The biggest threat to Carlsen?
Which one of these young up and coming stars has the best chance to dethrone Carlsen? Or will it be one of his current peers? Who will it be? Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Wei, Yi...
Carlsen – Ding Liren LIVE!
Champions Showdown by the Saint Louis Chess Club will take place November 9-14. In an exciting twist, the three top American players and current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, will face their opponents in 10 games of rapid and 20 games...
Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura eliminated from Tbilisi World Cup
Round 3 results Name G1 G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SD Tot Round 3 Match 01 Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 0 ½ 0.5 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) 1 ½ 1.5 Round 3 Match 02 Vallejo Pons Francisco...
The Long Hard Road to Challenge Magnus Carlsen
The road to challenge Magnus Carlsen 8 players will compete in the Candidates Tournament. The winner will then be the challenger to Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship. Sergey Karjakin already qualified as he will be seeded as the...
Carlsen dominates 2-day bllitz by 4.5 points margin, wins GCT Leuven
Final standings (Blitz) 1. Carlsen, Magnus gm NOR 2832 * * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 14.5 2. Giri, Anish gm NED 2771 1 ½ *...
Carlsen defeated MVL in 2-game playoff to win overall GCT Paris Title
After convincingly win the blitz portion of GCT Paris, Vachier-Lagrave caught Carlsen for the overall lead. The two headed into a 2-game 10′ 5″ rapid playoff games. Carlsen won the 1st game and drew the 2nd one to clinch...
Magnus Carlsen wins GCT Paris (Rapid)
Round 9 – Rapid Carlsen, Magnus Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 So, Wesley Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Topalov, Veselin Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Round 8 – Rapid Bacrot, Etienne Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Caruana,...
Does “smooooooth” winning matter?
A win is a win, period! And if you do not like it…..! The chess world lit up twitter (and various forums) yesterday after the epic episode between Magnus Carlsen and Maurice Ashley. After winning clear first in the...