London Chess Classic 2011 dates confirmedFor general release on 26th March 2011 The dates for the London Chess Classic 2011 have been confirmed and the tournament will be held from December 3-12 at the Olympia Conference centre in Kensington....
London Chess Classic
The 3rd London Chess Classic has been announced on 26th March 2011. The event will take place 3rd-12th December 2011 and will again be at the Olympia Conference Centre. This time there will be an additional player making it...
Chess Sponsorship Stalemate
Mark Crowther – Wednesday 9th February 2011http://www.chess.co.uk/twic FIDE Vice-President Israel Gelfer has issued a letter in response to Malcolm Pein’s press release on the withdrawal of London’s World Chess Championship bid. Read it in full below. The statement itself...
FIDE shares the facts about London WC match failed negotiation
Open letter of Mr. Israel Gelfer concerning the FWCM 2012Wednesday, 09 February 2011 13:35 Dear Malcolm, I received the announcement of Chess Promotions that you are withdrawing your offer to organize the FIDE World Championship match (FWCM) with great...
London withdraws World Championship bid
3rd February 2011 PRESS RELEASE Re: FIDE World Chess Championship London 2012 Chess Promotions Ltd has been in discussions with FIDE since February 2010 regarding the staging of the WCC in London. A € 50,000 deposit was paid to...
IM Malcolm Pein annotates
Judit Polgar and Gregory Kaidanov drew their Sicilian Defence Theme Match 2-2. All games were won by the player of the white pieces. Game two was a Sicilian Dragon. Polgar sacrifices two pawns to open lines towards the black...
Agony, ecstasy and the sweet reward
Ray Robson GMby IM Malcolm PeinTuesday 20th October 2009 There was agony and ecstasy in the last round of the SPICE international organised by Susan Polgar at her chess school in Texas. Attention was focused on the attempt by...
London Chess Classic
Official website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/ 2nd Sept 2009 Update on ratings. No Name NAT Sept Elo 1 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2772 2 Vladimir Kramnik Russia 2772 3 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2735 4 Nigel Short England 2706 5 Ni Hua China 2692...
Chess is Free for Children in London
Chess is Free for Children at the London Chess Classic 2009 The London Chess Classic 2009 will offer free admission to children for the duration of the event which runs from December 8th to 15th. Adult tickets are just...
London super tournament
London Chess Centre announces brand new super tournament in December in London Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament. [Press release 9th March 2009] London Chess Centre is proud to announce a world-class chess tournament to...