Tournament Roundup: Three Share First in Elista
4/1/2009 external link
The 2008 tournament season ended with the FIDE Grand Prix event in Elista, Russia. Although there were a few dropouts, the remaining field of 14 was quite strong, including some...
New Year, New Ratings
2/1/2009 external link
FIDE recently released their January 2009 Rating List. Veselin Topalov takes the top spot this time around, just missing out on the 2800 barrier at 2796. It's worth noting that...
The Season For Giving
24/12/2008 external link
Merry Christmas to all the chess players out there reading this blog! For Christmas, I thought I'd try something different for today's post. This is the season for giving, and...
Every Move Explained: Morphy's Opera House Game
21/12/2008 external link
Since beginning as About.com's Chess Guide, I've received numerous requests for various types of articles. By far, the most common request has been for an "every move explained" section, detailing...
Topalov Wins Pearl Spring With One Round to Spare
20/12/2008 external link
It's another incredible performance for Veselin Topalov, who defeated Peter Svidler today with the Black pieces to clinch victory in Nanjing. His 6.5/9 score puts him 1.5 ahead of Bu...
Topalov and Bu Lead in Nanjing
18/12/2008 external link
Local favorite Bu Xiangzhi and Veselin Topalov fought to a 70-move draw in the 7th round of the Pearl Spring Chess Tournament in Nanjing, China. The draw kept both players...
Tournament Roundup: Nanjing, Elista, USCL
14/12/2008 external link
There's been a lot of high-level tournament chess being played around the world in the last week or so - a supertournament in China, a rescheduled Grand Prix in Elista,...
Hou Yifan Becomes GM, Breaks Record
8/12/2008 external link
Hou Yifan, the 14-year-old Chinese chess prodigy, has recently been awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE. In doing so, she has broken the record set by Judit Polgar in 1991...
Carlsen Withdraws From Grand Prix
4/12/2008 external link
The first major fallout from FIDE's ever-changing World Championship cycles came today, as Magnus Carlsen has dropped out of the FIDE Grand Prix series. Originally, the Grand Prix champion was...
FIDE Alters Championship Structure (Again)
3/12/2008 external link
In a move that can't really be called a surprise, FIDE has again changed the method they'll be using in the future for determining World Championship candidates. The new format...
