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Some of you rooted for Kramnik. Some of you rooted for Topalov. But in spite of all the ugliness off the chess board, we have witnessed a very exciting chess match between 2 very different champions. Their vastly contrasting styles and their willingness to battle in every game gave us fans big thrills. Let’s celebrate […]

Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik Wins World Chess ChampionshipFriday, October 13, 2006AP ELISTA, Russia — Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik won a match against Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov in a tiebreaker Friday, becoming the first universally recognized world chess champion since 1993. Kramnik won the tension-filled match by a score of 8.5-7.5 in a final day of quick, time-limited games. […]

This is not the trophy from this World Championship. But I thought that it is fitting to show him with a BIG cup 🙂 Congratulations to Vladimir Kramnik who scored a decisive victory in the last rapid playoff game against Veselin Topalov to win the World Championship and unified the title since Kasparov bailed from […]

Every time Topalov seemed to be down for the count, he got up and fought valiantly. He scored a victory in game 3 of the Rapid Playoff to pull the match even. Now Kramnik will have White in the last Rapid Playoff game. If this is a draw then they will go to 2 games […]

Time to do or die. All Kramnik needs to do is score 1 point in the final 2 rapid playoff games. Time is running out for Topalov. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 (He delays taking on g6 as in previous games.) 7…Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.g3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 […]

To our surprise, it was the first time when the players’ assessment of the situation on board was diametrically opposite. Both claimed an advantage – maybe because both wanted to win the game and the match. However, it ended in a draw by perpetual, thus postponing the match conclusion by one day. – Vladimir, what […]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8 13.Bd3 e5 14.e4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bf1 (Black is fine in this position.) 16…g6 (This is a fine opening choice for Topalov. There is room for play. I am not sure […]

The playoff format is 4 rapid chess games (25 minutes per player + 10 seconds increment per move). If the score is still tied after the 4 rapid games then the players will play 2 blitz games (5 minutes per player + 10 seconds increment per move). If the score still remains tie then a […]

This was a game between Bobby Fischer and Ruben Fine. Fischer is White and it is White to move. How should Bobby continue this game?  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

The Founder of House of Staunton and former VP of Finance of the USCF, Mr. Frank Camaratta, flew to Reykjavic, Iceland to present to Mr. Ed Trice (founder of Gothic Chess.com) and GM Fridrik Olafsson (Former President of FIDE and representing Fischer in the negotiation for a match against Karpov) the official Gothic Chess Set […]