68,000-full Stadium Applause for World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen at Real Madrid - Valladolid Kick-Off

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen received an ovation from a 68,000-full stadium on his 23rd birthday, on Saturday, for the ceremonial kick at the La Liga match Real Madrid versus Valladolid. This 'birthday gift' came Magnus Carlsen's way at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium after a personal invitation from Real Madrid CF President Florentino Pérez. Pérez also presented Carlsen with a shirt and engraved watch as birthday gifts. Realmadrid.com notes that Carlsen “received an ovation from the Berna... more »

GM Jonathan Rowson Gets London Chess Classic Wild Card Call-Up.....Carlsen's Chess Approach Resembles that of a Human Computer: Anand...

GM Jonathan Rowson Gets London Chess Classic Wild Card Call-Up

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

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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 2 days ago

[image: IMG 0600] *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

irina@fide.com (Irina Bebikova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 2 days ago

[image: official_logo] 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 Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago

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 »

KEJURNAS CATUR MAHASISWA VI/2013.....

Henry Hendratno at CATUR INDONESIA - 1 day ago

KEJURNAS CATUR MAHASISWA VI/2013 akan dilaksanakan di Gedung DIKTI Jalan Pintu I Senayan Jakarta (sebelah Hotel Century Atlet Senayan Jakarta) pada tanggal 4 s/d 8 Desember 2013. Meskipun di tahun 2013 ini acara ini agak terlambat dilaksanakan (biasanya pada sekitar bulan Juni) tetapi DIRJEN DIKTI DEPDIKBUD bersama PB PERCASI ingin menegaskan bahwa acara ini telah diagendakan secara rutin selama 6 tahun berturut-turut! Total hadiah Kejurnas Catur Mahasiswa VI/2013 ini juga semakin meningkat, yaitu Rp 150 juta! Bagi para Mahasiswa dan Mahasiswi yang hobi atau sekedar bisa bermain cat... more »

CIPTA RIPTA INDONESIA 2013, JAKARTA, OPEN, CATUR CEPAT, 21-22 DESEMBER 2013, HADIAH TOTAL Rp.32.5 Juta...

Informasi Brosur Turnamen Catur at Informasi Brosur Turnamen Catur - 11 hours ago

PIALA RAJA IV 2013, YOGYAKARTA, OPEN, CATUR KLASIK, 26-29 DESEMBER 2013, HADIAH TOTAL Rp.45 JUTA....

PIALA RAJA IV 2013, YOGYAKARTA, OPEN, CATUR KLASIK, 26-29 DESEMBER 2013, HADIAH TOTAL Rp.45 JUTA

Informasi Brosur Turnamen Catur at Informasi Brosur Turnamen Catur - 10 minutes ago

WELCOME TO INDONESIA MR. KASPAROV!......Chennai World Chess Match Game 4: Carlsen's Berlin Wall Troubles Anand, but Exciting Battle Drawn.....Carlsen - Anand: game three drawn...2014 All-America Chess Team Announced....Komodo Leads Stage 4 of the Strongest Computer Chess Championship...

WELCOME TO INDONESIA MR. KASPAROV!

Henry Hendratno at CATUR INDONESIA - 6 hours ago

Dalam rangkaian kampanye awalnya sebagai salah satu calon Presiden FIDE, GM Garry Kasparov menilai Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia (PERCASI) sebagai salah satu Federasi Catur Nasional yang berkembang cukup pesat saat ini ke jajaran Catur Internasional, sehingga mendapat kesempatan dikunjunginya selama dua hari, yakni pada tanggal 14 November hingga 16 November 2013.

