Carlsen, Anand and Nakamura finished half a point behind

Kosintseva, Muzychuk and Hou Yifan are half a point behind

Live games with analysis

Kamsky and Krush are on 4/4

Live games, information

Info by Espen Adestein with official statement by Carlsen

Tuvshintugs Batchimeg surprisingly defeated Hou Yifan

FIDE Presidential Board which is in progress at Baku, Azerbaijan, today confirmed Chennai as the venue for the World Chess Championship match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen from 06-26 November 2013. The agreement was signed today at Baku by Bharat Singh, Hony Secretary All India Chess Federation, and FIDE [...]

After two rounds of the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, there are curiously more perfect scores remaining in the latter tournament, despite having fewer than half the players of the former. Report by FM Mike Klein. Only three women (IMs Irina Krush and Anna Zatonksih and WGM Tatev Amrahamyan) and two men (GMs [...]

The action got a running start today as the majority of the first-round battles at the 2013 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship produced a clear victor. Report by FM Mike Klein. Half of the men’s games and 80 percent of the ladies’ skirmishes gave decisive results, kicking off nine rounds of chess at the [...]