Year: 2016

Magnus Carlsen’s challenger for the Chess World Championship will be Russia’s Sergey Karjakin. Karjakin, 26, claimed his place opposite the World Champion, by winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Moscow, which has just recently been completed. Karjakin was in joint lead of the tournament, going into the final round, which […check it out!]

Round 13 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, was played on Sunday 27th March. The players had enjoyed their final rest day, (some more than others I imagine), the day before, and there was an air of excitement going in to this, the penultimate round. The tournament was looking like […check it out!]

Round 12 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, was played on Friday 25th March. The tournament was in its closing stages, and this round would really turn the heat up somewhat. Going into the round, Viswanathan Anand was joint leader. His victory over Sergey Karjakin in the previous round, gave […check it out!]

The eleventh round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, took place on Thursday 24th March. It would see quite an eventful round with two decisive games. Among them, would be Peter Svidler’s first full point of the tournament. The Russian played the black side of a Slav Defence against Levon […check it out!]

Round 10 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 took place on Wednesday 23rd March. Fabiano Caruana, came out obviously refreshed after the rest day and took his second win of the tournament. Following up his round eight win over Hikaru Nakamura, he took a point from former World Champion, Viswanathan […check it out!]

The ninth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 took place on Monday 21st March. It would be the final round before the rest day. The round would see Viswanathan Anand take his third win of the tournament, at the expense of joint-leader, Levon Aronian. The Giuoco Piano was Anand’s […check it out!]

Round 8 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, took place on Sunday 20th March. A bit of a buzz was starting around the chess world, with the feeling that there had been something of a change of atmosphere, that the players were beginning to stake their claims. Would this be […check it out!]

The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, resumed after the second rest day, on Friday 19th March, with the seventh of fourteen rounds. Of course, Hikaru Nakamura had had a tough day at the office in the previous round, and so needed to regain some confidence. And this is what he seemed […check it out!]

The sixth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, 2016, took place on Thursday 17th March. It would be the final round before the second rest day. I think it’s fair to say that Viswanathan Anand has been lacking some confidence as of late. A couple of World Championship defeats, and […check it out!]