Jones and McShane defied the odds at the European individual championship but Short had a nightmare at the Bangkok OpenEngland’s small group of grandmasters who compete abroad have been in action recently, sparking some impressive results but also a co…
The 25-year-old American has jumped to No 2 in the live ratings after winning two elite tournaments and is closing in on Carlsen, who he will play in the world title series this yearFabiano Caruana has won two elite tournaments in a fortnight, jum…
The 13-year-old, seeded 99th at the event in Karlsruhe, won €15,000 by scoring 8/9 to finish ahead of 49 grandmasters and over 1400 other players in first placeA 13-year-old schoolboy stole the show from the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and his chal…
Caruana’s victory in the candidates series in Berlin has sparked rumours that November’s world title contest may switch from London to United States and offer a larger financial prize to the winnerBy winning this week’s candidates tournament in Berlin,…
The American and Shak Mamedyarov lead after six of 14 rounds at the candidates with the winner to face Magnus Carlsen for the world titleAn online photo of Vlad Kramnik, head buried in arms and slumped at the board after his fourth-round defeat, sums u…
The world championship candidates tournament begins on Saturday with eight contenders gunning for the chance to face the NorwegianThe world championship candidates tournament opens at the Kulhaus, Berlin on Saturday afternoon, continues until 28 March …
British champion tied for first with the Dutchman only to lose in a speed play-off while Nigel Short shared third placeIreland’s Bunratty open celebrated its silver jubilee last weekend as a high-calibre entry battled for Blackthorne Transport’s £1,000…
Andrey Episenko, 15, and 19-year-old blitz specialist Vladislav Artemiev had notable wins in the early rounds at the Cosmos Hotel where the action hots up this weekendMoscow Aeroflot, one of the world’s great opens, reaches its critical rounds this wee…
The world No 1 won 14-10 in Oslo in a format that features randomised starting setting of pieces in an attempt to encourage creative openingsMagnus Carlsen captured another global crown, albeit an unofficial title, this week when Norway’s world No …
The 35-year-old Armenian showed why he is the favourite to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the world title in London in NovemberTradewise Gibraltar is widely reckoned the best open event in the world and its 2018 edition did not disappoint. The Rock’s att…
The world champion won his first elite tournament for 18 months by beating the home contender Anish Giri in a speed play-off3532 White mates in three moves, against any defence (by Fritz Giegold). This puzzle looks trivial, but you need to find a cute …
The top six – Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Giri, Anand, Karjakin and Kramnik – are separated by one point with two rounds to go3531 Gary Quillan v Vugar Gashimov, Gibraltar 2009. Play went 1 Re3 Nd5 2 Rxc3 Nxc3 with an eventual draw. What did White miss during…
The world champion is a full point behind the leader, Shak Mamedyarov, after six rounds of the prestigious tournamentShak Mamedyarov took a clear lead at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee on Friday night when the 32-year-old won a marathon sixth-round encounter …
The world champion had a disappointing 2017 in classical elite tournaments but has a chance to turn things around when the ‘Wimbledon of chess’ beginsMagnus Carlsen, the world champion, attempts to break an alarming sequence of setbacks in classical el…
The 48-year-old former world champion scored 10.5/15 at the three-day event which was mired in controversy over the visa problems experienced by some of the competitorsIndia’s former world champion Vishy Anand, now a veteran aged 48, rolled back the ye…
Magnus Carlsen is among those scheduled to appear at the event in Riyadh which has been dogged by issues surrounding visas for Israeli participants and the dress code for women competitorsThe 2017 world rapid (half-hour games) and blitz (five-minute) c…
World champion struggles badly again yet emerges with four-event Grand Tour trophy and £245,000 prize after testing tournament in LondonMagnus Carlsen won only twice in nine games, and survived several perilous moments, at this week’s London Classic. H…
The US No1 rose to second in the world behind Magnus Carlsen with wins in round four and five and Caruana now looks set to do well in the 2018 candidatesThis week’s London Classic at the Olympia Conference Centre has produced an epidemic of draws, with…
The world champion will play a 12-game series in November next year against the winner of the candidates seriesMagnus Carlsen’s next defence of his world crown will be a 12-game series in London from 9-28 November 2018. The decision, already widely rum…
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Teimour Radjabov are in with a chance of securing a spot in the event to determine the challenger for Magnus Carlsen’s world titleThe Fide Grand Prix has its final round in Palma de Mallorca on Saturday, with two of the eight…
