Besides his team of seconds in Sofia, Viswanathan Anand was helped by some big names before or during his World Championship match against Veselin Topalov. Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik all contributed to Anand's ...
After nine rounds Pavel Eljanov is back in the lead in Astrakhan. The Ukrainian GM drew just three games, and he's the only one who collected 5.5 points so far.The 6th FIDE Grand Prix takes place May 10-24 in Astrakhan, Russia. Akopian (2694), Ale...
By FM Mike Klein With one round to play before the field splits for the three-round quad finale, four of the top five seeds from the 2010 U.S. Championship have given themselves the best chance of qualifying. An uneventful draw between the pre...
Two weeks ago I wrote about David Vigorito's new book on the Marshall Attack of the Ruy Lopez. In this review, I want to take a look at GM Ivan Sokolov's latest book The Ruy Lopez Revisited, published by New in Chess. I think both books have their...
Round 5 at the US Championships in St.Louis was again full of excitement, with plenty of decisive results. Kamsky and Onischuk now share the lead with 4 points, just half a point ahead of Nakamura, Shulman, Stripunsky and Kraai. In round five K...
Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov where the top stars who joined Anatoly Karpov at the gala launch party of the "Karpov2010" FIDE Presidency campaign, last night at the Trump SoHo Hotel in New York City.The fundraiser party was the official launch...
Just in from our printers: Botvinnik - Petrosian.Mikhail Botvinnik writes the story of the 1963 match in which he lost his title to Tigran Petrosian. He analyses many of the games and reveals his match strategy. This important historical document ...
Pre-order Rybka 4 and save 10%.The new Rybka 4 plays more aggressively and more tactically. The engine has been improved in almost all areas. Rybka 4 is indispensable for all those who work and analyse with chess engines. This is a chess program t...
GMs Nakamura, Kamsky, Onischuk, Shulman, Akobian, Christiansen and Stripunsky tie for first after four rounds of the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. These seven players all scored three points. After three more rounds there will be a four-player f...
By FM Mike Klein Saint Louis, May 17, 2010. With the top four players battling to draws on the top two boards, a trio of other players used the fourth round of the 2010 U.S Championship to draw even. On board one, GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Alex ...
We formulated ten questions related to Developing Chess Talent and every Monday we'll ask them to an interesting personality in the chess world.1. Please introduce yourself (name, age, nationality, etc.)! My name is Sipke Ernst, 31 years old and l...
From Thursday till Sunday five young, Dutch chess talents each played a 4-game match against an experienced grandmaster of their choice. On 'top board', Anish Giri and Nigel Short both won one game, and drew twice. Pictorial report and a video wit...
By FM Mike Klein St. Louis, May 16, 2010 GM Gata Kamsky and GM Hikaru Nakamura have met over the board three times, and all three games failed to produce a winner. They battled to a 37-move draw Sunday at the 2010 U.S. Championship, held at the ...
Yesterday, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov responded with an open letter to the nomination of Anatoly Karpov by the Russian Chess Federation on Friday, at the Central Chess House in Moscow. As it turns out his letter contradicts the facts. Meanw...
Ukraine's new number one Pavel Eljanov started strongly in Astrakhan. After five rounds he's leading the sixth FIDE Grand Prix tournament with 3.5 points. His compatriot Vassily Ivanchuk started with 1/4, but yesterday he defeated another Ukrainia...
Round 2 Report by FM Mike Klein St. Louis, May 16, 2010 – Chess fans will not have to wait much longer for the strongest matchup of the 2010 U.S. Championship, as the top two seeds will face each other in round three. Both GM Hikaru Nakamura (pic...
Updates: Sosonko comments, open letter Ilyumzhinov, RCF press release Yesterday, in a bizarre series of events, the Russian Chess Federation nominated Anatoly Karpov as candidate for the FIDE presidential elections, contrary to the earlier endorse...
The first round of the 2010 US Championships saw lots of decisive games, and a significant upset, with lowest seed Krush (pictured) beating Kaidanov. Another upset occurred when Khachiyan edged out Lenderman in a close game. Nakamura kicked off...
Chess politics is not a subject that thrills the heart of many chess fans, but the importance of the future leadership and direction of the world's governing body FIDE is hard to overstate. Candidates for the presidency have to be nominated by na...
This year's US Chess Championships features all the top American players for the first time in many years, thanks in no small part to a considerably increased prize fund of $170,000. For the second year running the venue is the attractive and mod...
On Tuesday, World Champion Viswanathan Anand from India retained his title by defeating Veselin Topalov from Bulgaria 6.5-5.5, thereby also creating an all-time record of unique visitors on one day at this website. A day later he sat down for a le...
It's been a while since we reported on the FIDE presidential elections in a serious way. However, in the past weeks, the election race knew some important (and sometimes curious) developments both from current President Kirsan Ilumzhinov's side as...
With the chess world still recovering from the excitement of the World Championship, the start of the final Grand Prix event has been somewhat overshadowed. As it turns out, the opening rounds of the tournament have not seen many decisive games, ...
After three rounds a group of five players leads the FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan with 2/3: Gashimov, Leko, Ponomariov, Gelfand and Eljanov. In today's third round all games ended in a draw.The sixth and final FIDE Grand Prix takes place May 10-24...
