Next Saturday the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament begins in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Today we give a preview, and we'll post three interviews with distinguished participants in the coming days!
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1. FIDE is opening a bidding procedure for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2012 which will determine the challenger for the World Championship Match in 2013. 2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum: a) Proposed exact dates of
(FULL REPORT) The second game of the World Cup final between Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler ended in a rather quick draw on Saturday. In the match for 3rd and 4th place, Vassily Ivanchuk took the lead; he beat Ruslan Ponomariov with the black p
(FULL REPORT) The second game of the World Cup final between Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler ended in a rather quick draw on Saturday. In the match for 3rd and 4th place, Vassily Ivanchuk took the lead; he beat Ruslan Ponomariov with the black p
1. FIDE is opening a bidding procedure for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2012 which will determine the challenger for the World Championship Match in 2013. 2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum: a) Proposed exact dates of
The tie-break of the World Cup Semi-final between Alexander Grischuk (Russia) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) was played on Wednesday, September 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The players exchanged victories in rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second per move)
The European Youth Championship started last Saturday, September 10th in Albena, Bulgaria, with the opening ceremony. Each federation can register one player in each of the under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 (boys and girls) categories.
On Sunday the fir
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the French Championship on Thursday. The top seed finished clear first with 7/11, half a point ahead of Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet, Andrei Istratescu and Sebastien Feller. In the final round Vachier-Lagrave held Bacr
The French Championship has reached six of its eleven rounds, and top GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is sharing the lead with Romanian-born GM Andrei Istratescu. One of the participants is Sebastien Feller, who again fully denied that he cheated in Khanty
In the last round of the Russian Championship Super Final, Alexander Morozevich defeated Peter Svidler, who had already secured the title yesterday. Vladimir Kramnik beat Alexander Galkin after yet again sacrificing a piece with the black pieces. Mor