Previous read: Anand – Carlsen 2013, Chennai preview (#10) Nine days are left to the start of the World Chess Championship 2013 between the defending champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger Magnus Carlsen. Chessdom continues the daily previews with...
Panama Chess Open
The 3rd Panama Chess Open is starting today at 19h local at the Salón Corotu, Hotel Central Park in Ciudad de Panamá. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system with accelerated pairings and continues until...
Tournament for the visually impaired in Chennai
Chess tournament for visually impaired precedes World ChampionshipAbhimanyu Oct 29 2013 Chennai: Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) and All India Chess Federation (AICF) had organized a tournament for the visually impaired on Tuesday. This was a part of...
Anand-Carlsen, the clash of personalities
WCC match will be a clash of personalities and styles: GopalBy Pramod Thomas | ENS – KOCHIPublished: 30th October 2013 02:57 PMLast Updated: 30th October 2013 02:57 PM Fifty-fifty. This is how Grandmaster GN Gopal weighs the chances of...
Games from Barcelona
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The importance of fitness in World Championships
If body and mind work, moves followBy Rohan Sharma | ENS – CHENNAIPublished: 30th October 2013 03:07 PMLast Updated: 30th October 2013 03:07 PM The game of chess is renowned for being a thinking man’s game, where clever strategy...
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Endgame tactic teaser
White to move. How should White proceed? 6k1/2p3p1/4P3/3KP3/7R/8/2p5/2r5 w – – 0 0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Karpov’s advice: Make proper assessment of your strengths/weaknesses, as well as opponent
Kasparov’s guidance should hold Carlsen in good stead: KarpovTNN | Oct 30, 2013, 01.33 AM IST“To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as well.” Former world...
The WC money game
According to Pinnacle Sports, Carlsen is the clear favorite, especially when it comes to betting. The odds for the World Chess Championship at Pinnacle Sports have 22-year-old Carlsen as the 1.282* favourite to end the eight-year reign of Anand,...