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The closing ceremony of the World Chess Championship Match will take place on 31 MayThe closing ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match will start at 4.00 pm at the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The award ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship will be held as part of the closing ceremony.The final press conference will be attended by Viswanathan Anand (India), Boris Gelfand (Israel), President of the...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom The live feed is down. This is what I get:1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Gelfand was ready to employ the Najdorf. But Anand wisely played 3. Bb5+ to get away from Gelfand's strength.9...Qa6 10. exd6 Two options to take back, Q or P.10... exd6 11. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f6 Black is slightly better but Anand is confident that...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom This is a must win game 3 for Gelfand. Hard to win with black against Anand in game 4 if he doesn't do it here. Both of these guys are my friends for decades. Sad to see one of them lose. But that is a part of the game.Rapid, blitz and Armageddon not the fairest way to decide a world championship but they are exciting for fans. Agreed?1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6...  

Chess phenom Josh Waitzkin has sold his three-bedroom co-op at 200 West Houston Street, the New York Observer reported. The chess champ, on whom the film “Searching for Bobby Fischer” is based, nabbed the pad, between Downing and Bedford streets, for only $1.9 million. It was listed in 2009 for $2.5 million, the Observer said. The corner duplex apartment has 10-foot ceilings and is part of a 29-unit “intimate co-op,” according to Streeteasy...  

The chess prodigy who came to symbolize Cold War tensions, then devolved into obscurity and paranoia is shown here in his golden era. Harry Benson, a British expat, accomplished a feat worthy of Fischer himself: gaining access to the notoriously barbed and private grandmaster. From Buenos Aires t...  

Fischer vs Kasparov: The Sicilian Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation with 6. f4Posted on May 28, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Chess Openings, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game ReviewThe Amsterdam Variation with 6. f4 is an interesting option to the main lines of the Sicilian Najdorf, allowing white to deviate from the more thoroughly analyzed variations like 6. Bc4, 6. Bg5, and 6. Be2. The drawback for white is that black is...  

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 In the previous 2 games as white, Gelfand player 6. Bd3 and 6. Qc2 and got little for it. So now he tries 6. c5. Will 3rd option be a charm. Erwin l'Ami: ‏Gelfand played 6.c5 a few times before. His wins against Miroshnichenko and Feller (both 2008) are worth checking out! 6..Nbd7 7. Qc2 Once again, they're are cranking out moves at...  

Fischer vs Kasparov – The Sicilian Najdorf: 6. Bg5 Posted on April 25, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Chess Openings, Strategy & Game ReviewThe 6. Bg5 Main Line of the Sicilian Najdorf is one of the most thoroughly researched and investigated lines in opening theory, as the naturally forcing nature of white’s aggressive set-up leads to extremely complicated positions very early in the opening and middlegame. The 6. Bg5 set-up also...  

Artwork by Mike MagnanThe Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2012 will be held from 30th May to 6th June at the Sheraton Hotel, Batumi, Georgia.The event is organized and conducted by the ACP and the Georgian Chess Federation and approved by FIDE.FormatRapid Swiss, 11 roundsBlitz Swiss, 15 roundsTime controlRapid 25 min + 10 secondsBlitz 4 min + 2 secondsFIDE Rules for Rapid Chess and FIDE Rules for blitz are applied.Zero tolerance...  

Olympiad and Congress InvitationFriday, 04 May 2012 06:38INVITATIONWorld Chess Olympiad 201283rd FIDE CongressDear Friends,Turkish Chess Federation, under the auspices of Sport and Youth Ministry and World Chess Federation, invites all member federations of FIDE to take place in the 40th FIDE World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. As an experienced organizing federation, the Turkish Chess Federation promises you a very good Olympiad and FIDE...  

Hello everyone and welcome to the Aronian - Kramnik 2800 third game match live coverage! Today is the second game, Aronian has white and a point advantage in the match. I am GM Arkadij Naiditsch and will be commenting for you live the games from Zurich. I have just finished my Dirty Chess DVD and now I will dedicate time to you, the chess fans! 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 5....Bb4 is the main move for Black...  

Levon Aronian still 2nd in FIDE rankings with 2825 points May 1, 2012 - 12:10 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On May 1, FIDE published the list of strongest chess players of the world according to which Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian maintains second place with 2825 points. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) tops the list; followed by Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik with 2801 points. Another Armenian chess player Sergei Movsesian dropped to 47th place with 2698...  

Hello everyone, I am GM Kamil Miton, one of the six authors of Chess Evolution May 2012 edition. Today I will be commenting the Kramnik - Aronian match for you live, in a situation where everything is equal after 4 games. Game 5 starts in a few minutes! Enjoy! 1. Nf3 The very favorite move of Vladimir Kramnik! Interesting start of the game today 1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 Slav defense on the board, something that Skaev is bringing the top...  

Check out how Heather Pearson chooses to play chess. The Grade 7 student at River View public school could opt for a traditional chess board, or play the game that began about 1,500 years ago with applications on new-fangled gadgets like an iPad or iPod.[...]  

Four years ago, Jaci Carlsen was helping the Spanish Springs softball team to its second of back-to-back state championship titles, also the second state crown in the program’s history.