14-year-old math, chess talent Luke Vellotti enrolls at UCLA.....2018 Chess Olympiad: Bidding Procedure...How will the Anand-Carlsen WCC Match Unfold?...

14-year-old math, chess talent Luke Vellotti enrolls at UCLA

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 8 hours ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, Luke Vellotti, a chess international master and National Advanced Placement Scholar, is one of about 20 younger-than-usual students who have enrolled at UCLA over the past decade. "I'm probably most excited to be at such a challenging school with such great professors in such a great city," said Vellotti, whose ambitions include becoming a doctor and earning the title of chess Grandmaster. "I know that at UCLA I'll be able to push myself harder than I've been able to in Boise." At 10, he complete... more »

Photo Chess Trivia: How many Girls Can you Name?

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, For all the fans of women's chess, here's a group photo from the opening ceremony of a recent chess tournament. How many strong chess Grandmasters can you name and can you identify the place? From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal chess blog at www.chessqueen.com Don't miss Chess Queen™ YouTube Channel

Humpy Koneru in Sole Lead again at FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Tashkent

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Ju Wenjun defeated Zhao Xue and Bela Khotenashvili back-to-back: quite an achievement! Photo from the official website Round 7 results (Black scored... more »

How will the Anand-Carlsen WCC Match Unfold?

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By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA As readers of my books or learning tips will know, I always recommend... more »

2018 Chess Olympiad: Bidding Procedure

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 17 hours ago

[image: official logo] FIDE is hereby opening a bidding procedure for the 2018 Chess Olympiad and FIDE Congress in connection with a possible bid for the 2017 FIDE World Cup. 1. Bids should reach the FIDE office no later than 31 March 2014, 13:00 GMT, by email, fax or registered post, address: 9 Syggrou Ave., 11743 Athens - Greece, fax: (+30) 2109212859, email: office@fide.com 2. Bids should guarantee that all necessary provisions mentioned in the Olympiad Regulations of the FIDE Handbook will be covered by the Organiser (including articles 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3). Federations and ... more »

Indonesia Chess: Medina Warda Aulia becomes Indonesia's Second WGM

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, Indonesia chess has just got its second women’s grandmaster (WGM)! Medina Warda Aulia defeated FM (FIDE master) Lanita Stetsko of Belarus at the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli, Turkey, on Monday to fetch the honor for her country. The Indonesian chess player scores seven points from 10 of 13 rounds for her her third WGM norm after she recorded her first and second norms in Singapore in 2011 and Russia in 2012. A chess player has to book a set of three WGM norms for a full WGM title, ... more »

Paris FIDE Grand Prix - Round 3

bb@fide.com (Baira Tsedenova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 19 hours ago

*[image: 11] Round 3 results:* ** SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ - ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 12 3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 - 0 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 1 4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 1 - 0 GM Wang Hao 2736 11 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 1 - 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 10 6 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 1 - 0 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 9 7 GM Giri Anish 2737 ½ - ½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 8 Things are getting hectic here in Paris. Although the first two rounds had been tense enough, some could have complained about the high drawing rate. The thi... more »

Tashkent Women's Grand Prix - Round 6

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 19 hours ago

[image: r6 007 WGPTashkent2013] *Round 6: Lagno advances to the top* SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 1 - 0 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 9 10 WGM Girya Olga 2439 0 - 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 8 11 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 1 - 0 GM Zhao Xue 2579 7 1 GM Danielian Elina 2470 ½ - ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 6 2 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 ½ - ½ GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 5 3 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 1 - 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 4 Kateryna Lagno enters the second half of FIDE Grand Prix in a good mood as she outplayed Antoaneta Stefanova to catch up the In... more »

Medina Pecahkan Rekor WGM Termuda Irene Kharisma

World Junior Chess Championship 2013

Medina Pecahkan Rekor WGM Termuda Irene Kharisma

Hebatnya lagi, Medina menggenapkan gelar Woman Grandmasternya dalam usia 16 tahun 2 bulan 16 hari! (Medina kelahiran 7 Juli 1997) Ini berarti memecahkan rekor WGM yg dicetak Irene Kharisma Sukandar (Irene kelahiran 7 April 1992) yang waktu itu mencapainya dalam usia 16 tahun 7 bulan 18 hari di Olimpiade ke-38 di Dresden, Jerman, tahun 2008!