Chennai World Chess Match Game 4: Carlsen's Berlin Wall Troubles Anand, but Exciting Battle Drawn

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 10 hours ago

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, The fourth game of the FIDE World Championship Match, sponsored by Tamil Nadu state and currently ongoing in Chennai, finished in a draw after 64 moves of play. Anand started the game with 1.e4 and Carlsen responded with the Ruy Lopez Berlin defence. The opening earned its rock-solid reputation during the famous Kasparov – Kramnik match in London, 2000. Anand entered the main line where the queens are exchanged and black forfeits the castle, in addition to having doubled c-pawns. Earlier this ... more »

Al Ain Chess Classic Dec 17 - 29

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, The Al Ain Chess Club invites all FIDE rated players to join the Al Ain Chess Classic ‘A’ (for players rated over 2000) & Al Ain Classic ‘B’ (for U2000 players) scheduled for 17-29 December 2013 at the UAE University in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The tournament will be held along side the World Youth Chess Championships 2013 over 10-round Swiss and the total prize fund is $30,000. The top prize in Classic ‘A’ are $6,000 / $4,000 / $2,000 / $1,500 / $1,000 etc. Best woman will receive $1,200... more »

Don't Pressure your Kids into Anything, Says Chess Talent Magnus Carlsen's Father

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen's father, Henrik says their family found Carlsen, as a a child, no different from his three sisters and wasn’t ever considered a prodigy at home! Here are excerpts from a LiveMint interview with the World No. 1's father (Photo: Photo: SaiSen/Mint) *How was Magnus as a child different from his three sisters? *He wasn’t different at all as child. He was pretty much the same as his sisters. We didn’t notice anything unusual at all. For instance, I am good with numbers. ... more »

Umada Cup 2013

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 14 hours ago

[image: top] FIDE Treasurer and Executive Director, Nigel Freeman visited Aruba recently and presented the prizes at the Umada Cup. He was royally entertained by the Aruba Chess Federation, its President, Octavio Croes and Secretary, Maurits Dijkhoff and met with Presidents of other Caribbean Chess Federations, including the new President of the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Federation, Anderson Gordon. Ryan Harper retained his title, only giving up one draw, and the events (Open, Challengers and Under 12) were ably arbited by IA Trevor Griffith of Barbados. The leading prizes in th... more »

Magnus, is this all he has?

Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 21 hours ago

By GM Daniel Gormally, England, FIDE 2504 So we've played 3 games in the World Championship and it's... more »

Missed Chess Tactics

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

Svidler (2752) - Brunello (2615), 2013 White to move FEN: 3brr1k/1b1n1ppp/2qp1n2/1pp1pN2/1P2P3/3PBN2/B1PQ1PPP Peter played bc here and won the game rather comfortably. However, he... more »

Carlsen - Anand: game three drawn

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

Image from the View the game (http://www.pogonina.com/carlanandg3/dgt_chesstheatre.htm) So far one can note that Carlsen is not being able to pose any... more »

David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

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

European Team Chess Championship, Round 5 Odds

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

Round 5 odds, Open section. Open the images in a new window to enlarge. Hungary vs. France

2014 All-America Chess Team Announced

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, (Crossville, TN) The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is pleased to announce the 2014 All-America Chess Team sponsored by Trophies Plus. Team members will receive their team jackets and plaques at the 2013 National K-12 Grade Championship to be held this December in Orlando, FL. The All-America Chess Team was created in 1987 to honor the very best players ages 18 and under. The team, one of the highest national honors attainable by a young chess player, is selected on the basis of age, r... more »

Exciting Game 3 at World Chess Championship 2013: Carlsen - Anand 1/2- 1/2

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, Game 3 of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match in Chennai finished in a draw shortly after the first time control today. Magnus Carlsen, as White, was ready to enter the opening discussion by repeating the Reti setup from the first game. Only this time he made an early c2-c4 advance, before committing with the d-pawn. Viswanathan Anand responded by taking on c4 and the play was definitely heading to a different structure, compared to the earlier game. Black seized the space in the center w... more »

FIDE World Chess Championship: Round 4

chessdom@gmail.com (Anton Mihailov) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 day ago

[image: official logo] The fourth game of the FIDE World Championship Match, sponsored by Tamil Nadu state and currently ongoing in Chennai, finished in a draw after 64 moves of play. Anand started the game with 1.e4 and Carlsen responded with the Ruy Lopez Berlin defence. The opening earned its rock-solid reputation during the famous Kasparov – Kramnik match in London, 2000. Anand entered the main line where the queens are exchanged and black forfeits the castle, in addition to having doubled c-pawns. Earlier this year Anand scored a very nice victory against Karjakin in the 4.d3... more »

What can be done to help Make Chess a Better Spectator Sport?

