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Sunday, March 24, 2013 20:16
Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian are still tied for first place after eight rounds at the FIDE Candidates' Tournament in London. The leaders of the tournament faced each other over the board on Sunday and drew a Catalan game in 41 moves. Vladimir Kramnik, who beat his compatriot Peter Svidler in a Grünfeld, is now one point behind the two. Like Kramnik, Boris Gelfand won his first game of the tournament. The Israeli defeated Teimour Radjabov by...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013 16:06
After our critical interview with Andrew Paulson it seems fair to highlight something very positive about the organization of the Candidates'...
Sunday, March 24, 2013 15:36
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the...
Saturday, March 23, 2013 19:59
In what was the shortest round of the FIDE World Chess Candidates’ Tournament so far, Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen maintained their 1.5 point...
Saturday, March 23, 2013 19:46
Some wonderful news reached us today: Salome Melia has raised enough funds for her daughter's surgery. During the recent Women's World Championship...
Friday, March 22, 2013 18:21
Together with FIDE, Agon is the organizer of the FIDE Candidates' Tournament that's currently under way in London. The head of Agon is Andrew Paulson...
Thursday, March 21, 2013 21:19
By winning in round 6 Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen increased their lead at the FIDE Candidates' Tournament to 1.5 points. Carlsen beat Svidler...
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Friday, March 22, 2013 18:53
I’m writing from London, where the biggest chess tournament of the year, the World Candidates Tournament, is well and truly underway. Eight of the... |
Sunday, March 10, 2013 18:19
I left you on Wednesday with the completion of the Reykjavik Open. We went out for a nice meal at Gandhi, an Indian restaurant (obviously) followed... |
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 18:52
While browsing the old tournaments I spotted a couple of nice combinations from the Berkeley open 2011. In the first one Timur Gareev show his usual... |
Thursday, March 07, 2013 13:28
One of my bright memories that I have about Julian is the tournament in Ferrol (Spain) some years ago. The event was coming to its end and a bunch... |
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 20:29
Previewing the Candidates 2013, Daniel King demonstrates two of Magnus Carlsen's endgames.
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Monday, March 04, 2013 17:30
Kasparov vs Anand staged in the World Trade Center in New York 1995. As a journalist and TV reporter Daniel King happened to be there and now shows... |
 Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:36
Why is it not possible to follow chess games on your mobile easily and for free? Many chess players must have wondered about this, and many would... |
 Friday, December 07, 2012 15:44
Recently two auto-biographies have seen the light, both by grandmasters of world class who were close to, but did not make it to the absolute world... |
 Thursday, February 21, 2013 18:29
Last year two new books were published where the author took up the challenge of offering Black players a complete repertoire against 1.d4. After... |
 Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:30
After having enjoyed immensely reading the first volume in the Black Gambit series, I couldn’t wait for GM Boris Alterman’s repertoire book featuring... |
 Saturday, January 19, 2013 16:35
Mikhail Tal would have been 76 years old if the 8th World Champion hadn't passed away, way too young, on June 28th, 1992. It's more than justified... |
 Monday, October 15, 2012 16:49
When I first heard that Judit Polgar had published a new book in which she analyzes her early chess games (until 1991), I was more than just... |
 Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:42
The three-move draw (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 ½-½) between Pavel Eljanov and Wesley So at the Reykjavik Open has re-opened the never-ending debate... |
 Monday, July 16, 2012 17:05
I’m normally a bit skeptical when chess players give lectures – cobbler, stick to thy last! – but Vishy Anand’s recent Accenture lecture (posted on... |
 Monday, October 29, 2012 23:11
Last week, when I read about the recent cheating scandal in the German Bundesliga, GM Falko Bindrich's open letter responding to the accusations and... |
 Saturday, June 23, 2012 18:15
Today exactly 100 years ago, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century was born in London (from where I happen to be writing this article): Alan... |
 Tuesday, September 11, 2012 14:49
Although it’s not the most popular genre around, there is definitely a market for chess books on psychology and subjective experience. For me,... |
 Monday, June 11, 2012 23:06
I am spending many an evening of my summer holiday on the beautiful island Sardinia, Italy, re-reading detective stories I devoured as a teenager (... |
 Friday, March 22, 2013 16:45
New: Chess Strategy: Move by Move.
IM Adam Hunt is a full-time chess teacher and presents an easy-to-read guide for club players and juniors. Topics... |
 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:14
New DVD: 1.e4 - how to tame the Alekhine, Scandinavian and Pirc
After viewing top GM Viktor Bologan's new DVD, 1.e4 players will thank Black... |
 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 14:57
Grandmaster Preparation: Strategic Play is out!
Positional is the goal and strategy is planning how to get there, says Jacob Aagaard. This new volume... |
 Friday, March 08, 2013 16:22
This is what some of the critics had to say about The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal.
“Exceptional, instructive and entertaining.” – KARL Magazine
"If... |
 Friday, March 15, 2013 16:06
In the next few days we will start shipping two sparkling new opening books:
The Colle Move by Move.
IM Cyrus Lakdawala presents a Colle repertoire... |
 Friday, March 01, 2013 15:25
New: The Dark Knight System, by James Schuyler.
The Dark Knight System covers 1.e4, 1.d4 and 1.c4, and is a potent mix of several other openings. It... |
