Corus R2: Shirov, Giri and Robson lead

Grinding down Caruana in an ending Sunday brought Shirov a second victory . He’s leading Grandmaster Group A as Van Wely was beaten by Nakamura. Carlsen got his first win against Smeets. In B and C there are two young leaders with 2/2: Giri and Robson. Read more

Tal Memorial starts tomorrow started – LIVE IM/GM COMMENTARY at ChessVibes

We received lots of positive feedback on our coverage of the Pearl Spring tournament (Nanjing), and this encouraged us to do even better during the Tal Memorial. With Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Kramnik, Leko, Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Svidler and Ponomariov it’s the strongest tournament of 2009, and it starts tomorrow. For the first time we’ll be providing live IM/GM commentary throughout the tournament.
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Oceania Zonal with live commentary

Being a World Cup qualifying event, it’s is probably the most important chess tournament in Queensland, Australia for at least 10 years. Virtually all the top players are competing for that long trip to Khanty-Mansiysk later this year, and GM Ian Rogers provides live commentary during the rounds. Read more

Viswanathan Anand retains world title

Update: video added.
Viswanathan Anand has retained his world title by drawing Vladimir Kramnik in the 11th game of the World Championship match in Bonn, Germany. The final match score is 6?Ǭ?-4?Ǭ? for Anand. Read more

World Championship: 9th game drawn

Update: video added.
He came very close to winning today, but in the end Vladimir Kramnik had to accept that his ending agains Viswanathan Anand was a draw. After the 9th game the Indian is now leading the World Championship match 6-3, and just needs a draw to retain his title. Read more

World Championship: 7th game drawn

Update: video added.
The second half of the Anand-Kramnik World Championship match has started with a draw in 37 moves. Playing the white pieces again, Anand got a slight advantage in an ending but by sacrificing a pawn Kramnik forced a liquidation to a drawn pawn ending. It’s 5-2 for Anand now. Read more

World Championship: third win for Anand

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. Read more

World Championship: Anand does it again

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. Read more

World Championship now live, no delay

As from today you can watch the games of the World Chess Championship match between Anand and Kramnik LIVE. Read more

Schachbundesliga starts, all games live

Next weekend probably the strongest team competition in the world starts its new season: the Schachbundesliga. Of the sixteen top teams, OSC Baden-Baden is the big favourite with sixteen grandmasters in their squad, headed by Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. As from this season, all games can be followed live online. Read more

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