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, *On the sidelines of the Chennai Anand - Carlsen World Chess Championship 2013: Here's a nice feature via the BBC that puts up a very relevant question: Can chess really become a spectator sport? The feature by Finlo Rohrer actually states the 10 reasons why chess may never make it as a spectator report. We would say it depends. A lot depends the kind of technology we use, the kind of publicity chess receives and the kind of image players create for chess. If you have any ideas, feel free to sh... more »

The second visit of FIDE President to Tunisia

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

[image: top] On November 10th Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived to Tunisia. In the airport of Monastir he was welcomed by the President of Tunisian CF Mr. Yousri Daly. [image: 1] [image: 2] In Monastir President Ilyumzhinov met with the Governor of the province Mr. Habib Sethom, later the Minister of the Tourism Mr. Jamel Gamra joined the discussion. [image: 3] Then the guests participated in the closing ceremony of Arab Countries Chess Festival. The FIDE Continental President Mr. Lakhdar Mazouz also joined to the ceremony. [image: 4] [image: 5] [image: 6] Also the FIDE President ... more »

FIDE OFFICIAL CHESS CLOCK

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

[image: official logo] Following the end of FIDE’s agreement with DGT, FIDE would like to receive offers to be the official FIDE Chess Clock. Please send bids to office@fide.com by 30th November 2013.

Anand, Carlsen Testing each other's World Chess Match Strategy: Indian Grandmasters

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

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, Drawing their first two matches after enjoying a minor edge in each game does not mean world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and the title challenger Magnus Carlsen are playing a cat and mouse game, say chess experts. They are testing each other's match strategies and nerves -- these are some of the views expressed after the two kings of chess signed peace treaty in their first two outings. "It is certainly not a cat and mouse game. It is actually a fight between two lions," chess grandmast... more »

European Team Chess Championship, Round 4 Odds

Natalia Pogonina\\\'s official website - 2 days ago

Round 4 odds, Open section. Open the images in a new window to enlarge. France vs. Czech Republic

World Chess Champion Vishy Anand loves English Music: Hans-Walter Schmitt

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

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, *There you go, one for the memories (How's your chess trivia knowledge? Fill in the blanks): ___________ looks on as _______ and ___________ play in the Chess Mainz Classic in 2008 even as ___________ records it all for posterity! This photo comes to you from the #1 database of world's best chess photos www.chesspics.com. * Are you watching the Anand, Carlsen World Chess Championship live in Chennai? Do you know how the players relax and prepare for the 'big show' while in their rooms? Here ... more »

Komodo Leads Stage 4 of the Strongest Computer Chess Championship

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

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, The Komodo Chess Engine leads Stage 4 of the strongest computer chess championship TCEC. Komodo has collected 3,5/5, half a point ahead of Houdini and Stockfish. With two victories, three draws, and zero losses, Komodo continues its fantastic performance confirming his victory from Stage 2 of TCEC, and the dominance on the board at Stage 3. This is just round 5 of 18, so anything can happen to the end. Stage 1 winner Boquet is sharing 4th-5th position with the updated Naum. They have 2,0/5, ha... more »

Russian Students' Chess Winners: GM Igor Lysyj and Yulia Dogodkina

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Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, The Russian Chess Championships for students were held from 24th September to 2nd October at the SGSEU chess club in Saratov. The tournament was played over nine rounds of Swiss system and draw offers were not allowed before move 40. GM Igor Lysyj from the Ural State Mining University convincingly won the title after concluding the race with 8,5/9 points. Nikita Matinyan (SGSEU), Alexandr Predke and Ivan Bukavshin (both - USMU) finished on shared 2nd place full point behind the winner. You can... more »