Alexandra Kosteniuk

YnetnewsIntensity Cools After 2 More Draws in Chess ChampionshipNew York TimesAfter the fireworks and decisive results of Games 7 and 8, the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand, the titleholder, and Boris Gelfand, lapsed back into relative calm as Games 9 and 10 were drawn on Wednesday and Thursday.World Chess Championships: All India Chess Federation fails to cash in on the duelIndia TodayWatch: Gelfand faces Anand in...  

The 2012 World Chess Championship is still tied with 2 games remaining ... IM Irina Krush defeated IM Anna Zatonskih in a rapid playoff to clinch her fourth U.S. Women's Championship title. Krush won the first game handily, and took advantage of time ...  

After the first nine games of the 12 game World Chess Championship, the match is tied.  Both World Champion Vishy Anand of India and his challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel have scored one win, while the remaining games have been drawn.    Gelfand won ...  

Irene to make history after Asian victoryNiken Prathivi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 05/16/2012 11:39 AMIndonesian Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Irene Kharisma Sukandar will become the first Indonesian woman to take part in the Women’s World Chess Championship in 2015 after triumphing at the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam over the weekend.“Irene attending the women’s world championship is history for Indonesia...  

World Chess Championship 2012: Round 3 UpdatePosted on May 14, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Strategy & Game Review, Tournament UpdatesThe 2012 World Chess Championship is taking place in Moscow, Russia on May 11-30 and features two of the best players in the game today: Defending World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and World Chess Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel). These two seasoned veterans in the chess...  

The U.S. Chess Championship at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center has not disappointed, especially with Hikaru Nakamura pulling out all stops in some spectacular games.  The media coverage has also been impressive -- including video interviews with the players and extensive bios.  With live coverage from various sources, and videos following, I am practically experiencing chess media overload these days -- especially with the World...  

Hello everyone and welcome to the live coverage of the World Chess Championship 2012 match between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand on Chessdom.com. Today is the opening ceremony day and we will have a live blog from Moscow that will be updated every 15 minutes.The messages will appear at this article in chronological order, including details of the preparations, statements by famous chess people in Moscow, interesting facts and figures...  

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The fourth game in the world chess championship between Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand also ended in a draw at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Tuesday. The series is now tied 2-2. After a day’s rest, the fifth game with ...  

Though it involves an Indian and an Israeli, the three-week-long World Chess Championship match now going on in Moscow also provides a glimpse of the weird and politically connected Russian chess scene. Attendees at the opening ceremony in the Tretyakov ...  

Illustrated report with GM analysis and videos. The World Chess Championship 2012 is being staged in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, between the current World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and the winner of the Candidates tournament Boris Gelfand of Israel.  

A lot of beliefs and predictions have already been thrown out of the window. The first was that Viswanathan Anand would outplay Boris Gelfand, the second that two 40-year-old players could not produce riveting chess, and finally, a break has been made from ...  

Moscow, May 26 (PTI) Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand today drew the 11th game against challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel as the World Chess Championship heads into a dramatic finish here today. The 24-move draw in the penultimate game under the normal ...  

First, chess is a sport which is played in over 100 countries ... a couple of gala functions would take place and after that we would forget him till he wins his next World Championship, that's how our hero is treated in India. Sometimes, I do ask myself ...  

Viswanathan Anand was unable to squeeze that extra inch expected from white pieces in the 10th game as it ended in yet another draw, leaving the match tied at 5-5 with two more games to go in the World Chess Championships in Moscow on Thursday. Boris ...