GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India finished with five wins and six draws to win the eleven-round 2009 Asian Continental Chess Championship held in Subic Bay,Philippines. GM Zhou Weiqi also had eight points to finished second.Untitled Yu Yangyi fin...
2009 Asian Continental individual chess championship Please see this link: http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/may/24/yehey/sports/20090524spo1.html
Boris Gelfand won the 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup today by beating Peter Svidler 3-1 in the final. The first two rapid games had ended in a draw and despite reaching very good positions twice, Svidler lost both games 3 and 4. Scoring 9.5 out of 13 rap...
Alexei Shirov won the 5th edition of the M-Tel Masters in Sofia by beating Carlsen in the last round. Wang Yue and Topalov drew their game while Ivanchuk finally managed to win a game, against Dominguez.The 5th M-Tel Masters took place May 12-23 i...
After a thrilling last round at Mtel, Alexei Shirov (pictured) was rewarded for his skill and bravery when Magnus Carlsen slipped up in a complex position and had to concede defeat. Carlsen had sacrificed pawns to set up an attack but faltered at...
This weekend the 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup takes place; a rapid knockout tournament with Grischuk, Eljanov, Moiseenko, Bacrot, Movsesian, Tregubov, Karpov, Svidler, M.Gurevich, Jakovenko, Drozdovskij, Naiditsch, Najer, Gelfand, Gashimov and Efimenko...
In September the basque town of Bilbao will again be the location for the Grand Slam Masters Final. This was confirmed yesterday in a presentation for the media by the Spanish organizers. While most of the successful formula will be maintained, th...
Magnus Carlsen (pictured) is the sole leader going into the final round at the 2009 Mtel tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. He dispatched Wang Yue in fine style in round 9 to claim a half point lead ahead of Shirov. Also tied with Shirov, half a poi...
At the M-Tel Masters in Sofia, Carlsen will go into the final round leading with half a point, after beating Wang Yue today while Shirov drew his game against Dominguez. Topalov defeated Ivanchuk and now shares second place with Shirov. The 5t...
If you have kids, you've probably thought hard about how to name your child. Should you choose a 'special' kind of name, or rather a very trendy or well-known one? Popularity is an important aspect when it comes to choosing virtually anything. The...
After he won the US Championship, Hikaru Nakamura sat down with Jennifer Shahade and Macauley Peterson for an interview on Sunday evening. In a 10-minute video, the winner talks about the tournament, his last-round game, his aggressive style, his ...
In round 8 of the M-Tel Masters in Sofia all games ended in a draw. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov executed the first move in Dominguez-Topalov, which turned out to be the most interesting game of the day. With two more rounds to go, Carlsen an...
Only 2 decisive games at Mtel in rounds 6,7 and 8 combined, but lots of tough games between these great players. The so-called "Sofia" rules are in operation, meaning that draw offers can only be made, via the arbiter, when there is a threefold r...
This week ChessBase published translations of two interesting interviews, with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and with UEP President Joseph Resch, about the 2008 Anand-Kramnik match, the 2010-2011 World Championship cycle and the failed negotia...
GM Arun Prasad Subramanian has already introduced himself to chess.com readers through a dozen excellent opening articles along with friend and GM colleague Magesh; nevertheless I am belatedly providing some introduction to his chess life and game...
Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan has already been writing the well-received "Explore Opening Ideas" Thursday column for chess.com for three months now, along with friend and fellow Grandmaster Arun. However, I never did give him a proper i...
After Topalov and Shirov drew very quickly in a Botvinnik Slav, Carlsen joined Shirov at the top of the standings by beating Dominguez in impressive manner. Wang Yue and Ivanchuk drew their game. Report of the 7th round of the M-Tel Masters in Sof...
Chess.com is sorry to see IM Andrew Martin move on. His "Your Questions Answered" columns have been extremely good and well-appreciated here. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors. We are lucky to welcome another excellent columnist to ...
Pavel Eljanov won the Bosna 2009 tournament and made it look very easy. The Ukrainian eventually finished at 7/10, 1.5 point clear of Predojevic and Wang Hao. In a short interview he tells us about his success, and shares his thoughts about what's...
We just received from London: Dangerous Weapons: Anti-Sicilians.In this latest book from the Dangerous Weapons series, the experts John Emms, Richard Palliser and Peter Wells take a refreshing look at a popular group of openings: the Anti-Sicilian...
Alexei Shirov took sole lead at the M-Tel Masters in Sofia by beating Vassily Ivanchuk in round 6, while Topalov-Carlsen and Dominguez-Wang Yue both ended in a draw. Full report. The 5th M-Tel Masters takes place May 12th to 23rd in a glass pavili...
Rybka has retained it's title at the 17th World Computer Chess Championship, held in Pamplona, Spain from 11-18 May. A report on last year's championship is here. This year's event featured 10 of the top chess programs in a round-robin competiti...
Two years ago this week Chess.com opened its doors to the public and it's been a wild ride ever since! Today we're celebrating our 2nd birthday and wanted to share a few thoughts. (If you haven't read the whole series on how Chess.com came about, ...
In a dramatic finish, Chess United defeated PFC Levski 7-8 on penalties after a 6-6 score at the end of the regular playing time. Goal keeper Vassily Ivanchuk, who is said to have received some last-minute advice on the phone from Iker Casillas ju...
