It was almost a must-win situation for Boris Gelfand, as Alexander Grischuk would have been a favorite had the match come down to rapid and possibly blitz games. Remarkably, Gelfand came through with a convincing victory, and by doing so he won not only the game but the match as well, and thereby qualifies for a title shot against Viswanathan Anand in 2012. The first thing Gelfand did right was...

Boris Gelfand (Israel) defeated Alexander Grischuk (Russia) in the 6th and final game of the Candidates final in Kazan, Russia. The grandmaster from Israel won a superb strategical game on move 35 and thus became the opponent for World Champion Vishy Anand in a title match that is scheduled for next year. Later more. General [...]

Chinese League 2011 is taking place from 12th April to 6th December. 10 teams compete with the double round robin system within 18 rounds, divided into weekends throughout the year. After first three rounds Shanghai Team leads the scoreboard. Rounds 4-6 will be played in Chengdu on 26-28th May.

Candidates Matches 2011 live games with computer analysis. The final games will be analysed by the new version of the Stockfish 2.1 engine, with estimated ELO of 3150.

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                               Round 6 on 2011/05/27 at 18:00                               Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo. 1 4 PANTAZOPOULOS STAYROS 4   5 IM [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                               Round 5 on 2011/05/23 at 18:00                               Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo. 1 2 KOSTOUROS ALEXANDROS 3 0  -  1 [...]

Albena Chess Open will take place 25th June - July 3rd in the Albena sea resort (near Varna, Bulgaria), and is boasting a prize fund of over 40 000 eur. Amazing beach and strong chess are surely a great deal for a great summer.

Gelfand and Grischuk meet in the final game of the Candidates Matches in Kazan. The score is even after game 5, commentary start at 13:00 CET.

Not Wang Hao, not Wang Yue nor Bu Xiangzhi nor Chinese champion Ding Liren, but 16-year-old Yu Yangyi won the Hainan Dangzhou Super GM tournament. The ten best Chinese chess players were present and Yu Yangyi finished clear first, 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field. The 2nd Hainan Dangzhou Super GM tournament [...]

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Hikaru Nakamura somehow found a way to beat Ruslan Ponoamriov 3.5-2.5 in a match that seemed to be dominated for large parts by his opponent. Below are the offical reports and videos from the official site.

Hikaru Nakamura somehow found a way to beat Ruslan Ponoamriov 3.5-2.5 in a match that seemed to be dominated for large parts by his opponent. Below are the offical reports and videos from the official site.

While the classical portion of the Nakamura-Ponomariov and Finegold-Robson matches finished on Sunday, there were still four rapid games to be played. They got two in the books today, and then the last two will be played tomorrow. The results: Nakamura drew the first game with White and won the second with Black, giving him an overall match lead of 5-3. Finegold had the same results in the...

Malcolm Pein looks at a nice win from Vassily Ivanchuk on his way to winning the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba for the 5th time.