The 2016 World Championship Candidates tournament, got underway on Friday 11th March, in Moscow, Russia. Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, compete in a 14-round double-round-robin. The winner will face Magnus Carlsen later this year, in New York City, […check it out!]
The 2016 Candidates tournament continued on Saturday the 12th of March, with round 2. The questions were there to be answered: Could Viswanathan Anand continue his fine start to the tournament with another win? Could Veselin Topalov bounce back from his defeat (at the hands of Anand) even in the […check it out!]
Within the next few weeks, the chess world will know the identity of Magnus Carlsen’s challenger for the World Chess Championship. The FIDE Candidates Tournament, (the process traditionally called upon to decide the challenger to its World Champion), is due to begin, in Moscow, Russia on March 10. Eight hopefuls […check it out!]
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship is currently underway in Lviv, Ukraine. Defending Champion, Mariya Muzychuk, of the Ukraine, is taking on the challenge of Hou Yifan of China. The match is being contested over 10 games between March 2-18. After four games, the score is 2½-1½ in favour of […check it out!]
Magnus Carlsen’s challenger for the World Chess Championship may not be known yet, but the venue is. Organisers, AGON, have announced that the event will be held in New York City. This was of course the location that FIDE aspired to for a while, now, but when their President, Kirsan […check it out!]
This week, the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship gets underway, in Lviv, Ukraine. The defending champion, Mariya Muzychuk of the Ukraine, takes on the challenge of Hou Yifan of China. The word ‘challenge’ is perhaps misleading, as Hou is the former Women’s World Chess Champion, and Muzychuk’s predecessor, who relinquished […check it out!]
The FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship begins today in Lviv, Ukraine. The venue is Potockis’ Palace. World Champion, Mariya Muzychuk, will defend her title against challenger Hou Yifan. The match will be played over 10 classical games, (90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the […check it out!]
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