Month: November 2018

Game eleven of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018, was played on Saturday 24th November. It saw Magnus Carlsen with his final White game of this twelve game match. After ten draws so far, time is fast running out if either of the players want to win the match outright, […check it out!]

Game ten of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018, was played on Thursday 23rd November. After nine draws, the match was tied at 4.5 points each and speculation had already started a few rounds ago as to the inevitability of tie-breaks. It seems so incredible to the knowing chess World, […check it out!]

Game nine of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018, was played on Wednesday 21st November, in London, United Kingdom. Reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, got what is now a four game match underway. Facing him across the board, his American Challenger, Fabiano Caruana. Of course, the day […check it out!]

Game eight of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018, was played on Monday 19th November. It was always going to be a very interesting game one way or another. There seems to be little between the contenders, reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and his Challenger, Fabiano Caruana […check it out!]

Game seven of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018, was played on Sunday 18th November. World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, would get the second half of this twelve game match underway, with his second White game on the spin. The Norwegian, would start this game with a determined and focussed stare, […check it out!]

Round six of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018, was played on Friday 16th November. The five rounds so far, had seen full points elusive and therefore the match was level at 2.5 points each. It seems quite a long time now, since that first game, in which the Challenger, […check it out!]

The FIDE World Chess Championship, resumed on Thursday 15th November, with game five. During Wednesday’s rest day, Magnus Carlsen had played football with his team, Fabiano Caruana had I believe done yoga, and all hell had broken loose down the road at the heart of the British government. It is […check it out!]

Hi there dear reader! It is game 4 day here in London and we press are settling into a routine. When it comes to this World Chess Championship, it begins with queuing outside the venue and begging to be let in so we can do our jobs. I hate to […check it out!]

Welcome back dear reader, I hope that this finds you well and refreshed after Sunday’s rest day. I think we needed it as well as the players after the first two games of this Championship! We really have been spoiled in the opening games, which were tense and saw a […check it out!]

It was a change of suit for Magnus Carlsen for game two of his World Chess Championship match against Fabiano Caruana. Away went the dark and in came the light as he donned a light grey number. It mirrored exactly the situation at the board, as the Champion swapped the […check it out!]