There were three exciting and decisive games in the first round of the Tal Memorial in Moscow. One of the first round matches pitted Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) and Alexei Shirov against one another. This pair have 'history' and their ...
Saturday, August 9, 2008 was probably the best day so far in the chess career of GM Stuart Conquest. For the first time, he became Champion of Britain. "I can say that this victory is not only one of my best results, but also one of my proudest." ...
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Stelios Halkias has won the 17th Greek Open held in Kavala, Greece. Finishing shared first with Alexander Graf, the Greek GM had a better tiebreak. By Dejan BojkovThe seventeenth edition of one of the strongest Greek Open Tournaments was also the ...
Yesterday a number of participants of the upcoming Women World Championship expressed their worries, as the event is supposed to be held August 28 - September 18 in Nalchik, a city in the Caucasus region of southern Russia. Today, FIDE President I...
The 2008 Stare Mesto FIDE Open Tournament took place on August 8-16, 2008 in Stare Mesto, Czech Republic. The tournament was held at the Stare Mesto Sports and Cultural Center and was organized by the Stare Mesto Chess Club. FM Marian J...
Before the Chess Olympiad in Dresden in November, there is an equivalent 'Youth' event taking place in Mersin, Turkey from 16-25 August. The World Youth Chess Olympiad is a national team championship for players aged under 16 and the format ...
In a crowded chess tournament schedule, it isn't easy for an event to stand out from all the others. The NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam has an interesting twist; it's a team event featuring an 'Experience' team of mature players, and a 'Ri...
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There have been so many chess events taking place lately that it might have been easy to overlook an unremarkable tournament in Argentina, the Copa Mercusor, except for one small thing - one small pocket PC sized thing. The winner of the categor...
India, the country of world champion Viswanathan Anand, can look forward to a bright chess future. Yesterday Abhijeet Gupta won the World Junior Chess Championship held in Gaziantep, Turkey. Harika Dronavalli clinched the title at the Girls sectio...
The Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow will run from 18-28 August and features an incredibly strong field, including Vladimir Kramnik in his last serious outing before taking on Vishy Anand for the World Championship. Every single player participati...
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The 2008 World Junior Championships were held from August 2-16, 2008 in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the boys side GM Abhijeet Gupta from India won the World Junior Championship title in dramatic fashion with a victory over another top contender in the f...
Our 10% discount offer on Garry Kasparov's upcoming book ends today. Kasparov vs Karpov 1975 - 1985 not only deals with the games themselves, but also with the political machinations that surrounded this epic clash. So if you want a good price for...
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In an excellent last round, Levon Aronian became the glorious winner of the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi, Russia. And he did it in style, defeating Alexander Grischuk in a fine positional game. In a crazy game Radjabov beat Karjakin to ...
After a quiet penultimate round, which produced only one decisive game (which didn't affect the leaders), there was great excitement in a dramatic final round as Lev Aronian won against Alexander Grischuk to hold onto his half-point lead and emerg...
In a textbook example of endgame play, Svidler won a very nice knight versus bishop ending against Jakovenko. Six other draws in the 12th round meant that Levon Aronian is still in sole lead at the 2nd Grand Prix in Sochi, with one round to go.Per...
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It can hardly have escaped anyone's attention that a terrible armed conflict has flared up in the South Ossetia region of Georgia. The violence has claimed many lives and the whole region is in turmoil. Anyone travelling near the area woul...
Want to see some EXCITING (that is, NOT BORING) grandmaster games? Check out live coverage of the Acropolis 2008 tournament in Athens, Greece >>Here<< (Tournament continues until Sunday, August 17, 2008)I've been following Chess....
After a huge blunder committed by his opponent Boris Gelfand, Armenian GM Levon Aronian entered the press room with a modest smile. A few hours later it turned out that he's now the only player on 7/11.The 2nd Grand Prix Tournament has seen more d...
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