Pretty painful, as Notre Dame squandered repeated opportunities to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory. That does it for our chances for a BCS Bowl, though winning out would still result in a good year overall. Next victim: BYU.

He's not just the second-youngest grandmaster of all time (so far), he - Parimarjan Negi - also has a nice touch with light satire on his blog. Worth a look, especially as many of the current entries are about the world championship. HT: Manoj Khatri

Enough chess, time for college football! More specifically, Notre Dame football, as the #23 or 24-ranked Fighting Irish go to Pitt to take on the Panthers. Notre Dame will win, of course, the only question is whether the winning margin will reach triple digits. (Okay, double digits.) The thrashing will be aired on ABC starting at 8 p.m. ET, and you can read up on the game here.

Just in case a 16-move draw didn't satisfy your desire to see some big-time chess, there's a major event underway in Warsaw: the European Team Chess Championship. Unlike the European Club Cup, the players here represent their own countries (or at least the countries whose federations they play for); that makes it interesting not only as a competition featuring individuals but from a team...

The first game of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match finished in a draw. Replay the moves with analysis by IM Aman Hambleton and GM Vidit Gujrathi. Question: Please tell us about the game in general and how did you feel when the match finally started. Anand: Yes, I mean, after thinking about it for [...]

The first game of the FIDE World Championship Match started today at 3pm local time. The challenger and world’s top rated player Carlsen started with the quiet 1.Nf3 and defending champion Anand responded with the solid setup that resembled the Gruenfeld Indian defence. Carlsen wanted a game with slow development and long maneuvering but the [...]

The match got off to a great start for the champion. Even though Magnus Carlsen played a line that would have been hard to predict, Viswanathan Anand looked more comfortable both at the board, from a physical perspective, and also with respect to his position on the board. Anand's idea with 9...dxc4 10.bxc4 Nb6! just about killed White's opening as a try for an advantage, and indeed Carlsen said...

Αρχίζει σήμερα στο Τσενάι της Ινδίας το τελικό ματς 12 παρτίδων για το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα μεταξύ του Ινδού παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή Βισβανάθαν Ανάντ και του Νορβηγού διεκδικητή Μάγκνους Κάρλσεν. Στην πρώτη παρτίδα...

The match will start in a few hours, but it's not too late to make some predictions. Who do you think will win this best-of-12 game match, and what do you think the score will be? (There's still time to sign up for my match coverage, but the deadline for free bonus materials is coming soon: the start of the match, give or take a little bit - we won't follow FIDE's "zero-tolerance" policy in this...

We live in a world that seems to require our constant attention. Between technological advances, such as the internet, and day to day financial worries, the human mind has a great deal to contend with! After writing an earlier article on concentration and chess, I realized that I didn’t fully address the issue of how […]

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The long anticipated FIDE World Chess Championship Match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and world’s top rated player Magnus Carlsen is starting on Saturday 9th November. At 3pm local time (10:30 CET, 4:30 EST) the two players will start their first game of the match, Carlsen having the white pieces. Chessdom will provide live expert [...]

FIDE Executive Director Nigel Freeman elaborates the decisions of the FIDE Presidential Board that was held this morning in Chennai, India. Chessdom: Good morning Mr. Freeman, the World Championship match has now officially been opened, how do you like it so far? Nigel Freeman: In FIDE we are very impressed by the organization so far. [...]

1.ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝΟ Σκακιστικός Σύλλογος Περιστερίου διοργανώνει OPEN τουρνουά με ελβετικό σύστημα (7) γύρων, με εθνική και διεθνή αξιολόγηση. Ισχύουν κανονισμοί FIDE και ΕΣΟ. 2.ΧΩΡΟΣ ΑΓΩΝΩΝΕντευκτήριο Σ.Ο. Περιστερίου ...

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