, with a score of 7½/9. In the 9-round Swiss event, Loek Van Wely was among the pack of half-dozen players a point behind on 6½/9. Congratu...
Li Chao and Tan Zhongyi are the winners of the chess section at the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. This huge event can easily be described as the Olympic Games for students, and for the first time chess was included. On-the-spot repo...
