Gelfand, Anand still tiedBy ALLON SINAI05/28/2012 05:26 “I am trying not to get ahead of myself but with the scoreline you can see the similarity,” says Gelfand. Israel’s Boris Gelfand and defending-champion Viswanathan Anand will enter the 12th and...
WC game 11 report
During the eleventh game of the match, just as in the ninth, Viswanathan Anand once again selected the Nimzo-Indian Defence for Black. Even during the early stages, the world champion surprised his opponent with the rare move of 8…Сd7,...
Pandemonium at the World Championship
Pandemonium There was real pandemonium today at the Engineering Building of the Tretyakov Gallery, as enormous queues of people waited at the entrance and there were not enough seats in the playing hall and Chess Corner. Many people came...
Negroponte 2012
The Chess Academy of Chalkida “Palamedes of Evia” has the pleasure to invite you to the “Negroponte 2012″ International Tournament that will take place from 9th till 17th of August 2012 at the beautiful city of Chalkida in Greece....
Chess to become mandatory subject in Georgian public schools
Artwork by Mike Magnan Chess to become mandatory subject in Georgian public schools(Xinhua) 08:19, May 28, 2012 TBILISI, May 25 (Xinhua) — The game of chess will become a mandatory subject in all public schools in the South Caucasus...