Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds http://chess-results.com/tnr243201.aspx Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2651 RUS * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½...
Aiming to dethrone Carlsen
Russian grandmaster aims to dethrone chess king Carlsen Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Oct 26, 2016, 11:12 PM Moscow (AFP) – Sitting next to an ornate chess board in his home outside Moscow, 26-year-old Russian grandmaster Sergei Karyakin lowers his gaze as...
New record for legendary chess journalist Leonard Barden
Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian New record for Leonard Barden, grandmaster of newspaper chess columns The Guardian’s columnist has written weekly for the newspaper for 61 years as well as running a daily column at the London Evening...
Bacrot wins Trophée Anatoly Karpov 14e Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d’échecs – Cap d’Agde
Final ranking crosstable after Round 14 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2692 FRA *** 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1...
Carlsen defeated Nakamura 14.5 – 10.5 on Internet Match
In a head to head match on chess.com, after 25 games in various fast time controls, World Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Nakamura 14.5 – 10.5. Congrats to both players for a great show!
Daily Chess Tactic: Classic Chess Tactic!
Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne, Berlin, 1852 White to move. How should white proceed?
GM Blomqvist continues to lead Hammer at Nordic Championship
Ranking crosstable after Round 6 Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB3 TB4 1 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE * 1 1 1 0 1 1 5,0 0,0 5 13,00 2...
Luc Winants is 6/6 in Menton
Rank after Round 6 (top 25) Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI RtgN Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 K rtg+/- 1 5 GM Winants Luc BEL 2547 0 6,0 25,0 3036 21,0 10 8,9 2 1 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2655...
World Cadets Updates: Indian phenom Praggnanandhaa still on track for Gold
Rank after Round 8 (under 12 top 10) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 1 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2442 7,0 0,0 39,5 42,0 4 6,0 2 25 Kumar Nikhil USA 2076 7,0...
Daily Chess Improvement: Find the quickest checkmate!
White to move and mate. Can you find the quickest checkmate?