Many moons ago on May 30th, 1998, a young 5 year old boy walked into my Chess Club in Queens, New York, with his father for his first ever rated tournament. He lost his 1st rated game and scored only 1/4. His 1st rating was 473. One of the players he lost to was Elina […]
Which player has the best chance to dethrone Carlsen?
Which player has the best chance to dethrone Magnus Carlsen in the next World Championship cycle? Vote here: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/810966410516135936
Breaking: Caruana has a new Manager
GM Fabiano Caruana New Manager Press Release For Immediate release U.S. Chess Champion GM Fabiano Caruana Partners With New Manager ST. LOUIS, MO – December 12 — United States Chess Champion and number-two player in the world Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is taking another step in furthering his already illustrious career. Team Caruana is excited to […]
13 points away from world #1 ranking!
In spite of winning the world championship, Carlsen lost a lot of rating points due to the 6-6 tie in classical chess. In addition, Caruana defeated Tomashevsky earlier today to gain points. As of right now, Caruana trails Carlsen by 13.4 points for the top spot! 1 Carlsen 2840.0 2 Caruana 2826.6 This is the […]
Anand leads St Louis showdown after beating Nakamura
Standings after 4 rounds 1. Anand, Vishy gm IND 2779 X X ½ 1 ½ . ½ . 2½ 2. Nakamura, Hikaru gm USA 2779 ½ 0 X X 1 . ½ . 2 3. Topalov, Veselin gm BUL 2760 ½ . 0 . X X 1 ½ 2 4. Caruana, Fabiano gm USA 2823 […]
Caruana & Eljanov top Isle of Man
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds http://chess-results.com/tnr240883.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex FED Rtg TB1 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 1 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2813 7,5 2908 9 7,5 6,46 1,04 10 10,4 5 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2741 7,5 2880 9 7,5 5,95 1,55 10 15,5 3 10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE […]
Caruana will take on Eljanov in round 8 at Isle of Man
Round 8 on 2016/10/08 at 13:30 http://chess-results.com/tnr240883.aspx Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2741 6½ 6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2813 1 2 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 5 5½ GM So Wesley 2794 2 3 4 GM Adams Michael 2745 5 5 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 […]