The Your Next Move Press Release of 3rd October 2011 which announces the Garry Kasparov vs Nigel Short Blitz Chess Match. There will be commentary from Genna Sosonko and live streaming at: www.exqisport.be.

Garry Kasparov is to play yet another blitz match (Following his win against Vachier in Clichy), this time against Nigel Short who he faced in The Times World Chess Championship in 1993. Short hasn't beaten Kasparov in any form of chess since game 16 of that match but their games are frequently very lively. They last faced each other (but for a consultation game last year) in the Final of the...

Garry Kasparov is to play yet another blitz match (Following his win against Vachier in Clichy), this time against Nigel Short who he faced in The Times World Chess Championship in 1993. Short hasn't beaten Kasparov in any form of chess since game 16 of that match but their games are frequently very lively. They last faced each other (but for a consultation game last year) in the Final of the...

The 5th Anniversary of "Your Next Move" 2011 takes place 8th-11th October 2011. A Festival of Chess with a blitz match between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov as the highlight. Juniors get to play simuls against a number of GMs including Short and the best play Kasparov on the final day.

The 5th Anniversary of "Your Next Move" 2011 takes place 8th-11th October 2011. A Festival of Chess with a blitz match between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov as the highlight. Juniors get to play simuls against a number of GMs including Short and the best play Kasparov on the final day.

Malcolm Pein looks at a fantastically complicated win for Vassily Ivanchuk over Levon Aronian in Sao Paulo in the 4th Final Masters which was settled in a time scramble.

Malcolm Pein looks at a fantastically complicated win for Vassily Ivanchuk over Levon Aronian in Sao Paulo in the 4th Final Masters which was settled in a time scramble.

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As I contemplate my first competitive chess event in over a year I find myself thinking about how to remove the rust. Although a lot of my time is spent on chess analysis and teaching it’s very different when you have to sit down and play. There’s a primal element to competitive chess which no [...]

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Ένα σύντομο βίντεο από φιλική συνάντηση-μάθημα του τότε παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή Garry Kasparov με τον δεκατριάχρονο Magnus Carlsen.

The 4th Final Masters has reached the half-way stage, a break and a move to Bilbao. Magnus Carlsen defeated Vassily Ivanchuk with black in an interesting French Defence but there were a number of strange decisions from Ivanchuk and it was more his loss rather than Carlsen's win. It wouldn't surprise me if Ivanchuk's recent heavy schedule with the World Cup isn't catching up on him a bit. Perhaps...