With five rounds to go, Magnus Carlsen finished today's round of the Candidates with a double dose of good news. First, though under serious pressure from Vladimir Kramnik, he managed to survive a pawn down to keep a full point lead over the ex-champion. Second, Levon Aronian, with whom he (Carlsen) was tied coming into the round, lost to Boris Gelfand. That leaves Carlsen in clear first with...

Some of you might recall the earlier adventures of Buglarian FM Borislav Ivanov, who shook up the world in the Zadar Open late last year. His rating was 2227, but his performance rating there was a spectacular 2697. Unsurprisingly, there was plenty of finger-pointing, accusing him of computer cheating; physical evidence was lacking though, so his career has continued unimpeded by any official...

The event is taking place on 23-30th March

The tournament will finish on April 1st

Carlsen is the sole leader with 5 rounds to go

Aronian now stands half a point behind Carlsen with five rounds to go

Svidler drew with Grischuk in a sharp KID

Η πρώτη χώρα στον κόσμο που έχει βάλει το σκάκι ως υποχρεωτικό μάθημα στο σχολείο είναι η Αρμενία. Στόχος της να χτίσει μια καλύτερη κοινωνία.Διαβάστε την είδηση όπως την μεταδίδει (στις 24 Μάρτη 2013) το Al Jazeera :Chess mania captures...

The Alekhine Memorial International Chess Super-Tournament – which begins on 20th April at the Louvre Museum in Paris – will open with a concert by Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky. The distinguished pianist has selected a programme of works for the Alekhine Memorial by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Mr Lugansky believes there are a number of [...]

The Master Challenge is free and open for everyone

The 2013 Serbian Women Chess Championship is taking place from 23rd March to 2nd April at the Hotel Gali in Pirot. Twelve players compete in the round robin tournament. The prize fund is 2100 EUR and the players also receive appearance fee which ranges from 100 to 300 EUR. Top seeded is Maria Manakova, who [...]

Exclusive annotations by Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Caruana, Karjakin, Giri in NIC

I must admit to not having followed the Candidates Tournament in London too closely; it’s a far cry from my own chess efforts in helping older improvers plus my own ten year old son. Having said that it’s good to see that the two players who are leading (Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian) exemplify my [...]

The second cycle of the Candidates' tournament got underway, and with a bang. This round reprised the pairings from round 1 (with colors reversed), and with very different results. In round 1 all the games were drawn, but this time only the battle between the leaders, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian, finished peacefully. Carlsen generally tries to create open-ended play out of the opening, but...

Με την είσοδο του Απριλίου ξεκινούν τα καθιερωμένα τουρνουά του Σκακιστικού Ομίλου Νέας Φιλαδέλφειας• Την Δευτέρα 1 Απριλίου ξεκινά 5ο Εαρινό Ανοικτό Τουρνουά Σ.Ο.Ν.Φ. χωρίς παράβολο και θα διεξαχθεί με ελβετικό...