Update: video added. Viswanathan Anand has retained his world title by drawing Vladimir Kramnik in the 11th game of the World Championship match in Bonn, Germany. The final match score is 6?Ǭ?-4?Ǭ? for Anand.It was a task he had never managed to...
You'll probably remember that on October 15, Peter Svidler defeated Evgeny Alekseev to tie for first at the Russian Championship Superfinal, together with Evgeny Jakovenko. Yesterday the three played the necessary playoffs and it was Svidler who w...
Commentary (most recent at top) DRAW AGREED! ANAND IS THE WORLD CHAMPION! Congratulations to Viswanathan Anand on defending his title as world chess champion! A cheer too for Vladimir Kramnik who fought hard to get back into the match ...
Peter Svidler (pictured) has won the Russian 'Superfinal' Championship for the 5th time in his career. The event finished in a three-way tie as previously reported and the tiebreak playoff between Svidler, Jakovenko and Alekseev took place today....
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that the New in Chess Yearbook series was one of the few 'scientific' chess books that we have in the chess scene. So I thought this would be a good occasion to do a review of the latest Yearbook to see if that statem...
This is what some of the critics had to say about The Flexible French by Viktor Moskalenko: "This is simply a great opening book (..) I prefer to delve deep into the IDEAS of this beautiful opening, and I can't think of a better guide than Vikto...
Update: video added. He was surprised himself about how easy it went, but he did it. Vladimir Kramnik scored his first win today, with the White pieces, and in doing so he forced another game, number 11, next Wednesday. It's 6-4 for Anand now.Stat...
It came as no surprise after he won all his games in the first half: Ivan Sokolov has won the 12th and last edition of the Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen. He ended on 5 /6 in the Crown Group, whereas in the Open Group there was a three-way tie bet...
Commentary (most recent at top) ANAND RESIGNS! A fantastic win for Kramnik which keeps him in the match with 2 games to go. Is an improbable comeback on the cards? Game 11 is on Wednesday. Tune in to find out! 29. Qd6 Threatens Re7 wi...
Update: video added. He came very close to winning today, but in the end Vladimir Kramnik had to accept that his ending agains Viswanathan Anand was a draw. After the 9th game the Indian is now leading the World Championship match 6-3, and just ne...
Commentary (most recent at top) DRAW AGREED! A thrilling game with lots of excitement as both players went for a win. Kramnik turned the tables with 17...c5 and the hunter - Anand - became the hunted, but in mutual time trouble, Anand man...
Time flies - doesn't seem a minuteSince the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in itAll change - don't you know that when youPlay at this level there's no ordinary venue One Night In Bangkok (from the musical Chess) The World Chess Championships ha...
Winning six of their seven matches, URAL Sverdlovskaya finished first in the open section of the European Club Cup. Like last year, Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo won the women's section, this time with five wins and two ties. Both URAL's Vladimir...
This year's French Cap d'Agde chess festival takes place from 26 October - 1 November and includes a very strong rapidplay event (25 mins + 10 sec) with 16 top grandmasters - including some top women players - taking part. Top seed is Vassily Iva...
Ratings favourites URAL Sverdlovskaya have won the 2008 European Club Cup, holding off a strong challenge from OSG Baden-Baden to take the title. The team members for URAL were: Teimour Radjabov 2751 Gata Kamsky 2729 Alexei Shirov 2726 Alexander...
Update: video added. If the World Championship match wasn't decided yet, it is now. With the white pieces Kramnik did manage to get a certain advantage but Anand just refuses to make big mistakes in Bonn, and so a not too exciting 8th game ended i...
This weekend the 3rd and 4th round of the strong German team competition "Schachbundesliga" will take place. The 16 teams are located at four venues and play two matches each. One of the most exciting clashes will be played on Sunday in Munich bet...
GM Lev Alburt, one of the most successful chess teachers in the world, has just published an ingenious new book: Chess Training Pocket Book II. The subtitle of this cheap (?¢‚Äö¬¨14.95) and practical (fits easily in your pocket, yet has more tha...
Commentary (most recent at top) DRAW AGREED! Anand edges closer to victory! He now leads 5.5-2.5 and needs just one more point from the final 4 games to retain his title. Game 9 is on Sunday. The players repeat moves to gain time on th...
Update: video added. The second half of the Anand-Kramnik World Championship match has started with a draw in 37 moves. Playing the white pieces again, Anand got a slight advantage in an ending but by sacrificing a pawn Kramnik forced a liquidatio...
Ivan Sokolov defeated all of his opponents in the first half of the Crown Group, and Alexandr Fier is leading by a point in the Open Group, where amongst others we find veteran GM Vlastimil Hort in second place. We're talking about this year's Ess...
Commentary (most recent at top) 36...Rxc3+ DRAW AGREED! There seems to be no way for Anand to make use of his extra pawn. A clever idea by Kramnik to save the game! Anand now leads 5-2 with 5 games left to play. Game 8 is tomorrow. 32...
At the halfway point of the 2008 World Chess Championship, India's Viswanathan Anand - affectionately known as Vishy to chess fans - has a commanding 3-game lead against his opponent, Vladimir Kramnik. The match still has 6 more games to go, but ...
Viswanathan Anand has moved to top place in the live world rankings. Fifth in the ranking published on October 1, Anand has so far collected 13.8 rating points from the six games in the world chess championship in Bonn and has taken his aggregate ...
