Update: video added. After winning the 6th match game today, reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand increased his lead even further. Three points down, challenger Vladimir Kramnik finds himself in a hopeless situation half-way the match.Before ...
Right now he's playing the European Club Cup, but last week Vassily Ivanchuk was the superstar at the 11th edition of the traditional rapid chess tournament in Rocca di Papa, a beautiful village some 20 kms south of Rome. A report on a great p...
We are delighted to be able to announce the return of one of one of the most important chess books ever written.After having been out of print for more than a decade Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorabe Games is back!In 1969, Fischer thrilled and enchan...
Commentary (most recent at top) KRAMNIK RESIGNS! An incredible result for Anand, who has now won 3 games from 6 without reply! The match is only at the halfway point, but it seems that nothing less than a miracle could save Kramnik now. ...
Update: Video added. Viswanathan Anand increased his lead today in the World Championship match after Vladimir Kramnik blundered on move 29. The score is now 3.5-1.5 for Anand.Who would have thought that Vladimir Kramnik would lose not just one, b...
Commentary (most recent at top) KRAMNIK RESIGNS!!! The threat of e2 is devastating! A fantastic win by Anand with the black pieces again! Anand now leads 3.5-1.5 after 5 games. Game 6 is tomorrow (Tuesday). 34...Ne3!! Fantastic move...
On this second rest day of the World Championship match, we have time to look around and yes, we have to admit that there's more than just the Anand-Kramnik match! We'll focus on two events that started last Friday: the European Club Cup and the E...
Update: video added. Drawing his fourth game of the World Championship match in Bonn, Viswanathan Anand has consolidated his lead over Vladimir Kramnik today. Going into the second rest day the score is 2.5-1.5 for Anand.Well that was something qu...
As from today you can watch the games of the World Chess Championship match between Anand and Kramnik LIVE.Because of Foidos, the new online chess game broadcast system, all other websites, including the offical website of the World Chess Champion...
Commentary (most recent at the top) DRAW AGREED! A good game for Kramnik today who comfortably equalised with the black pieces. Sunday is a rest day, so game 5 is on Monday. Clocks - Anand 0:48 Kramnik 0:53 27...d4 So the d5 pawn ge...
Update: video added. Viswanathan Anand has taken the lead in the 2008 World Championship Match. He defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a great, but very complicated struggle that lasted 41 moves.The third day in Bonn was a great day in Bonn. Actually it ...
The 2008 European Club Cup starts today in Halkidiki, Greece with a huge number of talented players taking part. Think I'm exaggerating? Well, there are more than 80 players rated over 2600 Elo and of those, more than 20 are over 2700! The popu...
While Anand and Kramnik are battling it out in Bonn, you may wish to gain greater insight in their careers so far. In 2007 Kramnik told his story in My Path to the Top. On this acclaimed DVD he retraces, with humour and charm, his career from ta...
Commentary (most recent comments at top) Congratulations to Vishy Anand on winning the third game of the 2008 World Chess Championship with the black pieces! He takes a 2-1 lead into the fourth game tomorrow. 41...Bb1 KRAMNIK RESIGNS! ...
After his terrible loss against Timofeev, Peter Svidler recovered well and eventually finished shared first with Jakovenko and Alekseev. In a playoff on October 28 it will be decided who of them will be the new Russian Champion. At Moscow's Centra...
The last two rounds of the Russian 'Superfinal' Championship were rather overshadowed by the opening games of the World Championship match in Bonn, but now the Vishy and Vladi show has paused for a rest day we have a chance to catch up with events...
Update: press conference video added In the second game of the World Championship Match Viswanathan Anand started with 1.d4 and in a very complicated Nimzo-Indian the players agreed on another draw at move 32. We have photos and the game with comm...
Last night, Garry Kasparov gave a simul in the Alfacom studios in Lint (close to Antwerp), Belgium. His opponents: 19 Belgian CEO's and 7 primary school kids. His score: 26-0. The overall result: arguably the best broadcast of a chess event ev...
Commentary (most recent at the top) The third game will be on Friday, as tomorrow is a rest day. See you then! It looks like this game will need a lot of post-game analysis to sort out! It will be interesting to hear what comments bo...
Update: press conference video added The first game of the 2008 World Championship Match between Vladimir Kramnik with White against Viswanathan Anand with Black has ended in a draw. We have photos and the game with comments - a video with the pre...
New In Chess 2008/7 is a bumper issue with 116 pages full of interestig stuff: -- Vesselin Topalov on is win in Bilbao -- Jonathan Rowson: is chess a sport? -- Vasily Ivanchuk on his win in Moscow -- Alexandra Kosteniuk on winning the world tit...
After beating Peter Svidler in only 19 moves, Artyom Timofeev took over the lead in round 9 at the Russian Championship Superfinal. He shares the first spot with Evgeny Alekseev - both players are on 6/9.At Moscow's Central Chess Club the Russian ...
Commentary (most recent comments at top) DRAW AGREED! A pyschological victory for Anand, getting an easy draw with the black pieces in game 1. Tune in at the same time tomorrow for Game 2! Dead drawn now after the rooks have come off...
Today's drawing of lots has pointed out that in tomorrow's first game of the 2008 World Chess Championship Match Vladimir Kramnik will play with the white pieces and Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. You can follow the match live at www.che...