Medina dengan background nama hotel The Ness, tempat pertandingan dan menginap, 
yang kelak akan menjadi kenangan indah sebagai saksi sejarah! (Foto oleh Kristianus Liem)

Setelah kabar gembira ini sampai ke Jakarta, ucapan selamat pun mengalir. "Puji Tuhan! Syukur! Selamat!," tulis GM Utut Adianto. Bahkan Ketua Umum PB Percasi Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo menyempatkan diri menelepon langsung menyampaikan ucapan selamatnya. "Nanti sebelum Indonesia Open kita bikin syukuran di Jakarta," kata Hashim yang baru terpilih lagi sebagai Ketua Umum PB Percasi.

Salah seorang penasehat PB Percasi, Eka Putra Wirya, yang selalu menonton pertandingan Medina dan kawan-kawan secara live, langsung mengirimkan ucapan selamatnya begitu pertandingan selesai. Bahkan wartawan Jakarta Post Musthofid Saleh mengirimkan kegembiraannya di tengah-tengah pertandingan: "Sepertinya menang nih," tulisnya melalui pesan bbm!

Posted by Kristianus Liem at 01.27

GM Vladimir Fedoseev wins Alexander Zakharov Chess Open 2013.......Paris Chess Grand Prix begins Sept 21.....European Team Chess Championship 2013 in Warsaw 7-18 November......Hou Yifan is Women's World Chess Champion 2013...

GM Vladimir Fedoseev wins Alexander Zakharov Chess Open 2013

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 11 hours ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, GM Vladimir Fedoseev has won a clear first at the open chess tournament dedicated to the 70th birthday of International Master Alexander Zakharov (Rostov on Don), Honored Coach of Russia, was held over 10 days in the tourist complex "Akvaloo" (Krasnodar Territory). The tournament was attended by 65 players, including 22 Grandmasters, many of them being students and friends of Alexander Ivanovich Zakharov. The 18-years old GM Vladimir Fedoseev (St. Petersburg) took a clear first place with an u... more »

Paris Chess Grand Prix begins Sept 21

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The final tournament in the Chess Grand Prix series 2012/13 begins today in Paris. Three players of the twelve participants: Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler and Teimour Radjabov, stepped out of the tournament, being replaced by: Evgeny Tomashevsky, Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet. Therefore, the current and final starting list would be: *Bacrot, Etienne:* the former child prodigy remains one of the strongest French players and promises to satisfy the locals demands with an honorable spot in... more »

World Chess Congress for Compositions, Solving begins in Batumi Sept 21

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The Georgian Chess Federation and Georgian Chess Composition Association are organising the the 56th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 37th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) in Batumi at the Black Seaside of Georgia. *Dates* The 56th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC) and 37th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) will be held from 21 to 28 of September, 2013. (WCSC on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24th and 25th) *Venue* The event will be held in the very centre o... more »

Chinese Wall

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By WGM Irina Bulmaga September 19 Seven rounds have already passed and we have a free day tomorrow. The tournament is very tough-... more »

Bulgaria Bids for World Chess Candidates 2014

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The Bulgarian Chess Federation has bid for the Candidates Tournament 2014 the winner of which will take on the reigning world chess champion - Anand or Carlsen. Bulgaria has proposed the city of Kozloduy for the Candidates Tournament proposed for March 2014. Russia has already bid for the event with Khanty-Mansiysk as the proposed venue. Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov has qualified to play the Candidates because he has already won the Grand Prix series 2012/2013. The Candidates Tournam... more »

Tashkent Women's Grand Prix - Round 3

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 13 hours ago

[image: r3 005 WGPTashkent2013 Koneru] SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Koneru Humpy 2495 0 - 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2579 7 8 GM Lagno Kateryna 2514 1 - 0 GM Danielian Elina 2293 6 9 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2307 ½ - ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2475 5 10 GM Dronavalli Harika 2439 ½ - ½ WGM Girya Olga 2496 4 11 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2535 ½ - ½ WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2532 3 1 GM Zhao Xue 2470 0 - 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2607 2 In the third round all the games were resultative. Indian players Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli quite confidently won their games with white pieces aga... more »

Chess Tactics

Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 1 day ago

Naiditsch (2710) - Stevic (2626), 2013 White to move What is the best continuation for White?

