FIDE have published the official March 2012 rating list, confirming Magnus Carlsen as the world #1 with an unchanged rating of 2835 Elo. Levon Aronian improved his rating, but not his ranking. He consolidated his #2 spot, halving the gap to Carls...
PRESS RELEASE: The Chess in Schools and Communities Campaign (CSC) is working with the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe on a political campaign to garner support for chess to be introduced to schools Europe-wide. The focus of the campaign is a w...
PRESS RELEASE Lindenwood Launches World-Class Collegiate Chess Program University Offering Chess Scholarships, Forming Team for Competition Lindenwood University is putting out a call for some of the finest young chess players in America and ab...
The recent 4-part defence (part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4) of the banned Rybka program, published by Chessbase and authored by Dr. Søren Riis, a computer scientist at Queen Mary University, has received a swift response from the International...
Many thanks to all the Chess.com members who entered the 2011 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler. There were 20 chess related questions, and a total of 28 marks to earn, but how many did you answer correctly? There were a few really tricky questions this...
In June 2010 Vasik Rajlich, the author of the strongest commercial chess software program - Rybka, was sensationally accused of plagiarizing code from other programs, especially Fruit. The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) stripped ...
FIDE have published the latest official rating list, and Magnus Carlsen has consolidated his status as the world's #1 rated player. Carlsen gained 9 rating points to reach a career high of 2835 Elo, a full 30 points clear of new #2 Lev Aronian. ...
Welcome to the 2011 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! What better way to entertain yourself over the holiday season than by trying to answer the questions in our fun seasonal chess quiz? There should be something for everyone, so you don't need to be ...
The widely acclaimed documentary film Bobby Fischer Against The World by director Liz Garbus is being shown on the UK television channel BBC4 tomorrow (Wednesday 30 November) at 9pm. BBC4 is a free-to-air digital channel, so may be available outs...
Vladimir Kramnik's recent good form sees him rejoin the 2800+ Elo club in the official FIDE ranking list for November 2011, but with no gain on his #4 spot from the previous list in September. Magnus Carlsen remains the #1 ranked player, slightly...
Magnus Carlsen retains his world #1 ranking in the latest official rating list from FIDE. Carlsen creeps up 2 points to 2823, with Vishy Anand and Lev Aronian the other current members of the 2800+ club. Vladimir Kramnik's excellent performance ...
Magnus Carlsen has regained the #1 position at the top of the official FIDE world chess rankings. Carlsen gained six rating points during the Bazna Kings tournament, pushing world champion Vishy Anand back down to #2. Carlsen tweeted that he was,...
The computer chess engine Rybka has been sensationally stripped of its multiple World Computer Chess Champion titles and banned from competing in future events. The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) took the action after an investig...
The new Fischer biopic "Bobby Fischer Against The World" has had its premiere in the US, and will be broadcast on HBO on Monday 6th June. Further details about the film can be found here. The film will have its UK premiere on 15 July, and as par...
Metropolitan Scholastic Chess Camp Promo Link GM Michael Adams, GM Loek Van Wely, and GM Melikset Khachiyan (along with the support of several other titled instructors) will be coming together for a rare opportunity at a scholastic camp i...
The official FIDE rating list for May 2011 has been published. With the list now being published every two months rather than quarterly, it's more up-to-date but sometimes barely changes. There is only one change to the top 10 since the March 201...
In chess, the history of the Simultaneous Exhibition (“Simul”) is a rich one. As with all World Records, many have sought to break the Simul record, setting a new and higher level with each attempt. To mention a few: · In 1922, the...
Chess.com is very excited to announce its future in the "online gaming community" as the world wide leader in... Checkers! Erik, the owner and CEO of Chess.com had this to say about the coming changes: "We are SO excited to make this transitio...
FIDE has published the latest official rating list and it confirms that Vishy Anand has regained the top spot from his chief rival Magnus Carlsen. There's not much to choose between them, but Anand's better result in Wijk Aan Zee made the differe...
When the IBM super-computer Deep Blue defeated the reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a match in 1997, it made headlines around the world. However, after the match IBM retired their silicon chess monster, satisfied that their objecti...
A new film about the American chess genius entitled "Bobby Fischer Against The World" debuted at the Sundance Film Festival recently and is now due for a wider release after Music Box Films announced that they have bought the theatrical distributi...
How well did you do in the 2010 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler? There were 20 chess related questions, and a total of 32 marks to earn, but how many did you answer correctly? Despite the questions being harder this year, the standard of entries was ...
Welcome to the 2010 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! To help keep yourself entertained over the holiday season, why not try our fun seasonal chess quiz? There should be something for everyone, so you don't need to be a Grandmaster to have a go! But ...
In the mass media of newsprint, chess often struggles in Western countries to achieve even a cursory mention. 80-year old chess legend Leonard Barden has been writing chess columns in the UK for over 50 years. Now, his daily column for the Londo...
