Live games with computer analysis

Photo report from the 2012 Indonesia Open

Participants and information

Magnus Carlsen will also challenge “The World” for a game of chess

Opening ceremony, pairings, photos, and more

A party at the the 18th century Somerset House in London

Five of the world top ten in Bilbao and Sao Paulo

The FIDE General Assembly has awarded the 2016 World Chess Olympiad to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. The other two application by Albena (Bulgaria) and Tallin (Estonia) did not make presentations before the voting and were not approved. The Chess Federation of Azerbaijan came up with a rich offer to host the 2016 Chess Olympiad [...]

Minute by minute updates about the Chess Olympiad 2012

The Superfinal of Russian Chess Championships for men and women is taking place from 3rd to 13th August at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel in Moscow. Both events will be 10-players round robins. Live games men / Live games women Men’s tournament: Sergey Karjakin (2785), World Rapid chess champion Alexander Grischuk (2763), World Blitz chess champion [...]