They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Well, my journey of a thousand news reports* started with a story in March 2008 about plans for the official website coverage of Vishy Anand’s world title defence against Vladi...
At the closing ceremony of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix, FIDE President Kirsan Illyumzhinov announced that Beijing would host the fifth Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series from 3-17 July. The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix ser...
The Thessaloniki Grand Prix ended with a final round of high drama, as befitting a tournament which has brought so much excitement and so many hard-fought games for chess fans! Leinier Dominguez pulled off the greatest tournament victory of his ...
Gata Kamsky celebrated his 39th birthday today by taking the sole lead again in the Thessaloniki Grand Prix with just one round remaining. The American champion inflicted a fourth straight defeat on poor Alexander Morozevich, taking his own score...
Leinier Dominguez was a convincing winner of his clash with Fabiano Caruana in round 9 of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix, earning a share of the lead once more with just two rounds remaining. The Cuban and his Italian foe had been sharing second pl...
FIDE have published the official rating list for June 2013. Magnus Carlsen, Lev Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik are still the top 3 ranked players, all in the 2800 Elo+ club. World champion Vishy Anand climbs back to #4 in the world after some impr...
The 4th Danzhou Tournament was won by Ding Liren with an undefeated score of 7/9 points. The 10-player single round-robin competition was held from from 20-29 May in Hainan Danzhou and featured an impressive line-up of Chinese Grandmasters. Bu X...
Gata Kamsky grabbed the sole lead of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix by beating his compatriot Hikaru Nakamura in a thrilling eighth round. The all-American clash was virtually decided as early as move 15 when Nakamura blundered with Qa3?? The game ...
Field Set for 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship SAINT LOUIS (May 30, 2013) -- The 10-player field has been set for the 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship, scheduled to be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) J...
Gata Kamsky and Fabiano Caruana both won their games with the black pieces in the 7th round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix to share the lead with 5 points. Kamsky's victory was achieved at the expense of lowest seed Rustam Kasimdzhanov, while Ca...
17 year-old Richard Rapport of Hungary won the 21st Annual Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmo on superior tie-breaks from rivals Nigel Short and Nils Grandelius. All three players finished on 4½/7 points, but Rapport won because the first tie-b...
. The sixth round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix served up another three decisive games, all of them victories for the white pieces. So far in the tournament there have only been two wins for the black pieces - both by Leinier Dominguez! Gata K...
. Going into the fifth round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix there were a remarkable 7 players tied on 2½ points at the "top" of the leaderboard. By the end of the fifth round one player had risen above the pack to take the sole lead! Leinier Do...
. After four rounds of the FIDE Thessaloniki Grand Prix, there are no fewer than 7 players "leading" on 2½ points. It seems that no-one is able to impose their authority on the rest of the field. After yesterday's tragic loss on time, Vassily I...
. The third round of the FIDE Thessaloniki Grand Prix didn't quite produce the sparks of the first two rounds, with only one game ending in a decisive result. Vassily Ivanchuk should have won against the Cuban Leinier Perez-Dominguez, aft...
. PRESS RELEASE - SAINT LOUIS (May 23, 2013) -- On May 25 at 6 p.m. CT, FOX Sports Midwest will air a one-hour recap special covering the 2013 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championships, which recently concluded at the Chess Club and Scholastic C...
. In terms of results, the second round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece, was a carbon-copy of the first; 3 decisive games, all won by players with the white pieces. Peter Svidler had crushed Etienne Bacrot on the opening day in j...
. The opening round of the fourth Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series started today in Thessaloniki, Greece. There were 3 decisive games, all of them won by the player with the white pieces. Gata Kamsky made a good start, beating the Cuban #1 Lein...
Press Release The Limhamn Chess Club is proud to invite the players, the chess audience, the media and the sponsors to the 21st annual Sigeman Chess Tournament. The tournament will take place at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for ...
The fourth Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series runs from 21 May - 4 June in Thessaloniki, Greece. The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix series will qualify for the next Candidates Tournament, expected to be held in March 2014. ...
. Alexander Moiseenko won the 14th European Individual Chess Championships on superior tie-breaks after 10 players finished on 8/11 points in Legnica, Poland. Ukrainian GM Moiseenko had a very strong start to the competition, and managed to cla...
Sergey Karjakin sealed victory in the Norway Chess 2013 tournament with final round draw against Veselin Topalov. The Karjakin v Topalov game brought the curtain down on a thrilling tournament, and the Bulgarian did his best to win with black and...
The penultimate round of the 2013 Norway Chess tournament produced four decisive games and some real surprises in Stavanger! The biggest shock was Magnus Carlsen losing with white against Chinese GM Wang Hao in the last game of the day to finish....
. In the last round of the Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix, Georgian player Bela Khotenashvili managed to make a draw against Anna Ushenina and won the tournament. Her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk had to win her game in order to catch the leade...
The fierce competition continued at the Norway Chess 2013 tournament, with three more decisive games in round 7. The heartache continued for Teimour Radjabov, as he was swept aside by Vishy Anand with the black pieces. Radjabov has also withdrawn...
