Viswanathan Anand had to settle for a draw with Michael Adams in the sixth round of London Chess Classic but continues to hold joint lead with a round to go. Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik had a chance to surge ahead as sole leader after getting himself into a winning position against Magnus Carlsen of Norway but [...]

3170: Marie Sebag v Ivan Popov, Aeroflot Moscow 2008. How did the Frenchwoman (White, to play) beat the Russian grandmaster? Photograph: Graphic Magnus Carlsen recovered from a terrible start of two defeats in three games, escaped miraculously from a lost endgame, triumphed at this week’s London Classic, won the €50,000 first prize and regained the [...]

The second London Chess Classic, one of this year’s major chess events, finished Wednesday. But many chess players may ask: Who actually won the all-grandmaster tournament? Magnus Carlsen doesn’t have to worry. According to the rules set up by the London organizers, the 20-year-old grandmaster from Norway finished first and will collect 50,000 Euros for [...]

Anand: Chess has become more dynamic04.12.2010 – This morning we opened the biggest Hamburg newspaper to see a full page on Vishy Anand, talking about computers and how they have changed his and the world’s approach to the game. Yes, and also about quitting chess at 41 (spoiler: he is not considering it). Yesterday the [...]

Win Levon Aronian Loss Hikaru Nakamura Replay the game » Loss Magnus Carlsen Win Teimour Radjabov Replay the game » Win Magnus Carlsen Loss Pavel Eljanov Replay the game » Loss Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Win Hikaru Nakamura Replay the game » Levon Aronian is having a pretty good month. Actually, he’s have a pretty good year. [...]