Test Your Chess: Five Puzzles to Check Your Level

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, How do you train for your chess? Using chess software is one of the easiest ways to train by yourself. In fact, chess learning has never been so easy as now. You could train with the Houdini-powered Chess King - the affordable and strongest training partner you could find on the planet. But, first... a chess test: Let's see how you can crack these five puzzles. Just click on the diagrams to check your answers. If you solve all these chess puzzles quickly, you're well on your way to becoming a t... more »

Humpy Koneru is leading FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent

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Humpy Koneru Photo from the official website Round 3 results (all the games were decisive!):... more »

European Team Chess Championship 2013 in Warsaw 7-18 November

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The European Team Chess Championship - one of the biggest and most prestigious chess events in the world - will be held this year in Warsaw, Poland from November 7-18 at the Novotel Warszawa Centrum Hotel. The Championship is the most important chess event in Poland since 1935. The President of the Republic of Poland - Bronisław Komorowski - is the honorary patron and several Polish celebrities have agreed to be member of the honorary committee. The City of Warsaw and Ministry of Sport and ... more »

Magnus Carlsen Interviewed by Chess TV

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Hou Yifan is Women's World Chess Champion 2013

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, China's Hou Yifan has won the Women’s World Championship by beating Anna Ushenina of Ukraine in seven rounds with a score of 5.5 – 1,5. The match was to consist of 10 games but Hou Yifan got the decisive 5,5 points in 7 games. In the last, seventh round, Anna Ushenina needed to draw or win to stay in the match, but the Chinese player got stable advantage after the opening and was accurate to not to give chances for her opponent. The closing ceremony will be held on the 23rd of September at 10 a.m... more »

Hou Yifan Regained Women's World Chess Champion Title

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Hou Yifan, China, 19, has become Women's World Chess Champion again! Photo from the View all the games of the match... more »

FIDE WWCC Match - Hou Yifan is World Champion

bb@fide.com (Baira Tsedenova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 day ago

[image: IMG 3271] Hou Yifan wins the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship Match. *Round 7* SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg *SNo.* 2 GM Hou, Yifan 2609 1-0 GM Ushenina, Anna 2500 Official website http://taizhou2013.fide.com/ Photo Gallery *Match score after Round 7 * Hou, Yifan CHN *5½* Ushenina, Anna UKR *1½* ------------------------------ *[image: IMG 3004] Round 6* SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg *SNo.* 1 GM Ushenina, Anna 2500 0-1 GM Hou, Yifan 2609 Official website http://taizhou2013.fide.com/ Photo Gallery *Match score after Round 6 * Hou, Yifan CHN *4½... more »

Is Being a Chess Pro Worth It?

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By GM Daniel Gormally I once taught in a primary school in London, back in the days when... more »

Tashkent Women's Grand Prix - Round 2

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 day ago

[image: r2 021 WGPTashkent2013 Khotenashvili-Muminova] *Round 2: Humpy Koneru and Zhao Xue take the lead* Three of six games in the second round ended up in quick (but not quiet) draws: Ju Wenjun didn't find a winning move against Kateryna Lagno, Olga Girya had a minimum advantage against Antoaneta Stefanova, which was not enough for an active play, and Harika Dronavalli got a comfortable position with Guliskhan Nakhbayeva, and the game logically went to a half-point. Two rating-leaders of Tashkent Grand Prix managed to take the lead both winning with black pieces: Zhao Xue outplay... more »

Chess marathon fundraiser Friday, Saturday in Henderson, N.C.

