13 and Kasparov Born : April 13 1963 Garry Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at age 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov. He was the 13th Champion and held the official FIDE world title until 1993. Kasparov’s peak rating was 2851. It was… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Malmö, Sweden10 – 14 May 2017 6 Rounds – 5 Player Round Robin Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves + 50 minutes in 20 moves + 15 minutes all moves + 30 seconds for each move starting from move 1 Schedule : * CET (UTC/GMT +2)10.05 2017 – Round 01 –… Continue reading
Tradewise Gibaltar Chess/Rd6 SHORT with a big win over Caruana scores 5/6 Rd6 Short-Caruana 1-0 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3… Continue reading
The 2016 Tradewise Chess Festival Jan 25-Feb 4 2016 LIVE games start, Tuesday 26 January, 15.00 CET http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/live2016/masters.htm Pairings are up 1 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 0 0 IM Bellin Robert 2350 132 2 129 FM Shachar Ehud 2353 0 0 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 2 3… Continue reading
During the eighth round of the 2008 Corus chess tournament, Cheparinov was forfeited against Nigel Short because he refused (multiple times) to shake hands before his game. Short informed the arbiter, who had to be reminded of the rule, and the games was decided without a move. FIDE’s… Continue reading
*Image http://bangkokchess.com/ Grandmaster Nigel Short is the 2015 Thai Open Champion.. The Thai Open, April 12th to 19th held by the Bangkok Chess Club, attracted 299 players from 42 countries .. Rd9 Ghosh (2512) vs. Short (2664) 0-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6… Continue reading
The devastating article I wrote for New In Chess on the corrupt practices of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Co. AGONY In September 2012, in Istanbul, the FIDE General Assembly dutifully passed an agreement, selling the commercial rights of most of the main FIDE events, including the World Championship, to Agon –… Continue reading
The 5th London Chess Classic will take place at Olympia from Saturday December 7th to Sunday December 15th. The 5th Classic will NOT feature classical chess, but instead a world class rapid tournament. The participants are: Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Boris Gelfand, Mickey Adams, Peter Svidler, Luke… Continue reading
Judit Polgar Nigel Short GM Judit Polgar beat GM Nigel Short in Chess.com’s Death Match 18 on October 5, 2013. The final score was 17.5-10.5, with Polgar winning especially the three-minute segment (6-2). The two played 28 games with only three draws. They both played the King’s Gambit as… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Nigel Short Nigel Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and is often regarded as the strongest English player of the 20th century,… Continue reading
