The pairings of Tata Steel 2012 will be known at the drawing of lots today for group C, and tomorrow the 13th of Jabuary for groups A and B. Group A: Participants / Photos / Live games Group B: Participants / Photos / Live games Group C: Participants / Photos / Live games Note: drawing [...]

by Susan Polgar The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elisabeth hosted the 2011 South African Junior Chess Championship. The colorful view of the 1,800+ players in one single tournament hall was quite impressive. It was great to see the tremendous interest of chess in South Africa. Based on the enthusiasm I saw during my [...]

The 17th Open Bošnjaci was held from 3rd to 9th January in Bošnjaci, Croatia. The tournament was played over nine rounds of Swiss system and rated with FIDE. 116 players competed and among them were four Grandmasters. IM Sinisa Saric from Novi Sad defeated the chief opponent GM Sasa Martinovic with black pieces to claim [...]

Yu Ruiyuan of China emerged the Chennai Open 2012 Champion with 9.0 points after the eleventh and final round of the SDAT – RMK 4th Chennai Open 2012 International Grandmaster Chess Tournament, at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Periamet, Chennai here today. Sharing the second spot with 8.5 points were top seed Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus), defending champion [...]

On his expectations for Wijk Aan Zee and more

GM Naiditsch will comment live Tata Steel on Chessdom

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Several games featured with GM analysis today on Chessdom

GM Naiditsch and the Chess Evolution team provide commentary for the Carlsen – Gashimov game from Tata Steel 2012. The game starts at 13:30 CET, see all details about Tata Steel here

GM Ipatov provides commentary today for the Navara – Topalov game from Tata Steel 2012. The game starts at 13:30 CET, see all details about Tata Steel here

GM Naiditsch and the Chess Evolution team provide commentary for the Nakamura Ivanchuk game from Tata Steel 2012. The game starts at 13:30 CET, see all details about Tata Steel here

Today round 2 live commentary by GM Kamil Miton: Aronian – Nakamura and Ivanchuk – Carlsen Replay games with commentary by GM Naiditsch and GM Ipatov: Carlsen – Gashimov, Nakamura – Ivanchuk, Navara – Topalov View photo gallery round 1: click here for the photos Live commentary of round 2 of Tata Steel 2012 starts [...]

GM Kamil Miton and the Chess Evolution team provide commentary for the Carlsen – Gashimov game from Tata Steel 2012. The game starts at 13:30 CET, see all details about Tata Steel here

GM Kamil Miton and the Chess Evolution team provide commentary for the Carlsen – Gashimov game from Tata Steel 2012. The game starts at 13:30 CET, see all details about Tata Steel here

Chessdom.com continues with the live commentary of the first Grand Slam tournament of 2012 – Tata Steel Chess in Wijk Aan Zee. Today’s featured games will be the battle for the top positions between Carlsen – Aronian and Nakamura – Caruana. Carlsen – Aronian LIVE! – with GM Naiditsch and GM Miton Nakamura – Aronian [...]