The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016, is currently underway in Moscow, Russia. Round 5 was held on the 16th of March. So far the tournament had seen a pattern of one decisive game among three draws, but in this round the pattern would be broken and all points would be halved. […check it out!]
The 2016 FIDE Candidates Tournament, resumed on Tuesday, following Monday’s rest day. Chess fans around the world hoped for fighting chess, and were not to be disappointed in the main. As has been the case so far in the tournament, there was one decisive game among three draws. The full […check it out!]
The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, concluded in Tehran, Iran, on the 23rd of February, 2016. Going in to the final three games of the tournament, Nana Dzagnidze led with 6½ points from 8 games. Unfortunately she was unable to build on this lead. Having a bad final stage, the Georgian lost her final […check it out!]
The 2016 Candidates Tournament, continued with round 3 on Sunday the 13th of March. It would be the last round before the first rest day. These can always be unpredictable, with some players looking to make the extra push in anticipation of a recovery day; or to consolidate their position; […check it out!]
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!]
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