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Monday, March 04, 2013 9:35
Michael Adams won the 20th Bunratty Chess Festival which took place over the weekend at the Bunratty Castle Hotel in Ireland. The English grandmaster...
Sunday, March 03, 2013 12:03
The 29th Cappelle la Grande tournament finished in an 8-way tie for first place. Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) eged out Parimarjan Negi (India), Maxim...
Sunday, March 03, 2013 10:20
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the...
Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:36
According to DGT, their clock did not malfunction during the Aeroflot blitz final in February. The strange behavior of the clock in the...
Friday, March 01, 2013 18:12
Fabiano Caruana won the Zurich Chess Challenge on Saturday, finishing a full point ahead of World Champion Vishy Anand. The Italian won his last...
Friday, March 01, 2013 14:58
The March 1st rating list has been published by FIDE and at the top there are not many big changes. Vishy Anand won 4 points thanks to his win in...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 21:10
Fabiano Caruana maintained his half point lead at the Zurich Chess Challenge as both games in the fifth round ended in draws. Anand and Gelfand...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 13:03
Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Wesley So (Philippines) and Bassem Amin (Egypt) tied for first place at the Reykjavik Open. All three GMs scored 8/10 and...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 23:42
Fabiano Caruana is the sole leader after four rounds at the Zurich Chess Challenge. On Wednesday the Italian beat World Champion Viswanathan Anand...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 18:38
Today Wei Yi became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world. The 13-year-old IM from China has secured his third GM norm at the Reykjavik Open,...














