Candidates 2016

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 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!]