GM Jonathan Rowson Gets London Chess Classic Wild Card Call-Up
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
The three-time British Champion, GM Jonathan Rowson, steps up to play in
the biggest tournament of his career after being given the wild card spot
into ‘The Super Sixteen’ Grandmaster Rapid at the London Chess Classic,
that runs 7-15 December at the Kensington Olympia. Two spots remain to be filled
for the Super Sixteen, and two players will win their way there from the
FIDE Open at the Classic. It was hoped that the new World Champion, Magnus
Carlsen would play in the London Chess Classic, whi... more »
Komodo Chess Engine leads Chess Computers' Championship TCEC
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
The Komodo chess engine continues to lead the Superfinal of the world’s
strongest computer chess championship TCEC. It has a 2 point advantage
after round 41, seven rounds before the end. Komodo was off to an exciting
start, but Stockfish quickly caught up. The balance of powers maintained
until game 25, when Komodo got three consecutive wins. Until game 34 it
maintained a four points lead, but them Stockfish started waking up. With
two heavy blows in games 40 and 41, the distance was reduced t... more »
FIDE Chess Titles Approved by 4th Quarter Announced; Congratulations Everyone!
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
FIDE has published the list of titles approved by the 4th quarter
Presidential Board 2013 meeting held in Chennai, India on 8-9 November 2013.
*GM *
Khotenashvili, Bela GEO
Hausrath, Daniel GER
Debashis, Das IND
Eliseev, Urii RUS
Smith, Bryan G. USA
*WGM *
Medina, Warda Aulia INA
Worek, Joanna POL
*IM*
Barrero Garcia, Carlos ESP
Cotonnec, Melkior FRA
Becking, Stephan GER
Girish, A. Koushik IND
Abdyjapar, Asyl KGZ
Laurusas, Tomas LTU
Goudriaan, Etienne NED
Malakhov, Igor RUS
Vavulin, Maksim RU... more »
Odds for Round 5 of World Team Chess Championship
Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 1 day ago
Round 5 odds. Open the images in a new window to enlarge. Netherlands vs.
Egypt
FIDE Chess Ratings December 1 Announced: Carlsen, Judit Stay No. 1; Kramnik, Kosteniuk Russia No. 1
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
The latest FIDE chess ratings list has been announced. World Chess Champion
Magnus Carlsen remains the highest-rated human on the planet with 2782 - a
record he had set in April 2013. Carlsen earned two rating points for
beating Viswanathan Anand at the Chennai World Chess Championship 2013
recently.
Levon Aronian is the only player, besides Magnus, rated over 2800 elo
though, the Armenian is still about 79 points behind. Vladimir Kramnik is
third with 2793. Hikaru Nakamura of the US is at... more »
FIDE December 2013 Rating List
Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 1 day ago
Updated list of all-time chess rating records
(http://pogonina.com/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=810 Itemid=1
lang=english)
Carlsen's Chess Approach Resembles that of a Human Computer: Anand
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
Former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is back to being hounded by
journalists, but he's ready to face them. After yesterday's indepth
interview with CNN-IBN, Anand took on questions tossed by FirstPost. Read
on:
*Q: Magnus Carlsen has, at various points, mentioned that once he sits down
on the chess board he doesn’t believe that anyone could beat him. He
carried that same confidence into the World Championship match too. What
were your thoughts at the start of the match? Did you feel ... more »
World Team Chess Championship - Round 4
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*ROUND 4*Board Pairings
Team Pairings
Rank after Round 4
Official website
Round 4 Photo Gallery
Today the weather in Antalya was crystal clear and it was hard not to be
happy at the seaside enjoying the sunshine and the beautiful view.
Unfortunately the players had to play their games in the tournament hall
and they deserve everything, well at least a few drinks tonight, for not
getting distracted by the warm sunshine and fighting on the board for their
countries. Well done guys!
Coming to the matches, the most important pairing of today was of course
Chi... more »
December 2013 FRL
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FIDE publishes December 2013 FIDE Rating List. The list of top players is
published at Top lists page of FIDE ratings website. All players can check
new ratings at the main page of FIDE ratings website.
Looking forward to Playing at London Chess Classic in Week's Time: Viswanathan Anand
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
Former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, in his first detailed
interview after losing the World Title to Magnus Carlsen, has said he is
not retiring, but would first like to take a sabbatical to clear his mind.
Anand told Indian news channel CNN-IBN on Friday that he was very happy the
way the World Chess Championship was organised in Chennai and he looks
forward to playing at the London Chess Classic in a few days' time.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her pe... more »
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