FIDE Grand Prix struggling in Sharjah as big names stay away Magnus Carlsen, Vlad Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So are all absent and the organisers may struggle to sell pay-per-view packages Sharjah has its closing rounds...
New Grand Prix format, still AGON exclusive broadcast
Dates and venues for the 2017 Grand Prix events confirmed. Sharjah, Moscow, Geneva and Palma De Mallorca in Spain will host the four revamped World Chess Grand Prix events in 2017. The new-look Grand Prix series will be contested...
Money losing idea?
BREAKINGVIEWS-Chess: a 1,500-year-old startup that doesn’t scale by Reuters Friday, 2 December 2016 16:22 GMT By Kate Duguid NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Chess is the 1,500-year-old venture that even some of the world’s brightest minds have...
US District Judge Explains Why He Ruled Against AGON!
AGON sued Chess24, ChessGames, and ChessBomb in the NY. The US District Judge ruled against AGON, just as the Judge in Moscow. AGON is simply wrong to insist that no one can share or discuss chess moves in real...
“This (World Championship) is the worst-organized event I’ve been to in my life,” said Carl Fisher of Brooklyn. “It’s a terrible disgrace.”
Chess fans flood world title match, but have trouble seeing players Organizers were caught off guard by the unexpected turnout, which led to long lines, rare glimpses of the two World Chess Championship contenders and ticket refunds for some....
Carter: AGON is entitled to make a profit, but not by limiting the flow of information
There’s Legal Intrigue at the World Chess Match NOV 15, 2016 12:07 PM EST By Stephen L. Carter Does information really want to be free? That’s the question hanging over the world chess championship match being contested this month in...
Russian Court Rejected AGON’s Lawsuit Regarding Broadcasting Moves
I have said this many times as precedence has been set in the past in various courts. One simply cannot copyright chess moves. Today, the Russian Commercial Court agreed with this and tossed the lawsuit by AGON against...
Servers CAN broadcast moves in spite of attempts by AGON to block
U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from airing moves Nov 10 Organizers of the World Chess Championship on Thursday failed to persuade a federal judge to block rival website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the...
Breaking: AGON loses court case AGAIN, this time in NY City!
Judge Refuses to Block Chess Websites From Showing Moves By LARRY NEUMEISTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Nov 10, 2016, 6:11 PM ET Websites showing moves almost as they occur at the World Chess Championship can continue to do...
AGON promised to appeal Russian Court Decision
NOVEMBER 3, 2016 Statement In Response To The First Circuit Court Ruling We note the ruling by the First Circuit Court in Moscow in the case we brought against Chess24. We did not fully expect a judgement in our...