Dubov and Carlsen win in St. petersburg

Today yet another good chess year came to an end with the final day of the World Blitz Championship. Going into the final day a certain Magnus Carlsen was the big favourite, but it was indeed a close fought battle with a talented Duda from Poland chasing Carlsen all the way to the final round,

World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2018

This year the rapid and blitz world chess championship takes place in St. Petersburg between 26 and 30 December (opening ceremony on 25 December). Originally planned to be held in Saudi Arabia, it was changed to Russia very late as the Saudi Arabian federation could not guarantee that all players would be allowed to participate.

FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018 – Carlsen remains the champion

As many suspected (feared?) halfway through the games between Carlsen and Caruana, the match went to tiebreak after 6-6 in the classical games. The tiebreak was held on Wednesday  (November 28.) and it was a crushing victory for the reigning champion, seemingly cruising in to a devastating 3-0 score after 3 rapid games (25 min

FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018 – The Halfway point

On Sunday we’ve past the halfway point as game #7 begins in the ongoing world chess championship match between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Fabiano Caruana. After 6 games it’s still tied with 3-3 after 6 draws, a result that is a bit surprising after “everyone” predicted a match with a lot more

FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018

It’s finally time for the highlight of the chess calendar, the World Chess Championship match between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. There are many interesting talking points concerning this match, two of which being the first match for many years between two players representing two Western countries and the first match between the

A chess update

Haven’t done a chess post since July, and as the World Championship match is fast approaching I thought I’d do a short update on what has been happening in recent weeks and what’s coming up just around the corner. Chess Olympics In the Open section USA was the favourite as the top ranked team (no

Preview: Biel International Chess Festival

On Saturday the 51st Biel Chess Festival begins, and it’s finally time to see Carlsen hit the field after his 2nd place in Norway Chess. Carlsen will play in the closed Accentus Grandmaster Tournament that highlights the festival. Carlsen have been fairly quite the last few months as he turned down the invitation to participate

Preview: Your Next Move GCT & Paris GCT

As the dust settled on Altibox Norway Chess almost all of the players are heading for Belgium to play in the first leg of this year’s edition of Grand Chess Tour. Let’s first do a quick recap of  Altibox Norway Chess as it ended in dramatic fashion with Caruana bounced back after his loss in

Preview: Altibox Norway Chess 2018

After a rather quiet May for many of the top chess players things kick off for real today  Monday May 28 in Norway Chess (after the blitz on Sunday determined which of the 5 players got 5 games with white). In its 6th edition the tournament continues to be a highlight in the chess calendar,

Upcoming events in chess: U.S. Championship & Shamkir Chess

The top chess players continue having a busy schedule. Caruana  pulled  off an impressive win at Grenke Chess beating Carlsen and the rest of the field by a full point after 9 rounds. An extremely strong result after the grueling candidate tournament – can he keep that form up to November and  Carlsen is in