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Chess wonderboy Carlsen confident for world championship 8 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway is relaxed ahead of his challenge later this year for the world champion crown against reigning titleholder Viswanathan Anand of India. Slouched on a co...
Friedel beats Molner in chess playoff to win U.S. Open in Wisconsin 7 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
It was a popular win as Wisconsin GM Josh Friedel took top honors at the just-concluded 114th U.S. Open that wrapped up Sunday evening in the state capital of Madison. Friedel finished in a three-way ...
Pair's Efforts Can't Save US From a Drubbing 6 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
China walked away with a one-sided victory over the United States last month at an event in Ningbo, China. The final score was 101.5 to 48.5, with five men and five women from each country competing i...
Michael Adams raises world chess ranking after glorious Dortmund weekend 5 Aug 2013 | 09:56 pm
Michael Adams had a glorious two days last weekend in Dortmund when the England No1 routed the Russian chess champion and the world No4 in successive games, took the lead in Germany's elite chess tour...
Magnus Carlsen: I have the chance to dominate like Bobby Fischer 3 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
The planet's number one chess player talks preparation for the world chess championship, and his love for "Seinfeld". At the age of 22, Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, is the no. 1 ranked chess ...
A 10-Player Logjam at a High-Stakes Chess Event 2 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
The World Open has been the biggest chess tournament in the United States for four decades, the draw being the hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money. When this year’s tournament, in Arling...
Key win for Adams 31 Jul 2013 | 09:34 pm
Malcolm Pein reports on a superb victory for England's Michael Adams over the Russian chess champion Dmitry Andreikin. Michael Adams defeated the reigning Russian chess champion Dmitry Andreikin in th...
Mass. girl, 9, becomes youngest US chess master 29 Jul 2013 | 08:32 pm
Only three years or so since first picking up the game of chess, 9-year-old Carissa Yip can already look down at 93 percent of the more than 51,000 players registered with the U.S. Chess Federation. S...
Michael Adams faces Dortmund meeting with Dmitry Andreikin 27 Jul 2013 | 08:41 pm
The England No1, Michael Adams, plays a key game on Saturday, shown live and free online, when he will be White in a 2pm start against Dmitry Andreikin, the rising young 2012 Russian chess champion, i...
Tired Chess Brains in China 24 Jul 2013 | 08:45 pm
Saved from collapse by the rich Russian sponsors, the FIDE Grand Prix moved to China this month for its fifth leg. Some of the world class chess players came to Beijing tired from the previous hectic ...
