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Chess Article in "The Atlantic"

Santiago Wills writes "How America Forgot About Chess" in The Atlantic. (original story)

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Tired of draws? Check out ChessVibes Openings #176!

BLACK TO PLAY. The level has seemed pretty high at the World Championship so far, as confirmed by commentator Jan Timman, but as chess fans we want to see fireworks as well. The Game of the Week in ChessVibes Openings #176 is Ni Hua-Le Quang Liem from the Asian Continental Championship, and it reach... (original story)

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Caruana wins 20th Sigeman & Co with 2853 performance

Fabiano Caruana won the 20th Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö, Sweden on Wednesday. The Italian grandmaster scored a splendid 5.5/7 which was half a point more than Peter Leko and good for a 2853 performance rating. Anish Giri and Nils Grandelius shared third place with 4/7. A convincing victory fo... (original story)

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Mauling the Caro-Kann!

In this week's lesson, Dennis tells us a little about mauling the Caro-Kann. He takes a look at a game from the ongoing U.S. Chess Championship in which Gata Kamsky scored an impressive victory over Yasser Seirawan's Caro-Kann. The game features exciting sacrifices, sharp opening play, and an instru... (original story)

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Gelfand-Anand G6, another Chebanenko Semi-Slav, drawn after 29 moves

MORE LATER Game 6 in the World Championship match between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw as well. Anand repeated his Chebanenko Semi-Slav and Gelfand tried something different on move 6. He won a pawn, but didn't see a way to finish his development without giving it back quickly... (original story)

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By the time that we got to Moscow we were half a billion strong

Five hundred million? Really? (original story)

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Nakamura in control of his own destiny

After beating Kamsky with black, Nakamura is now in control of his own destiny. He will have white against Seirawan. Kamsky on the other hand must hope that Nakamura will draw Seirawan and he will beat Hess with black to have a playoff.Standings with one round to goRkNameRating123456789101112Score1G... (original story)

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Anand and Gelfand meet in Moscow during the venue inspection

Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand start their World Chess Championship 2012 match in a few days. In order to have their mind only on chess after the opening ceremony, they visited the playing hall to make sure everything is in order.During the World Championship two years ago in Sofia Anand and To... (original story)

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Ivanchuk leads Capablanca Memorial, Dominguez second

Standings after 5 rounds1.Ivanchuk, VassilygUKR27643½28292.Dominguez Perez, LeiniergCUB2725327603-4.Nepomniachtchi, IangRUS27162½26893-4.Laznicka, ViktorgCZE26932½26945.Potkin, VladimirgRUS2642226326.Quesada Perez, YunieskygCUB26251½2559Chess daily news from Susan Polgar (original story)

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Chess trivia

Can you name this very famous chess person? He made big impact for chess in his country.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar (original story)

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