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, Rudy Abate, president of the N.C. Chess Association and avid encourager for the game in the community, is holding a fundraiser for Michael Brown, a Vance Charter School eighth-grader with a rare form of bone cancer. From 6 Friday night until 6 on Saturday night, Abate will play chess for 24 consecutive hours against all comers at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall. He is soliciting monetary sponsors in advance and during the event for each hours he plays. Brown plans to play the f... more »

The Chess Girls who will Spend September in Tashkent...Women's World Chess Championship 2013 Round 5: Hou Yifan draws, Keeps 2-Point Lead over Anna Ushenina..H. MOCH RUSI SUTEJO CUP 2013, PASURUAN, OPEN, CATUR CEPAT, 22 SEPTEMBER 2013, Hadiah Total Rp.5 Juta........GM Bator Sambuev wins Montreal Open Chess Championship 2013.....World's Oldest Chess Club hosts Zurich Chess Challenge Jan, 2014: Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, Gelfand, Caruana to Play.......Women's World Chess Championship 2013 Round 5: Hou Yifan draws, Keeps 2-Point Lead over Anna Ushenina......Two International Chess Open Tournaments in New Delhi area in January 2014.........

Women's World Chess Championship 2013 Round 5: Hou Yifan draws, Keeps 2-Point Lead over Anna Ushenina

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 9 hours ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The fifth game of the Women’s World Chess Championship Match ended in a draw. Challenger Hou Yifan of China had white pieces for the second time in a row and the game steered into the Keres Attack. Anna Ushenina managed to get a promising position, but missed her chances to fight for an advantage. Hou Yifan defended accurately and the game was drawn. Challenger Hou Yifan continues to hold on to her two point lead in the championship. She has won two games of the five games played so far. All ... more »

Women's World Chess Championship Match, Game 5 Drawn

Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 12 hours ago

Photo from the official website (http://taizhou2013.fide.com/) View the game (http://www.pogonina.com/houush6/dgt_chesstheatre.htm) Expert opinions about the match (http://pogonina.com/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=2041 Itemid=1) Women's live chess ratings... more »

FIDE WWCC Match - Round 5

bb@fide.com (Baira Tsedenova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 13 hours ago

*[image: IMG 2886] Round 5: draw in 61 moves* The fifth game of the Women’s World Championship Match also finished in a draw. According to regulations and drawing of colors, Hou Yifan had white pieces for the second time in a raw. Once again Keres Attack appeared on the board and both teams seemed ready for theoretical battle. It was Anna Ushenina who chose another line compare to the previous game, nevertheless, as in the fourth round, the game was transferred to the ending quite quickly. Anna Ushenina managed to get quite promising position but missed her chance to fight for adva... more »

The Chess Girls who will Spend September in Tashkent

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The third event of the Women's Chess Grand Prix Series 2013-14 begins in Tashkent September 17. Some of the best women players have enlisted to play including both Anna Ushenina and Hou Yifan (who are currently fighting for the world title in Tanzhou, China). There is also the 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk playing. Which means three women's world chess champions. Then check the list... you have another form world champion - Antoaneta Stefanova. Not a bad line-up at all! ... more »

World's Oldest Chess Club hosts Zurich Chess Challenge Jan, 2014: Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, Gelfand, Caruana to Play

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 15 hours ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, *Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk during a simul at Zurich Chess Club. Read post at www.chessqueen.com.* The Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 will be the first encounter between India’s Viswanathan Anand and Norway’s Magnus Carlsen after their forthcoming world championship match in Chennai. From Wednesday, 29 January to Tuesday, 4 February 2014, they will compete in the 3rd Zurich Chess Challenge along with four other great chess stars Levon Aronian (Arm), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Fabiano Caruana (It) ... more »

David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 15 hours ago

By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com In this special weekly... more »

Chess Tactics

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Laurusus (2398) - Vidit (2565), 2013 Black to move Precise calculation required. How should Black proceed?

