The 20th edition of the Sigeman Chess Tournament was organized by Limhamn Chess Club on 9-16th May in Malmö, Sweden. This year the event had a round robin format with eight players. The additional sponsorship boosted the level of the tournament which featured the strongest lineup ever. The Italian champion Fabiano Caruana won the competition [...]

GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine successfully concluded the competition on Cuba to win his 6th trophy from the Elite Group of the traditional Capablanca Memorial. The 47th Capablanca Memorial was held from 3rd to 15th May at the Riviera hotel in Havana, Cuba. The Elite Group was a six-player double round robin. Ivanchuk confidently held [...]

Dramatic finishes punctuated an unpredictable day at the 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship.

Commentary by the European Team Chess Champion GM Naiditsch.

Live with GM Arkadij naiditsch and GM Csaba Balogh

The draw continued Nakamura’s pattern so far, as he has alternated winning and drawing through the first six games.

In a spectacular finish WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar from Indonesia regained the top position and won the title of the Asian chess champion.

The 11th Asian Continental Individual Open Chess Championship was held on 4-14th May 2012 at The First Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi became the Asian champion despite the last round defeat against the inspired GM Salem Saleh from UAE. Negi finished on 7/9 points, same as China’s GM Yu [...]

Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Karjakin, Ivanchuk, average ELO 2790

With his win today in round five over co-leader GM Gregory Kaidanov, local GM Hikaru Nakamura took control of the tournament.