Is life in the fast lane too much for Sergey Karjakin? Russian accused of running scared of Magnus Carlsen Malcolm Pein, chess correspondent 8 APRIL 2016 • 10:14AM Sergey Karjakin took home €95,000 (£75,000) for winning the Candidates Tournament...
Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good
Hebden’s good fortuneMalcolm Pein reports on the climax of the 89th Hastings Masters By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent5:53PM GMT 07 Jan 2014 Mark Hebden demonstrated that you can’t keep a good man down as he won his last three...
London Chess Classic seeds announced
London Chess Classic seeds announcedHikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler and Fabiano Caruana make up the top pool, reports By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent1:49PM GMT 04 Dec 2013 The seedings for the London Chess Classic Super-16 have been prepared....
Chess in Schools and Communities wins Innovative Project Award
Chess in Schools and Communities wins Innovative Project Award On 9th July 2013 Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC) was presented with the Innovative Project Award at the 2013 Sport and Recreation Alliance Awards sponsored by specialist insurance company...
GM norm for England’s leading junior
England’s leading junior player Yang Fan Zhou scored his first GM result at the Big Slick International at Purley. An eighth-round victory over Alexander Longson left Yang Fan needing just a draw in his final game and he won...
5th London Classic
I am delighted to announce that the 5th London Chess Classic will take place at Olympia from Saturday December 7th to Sunday December 15th. The 5th Classic will not feature top level Classical Chess, but it will be headlined...
Duchess of Cornwall plays chess at Telegraph tent
Duchess of Cornwall plays chess at Telegraph tent 6:25PM BST 23 May 2013 On the opening day of the Hay Festival the Duchess of Cornwall plays chess with Hay primary pupils at the Telegraph tent The Telegraph’s chess-themed tent...
Time nightmare
More magical chess from Levon Aronian gave him a deserved lead at the SOCAR FIDE Candidates in London, as his third-round opponent Vasily Ivanchuk lost on time for the second successive game. Ivanchuk again played like a genius with...
Krasenkow dominated Rilton Cup
The Polish GM Mihal Krasenkow was the winner of the 42nd Rilton Cup. One of the longest-running tournaments in the world, it is named after Tore Rilton, a Swedish doctor and chess enthusiast who died in 1983 and left...
Korchnoi master-class
Korchnoi master-class A victory by the chess legend By Malcolm Pein 5:18PM GMT 03 Jan 2013 The chess legend Viktor Korchnoi has been in hospital after suffering a stroke earlier this year. As recently as September, at the age...