Two International Chess Open Tournaments in New Delhi area in January 2014

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, Would you like to spend an entire January in India in 2014? Two special chess tournaments are being organised back-to-back in India in January, 2014. The 2nd Gurgaon Open and the 12th Delhi Open will be held between 1st and 16th January in the Indian capital and nearby Gurgaon (20km distance). The 2nd Gurgaon International Open Chess Tournament will take place on from 1-8th January, 2014, at the Suncity School, Suncity Township, Sector 54, in Gurgaon. The tournament is organized by the Haryana C... more »

GM Bator Sambuev wins Montreal Open Chess Championship 2013

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The Quebec Chess Federation staged the 2013 Montreal Open Championship on 6-8th September at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, 3200 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal. The tournament was held in four sections: Section A Open, Section B (U2000), Section C (U1600) and Section D (U1200). All sections were played over five rounds of Swiss system. The Open section had 34 participants. GM Bator Sambuev took the top prize with perfect 5,0/5 score, a full point ahead of IM Jean Hebert. Full standings below. The U2... more »

Chess Week on Twitter

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Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most... more »

Natalia Pogonina: 20 Questions (Kingpin Interview)

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Natalia Pogonina has been interviewed by Kingpin Chess Magazine Natalia Pogonina (born 9 March 1985) is a Russian chess player... more »

H. MOCH RUSI SUTEJO CUP 2013, PASURUAN, OPEN, CATUR CEPAT, 22 SEPTEMBER 2013, Hadiah Total Rp.5 Juta

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Turnamen Catur SEMEN INDONESIA 2013, GRESIK, OPEN, 5-6 OKTOBER 2013, Hadiah Total Rp.22 Juta

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ACP Chess Rapid Knockout: Alexander Grischuk wins Battle of Nerves vs Ian Nepomniachtchi in Final

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, * Photos: Lennart Ootes * The high-energy ACP Rapid Chess Knockout has just concluded in Riga, Latvia. The final was an exciting battle of nerves with Alexander Grischuk beating fellow Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final. The entire tournament had excellent live commentary in Russian and English. There was quite a friendly atmosphere as well. In fact, that's what chess is all about. Just before the last game, Grischuk and Nepomniachtchi engaged in an animated conversation even though they w... more »

Three Remain in Hunt for Sinquefield Cup

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Magnus Carlsen: unstoppable, as usual Report: Brian Jerauld Photos: Carmen Schuette There’s just one round left in the strongest tournament ever... more »

Women's World Chess Championship 2013 Round 4: Hou Yifan holds on to 2-point Lead over Anna Ushenina

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The fourth game of the Women’s World Championship Match finished in a draw. Sicilian, Keres Attack appeared in the game and already after 14 moves the queens were traded. Former World Champion could have tried to create more problems for her opponent to solve but preferred playing without risk and the game finished in a draw after three-time repetition. Every draw brings the challenger closer to her goal, while the World Champion needs to start seeking victories to catch up with Hou Yifan. Aft... more »

Bradford Chess Festival held in Honour of Late MP Marsha Singh

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, Here is this nice chess report from the United Kingdom, Bradford to be precise. The brothers of late Bradford MP Marsha Singh were among 125 keen amateur chess players who took on masters of the game. The Chesstival in the Park event, held around the Mirror Pool in Bradford’s City Park, was organised to mark the 125th anniversary of the Bradford International Chess Congress and to commemorate the life of Mr Singh, the former Labour MP for Bradford West, who died last year, and was himself a keen ... more »

World Chess Championship Anand vs Carlsen Clash of Generations: Chief Arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, Chess lover and chess arbiter Armenia’s Ashot Vardapetyan will be the chief arbiter at the forthcoming World Chess Championship in November in Chennai, India. Reigning World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand will try to win the title for the sixth time. We will have to see whether World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen can stop him. In either case, this is going to be a very special chess match. Ashot Vardapetyan says, in an e-mail interview to Indian newspaper, The Hindu, "I would prefer not to discuss t... more »

Sinquefield Chess Cup 2013 Last Round Today: Nakmura, Aronian, Carlsen Fighting for Title Win

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone, The super-strong chess tournament in the US, the Sinquefield Chess Cup reaches its climax today in the final round: GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Levon Aronian and GM Magnus Carlsen all have chances at winning the inaugural tournament! Both games were drawn on Saturday: Magnus Carlsen (3.5/5) - Hikaru Nakamura (3.0/5) and Levon Aronian (2.5/5) - Gata Kamsky (1.0/5). All three - Nakamura, Aronian and Carlsen have a chance to win the title. Yes, before we forget, US No. 1 Hikaru Nakamura turned up wit... more »