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 Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Image Courtesy Of Derrick Barotto There were three decisive games in the penultimate round of the Tata Steel Masters 2019. Magnus Carlsen’s victory over Jan-Zrzysztof Duda placed Carlsen in sole possession of first place with one round… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Carlsen & Giri Tied For The Lead There were four decisive games in the 11th round of Tata Steel Masters 2019. This now puts Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri in a tie for the lead with two rounds to go. A… Continue reading
All games from Round 3 were drawn. There were two decisive games from Round 4. Krmanik played a strategic masterpiece and had Giri tied in knots. On the 34th move Kramnik executed a breakthrough and the game was effectively over. (Left Diagram) The Berlin Wall crumbled right over… Continue reading
FIDE World Cup /2 The FIDE World Cup takes place in Baku Azerbaijan, September 11th to October 5th 2015. THE MARATHON : Cuba’s Lazaro Bruzon in disbelief as he let the Draw slip away, great persistence on Kramnik’s part ..End Game Rook Bishop King vs Rook and King .. Vlad… Continue reading
Hikaru Nakamura shot into the lead in the Zurich Chess Challenge with a “fortunate” win over Fabiano Caruana, who appeared to have a significant lead throughout, but faltered in the evaluation of Black’s pressure against f2 and of course the doubling of Rooks on the 2nd rank (Final Position below… Continue reading
NO LOGO Norway Chess 2014/Rd8 Sergey Karjakin defeats co-leader Vladimir Kramnik Image NorwayChess Rd8 GM Karjakin (2771) – GM Kramnik (2783) [1-0] Image NorwayChess Magnus Carlsen settled with a frustrating draw playing Black .. letting a win slip against Svidler. Rd8 GM Agdestein(2628) – GM Topalov(2772) [0-1] # Name Rtg Perf 1 2… Continue reading
The second edition of the Norway Chess tournament (officially “No Logo Norway Chess” ) is being held 2-13 June, 2014 in the Stavanger region in Norway.. The remaining schedule Tuesday 10.06.2014 15.30 7th round Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus Wednesday 11.06.2014 TBA Celebrety tournament Hall Toll,… 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
Kramnik has shown and IS showing that he is an absolute BEAST! In the 7th round of the FIDE World Cup he played the White pieces and decimated Andreikin. Both are incredibly good/tough opponents and one does not push either of them over without that “little something extra”. … Continue reading
