FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 10-21 October

Today the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss begins on Isle of Man. This event has usually been a well attended Open chess tournament but this year things have changed. FIDE have teamed up with Chess.com and together with the Isle of Man hosts created a Grand Swiss tournament for the top rated players (and some wildcards).

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 BERLIN CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT 2018: Round 10-12

The candidates tournament really took fire after Saturdays 12th rounds as what seemed to be a two-horse race suddenly have 5 players fighting for a win with just 2 rounds remaining. The story of the tournament, even outshining the terrible showing of Aronian and the ups and many downs of Kramnik, is of course Sergey

FIDE BERLIN CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT 2018: ROUND 7-9

We’ve passed the half-way point of the candidates tournament, and after 9 rounds the field is pretty well dispersed into a leader group, a middle section and the tailenders. As action picks  up today (Thursday 22.) with a highly interesting round 10 let’s first take a look at what transpired the last three rounds before

FIDE BERLIN CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT 2018: Round 4-6

Today round 7 of the Berlin  candidates tournament kicks of after the second rest day, so before the action again picks up here’s a short recap of round 4 through 6 and a look at what’s in store in the upcoming rounds. One thing is certain, the candidate tournament has lived up to the hype

Chess World Cup 2017

The Chess World Cup starts on Sunday with 128 players fighting over the board in the first 64 matches of the tournament. The tournament is hosted in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia and is one of the ways in to the very important candidates tournament (challenger Karjakin won in 2015 to qualify) but also boasts