Page 6 - Chess

CHESS #1398

Magnus Carlsen leads in the ongoing Magnus Carlsen Invitational.

CHESS #1397

Alireza Firouzja was already marked as an extraordinary talent before he won his Banter Blitz match with Magnus Carlsen.

CHESS #1396

The Indian chess community raised around Rs 250,000 to fight Corona through an online blitz at the Playchess site.

CHESS #1395

Teimour Radjabov's stance in pulling out has been vindicated, and it's clear he's been unlucky. But what can Fide now do?

CHESS #1394

The Candidates tournament has been cut off due to Russia closing borders on Friday.

Covid-19: Viswanathan Anand's return on hold due to travel restrictions

He will be commentating for the Candidates tournament for a website, guess it will also keep him busy, says Viswanathan Anand's wife

Chess #1392

As of now, the Grenke Open, scheduled for mid-April in Germany is on. But Germany has issued advisories against large public gatherings and Grenke is massive

Chess #1391

The Third Grand Prix tournament for women is in play at Lausanne, Switzerland

Chess #1390

There's controversy brewing around Regium Chess, a new "chess-tech" company

There's proof that chess improves students' academics: Viswanathan Anand

In a Q&A, India's first Grandmaster and World Chess Championship in 2000 talks about his biography and the nuances of the game

CHESS #1389

The Madras High Court has set aside the election process to the All India Chess Federation

CHESS #1388

China is also a major chess "host" and it's an open question what would happen to planned events in 2020

CHESS #1387

Jan Timman analysed the upcoming Candidates in Yekaterinburg in mid-March

CHESS #1386

Fabiano Caruana produced a standout performance to take the Tata Steel with a round to spare

CHESS #1385

The Women's Title match went down to the wire and it was consistently exciting

Tata Steel Masters: Anand draws with Dubov; Carlsen back in reckoning

Fabiano Caruana of United States emerged as the sole leader on six points out of a possible nine after drawing with Nikita Vituigov of Russia

CHESS #1384

The Women's title match moved to Vladivostok for the second half

The troubled genius of Bobby Fischer, who died this week 12 years ago

It's a staggering story, perhaps even more than his eventual victory over Spassky, which brought an end to the USSR's domination of world chess - a win for the "free world" over the oppressive Soviets

CHESS #1383

Ju Wenjun drew first blood in game 4 of the World Title match, winning a scrappy endgame against Aleksandra Goryachkina

CHESS #1383

The King Salman World Blitz and Rapids in Moscow turned into yet another unqualified success for Magnus Carlsen