First things first: Sigeman & Co. finished Wednesday, and Fabiano Caruana finished strongly with a second straight win to take clear first. He needed that win, as Peter Leko also won his last two, and scored 3.5 points in his final four games, to finish just half a point back. Caruana's final tally was 5.5/7, Leko's 5, and the next closest competitors had 4 points apiece. Still ongoing is the...

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Total of 30 titled players in the Ukrainian Chess Championship

The 5th game of the World Chess Championship might not have been that exciting but the Europe Echecs video also has interviews with Nepomniachtchi, Anna Gunina and Evgeny Sveshnikov and a nice exchange between Alexander Grischuk and the man he lost out to in the Candidates final Boris Gelfand.

The 5th game of the World Chess Championship might not have been that exciting but the Europe Echecs video also has interviews with Nepomniachtchi, Anna Gunina and Evgeny Sveshnikov and a nice exchange between Alexander Grischuk and the man he lost out to in the Candidates final Boris Gelfand.

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis 8th-19th May 2012 (play-off, if required 20th). Hikaru Nakamura returns after missing last year. Defending champion Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk and Yasser Seirawan are also in the 12 player field. Anna Zatonskih is favourite to retain her title with Irina Krush as second favourite in the women's 10 player event. We're back to straight...

The live coverage of the US Chess Championships fronted by Jennifer Shahade, Ben Finegold and Mike Klein and produced by Macauley Peterson has been a lot of fun as have the player interviews. Watch the daily recaps.

The live coverage of the US Chess Championships fronted by Jennifer Shahade, Ben Finegold and Mike Klein and produced by Macauley Peterson has been a lot of fun as have the player interviews. Watch the daily recaps.

Τα δεκαπέντε χρόνια ζωής συμπλήρωσε ένας από τους διάσημους υπερυπολογιστές, ο Deep Blue, που κατάφερε να κερδίσει στο σκάκι τον καλύτερο του κόσμου, Γκάρι Κασπάροφ. Τον Μάιο του 1997 ο υπολογιστής της IBM κατάφερε να κερδίσει...

Viswanathan Anand switched to 1.e4 as white but made absolutely no progress in the face of Boris Gelfand's Sicilian. The inventor of the Sveshnikov was in the press room and he didn't approve of Gelfand's interpretation of his idea, instead black obtained a simplified position which quickly traded into a sterile draw. This was thin gruel indeed lasting just 27 moves and 90 minutes, was this...

Viswanathan Anand switched to 1.e4 as white but made absolutely no progress in the face of Boris Gelfand's Sicilian. The inventor of the Sveshnikov was in the press room and he didn't approve of Gelfand's interpretation of his idea, instead black obtained a simplified position which quickly traded into a sterile draw. This was thin gruel indeed lasting just 27 moves and 90 minutes, was this...

The World Chess Championship match remains deadlocked after Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand battled to a fourth successive draw at Moscow. The score is 2-2 in the match which is the best of 12 games and has a prize fund of 2.55 million dollars, split 60-40. Anand plays White in today's sixth game which begins at 12 UK time.

The World Chess Championship match remains deadlocked after Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand battled to a fourth successive draw at Moscow. The score is 2-2 in the match which is the best of 12 games and has a prize fund of 2.55 million dollars, split 60-40. Anand plays White in today's sixth game which begins at 12 UK time.

Hey guys, As we’re halfway through the month, and considering I really doubt I’ll manage a GOTM from June what with getting married and all, I decided to combine the two. In the past month we’ve had two big matches. First there was the Kramnik-Aronian friendly match. As they weren’t playing for a title they [...]

Only few days after the Asian Continental Individual Championships concluded in Vietnam, all top players moved to Zao Zhuang, Shandong Province, China, to compete in the 2012 Asian Nations Chess Cup (Open and Women’s). The competitions are taking place from 15th to 27th May over nine rounds of Swiss in Open Group and over nine [...]