TOURNAMENT STANDINGS World Championship Candidates Tournament London, January 15, 2013: FIDE and AGON–the World Chess Federation’s commercial partner–are pleased to announce the players, dates and venue of the 2013 Candidates Tournament. The London Candidates will be the strongest tournament of its kind in history. The Prize Fund to be shared… Continue reading
Magnus Carlsen improved his rating of 2861 to 2872 after winning 11 points at the Tata Steel tournament in January. Now primed for the candidates tournament in London, to do battle for the coveted challengers seat. The right to play World Champion Viswanathan Anand . [Round 5 of Tata Steel] Which of… Continue reading
FIDE November 2012 – Top Players Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2848 10 1990 2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2815 10 1982 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2795 0 1975 4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2793 6 1987 5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA… Continue reading
The US cable news channel CNN visited this year ‘s London Grand Prix opening reception and first round,also they interviewed Andrew Paulson..
[image Ester Dyson] CHESS-LOVING entrepreneur Andrew Paulson has bought the commercial rights to the World Chess Championships, in a bid to transform the 1,600 year-old sport into a global entertainment form. Paulson struck the exclusive deal with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), to host the championships… Continue reading
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is sponsoring their second GM norm tournament from April 9 through April 13 where players will compete to earn norms toward the Grand Master title. Rank Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9… Continue reading
The Official website of the World Chess Championship in Moscow has been launched. Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the official site of the world chess title match has opened at http://moscow2012.fide.com. The site gathers and systematizes all the vital information on the forthcoming duel. Visitors to… Continue reading
The games are over .. the Winners are listed below Rapid: Men – Wang Hao (CHN) Women – Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) Blitz: Men – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) Women – Hou Yifan (CHN) Blindfold: Men – Almasi Zoltan (HUN) Women – Hou Yifan (CHN) Continue reading
Daily four-hour video coverage will be transmitted from 7:00-11:00 (CET), 14:00-18:00 (CST) on The Sports Hub www.youtube.com/mindgameschannel Bridge: BBO: http://www.bridgebase.com Ourgame: http://register.ourgame.com/special/foreign Chess: http://sportaccord2011.fide.com/index.php Draughts: WBF Website: http://swmg.fmjd.org/with-computer-analyses Go: SINA: http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess Wbaduk: www.wbaduk.com/ Xiangqi: WXF Website: http://24.52.200.45/wxf , http://24.52.200.45/wxfc Continue reading
The first game was played on 11 July. Of the five games contested previously between the two players, the score was three wins for Spassky and two draws. At the appointed hour, match arbiter Lothar Schmid started the clock and Spassky played 1.d4, but Fischer was not in the… Continue reading
