In a centuries-old rivalry, Oxford and Cambridge Universities squared off over the weekend for an 8-board match at the Royal Automobile Club in central London. Oxford won this round 4½-3½, narrowing Cambridge’s overall lead to five match wins. The two …
THE ENGLISH CHESS CHALLENGE SEMI-FINALS (ECC) This is tournament was set up in 2001 to provide a tournament of its own type where ALL of CCF’s trainees (plus others who wish to enter) can take part with a properly accountable …
The 92nd Hastings International Chess Congress is under way from 28 December. Watch LIVE The event runs until January 5 and is dedicated to the memory of Con Power, Congress Secretary from 1983 until 2015. I particularly remember that period …
Wesley So has won the 2016 London Chess Classic and taken his Grand Chess Tour earnings to a whopping $295,000. All he needed to complete his triumph was a rock solid draw against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave since Fabiano Caruana got nothing …
Fabiano Caruana is within 11 points of Magnus Carlsen on the rating list after beating Hikaru Nakamura with a in a razor-sharp line of the Najdorf Sicilian. Wesley So still leads after cashing in on Veselin Topalov’s continuing self-destruction, while …
8th London Chess Classic >>> LIVE coverage Mickey Adams took full advantage of a Veselin Topalov in full tilt mode to score the only win of Round 5 of the London Chess Classic. That game featured some brilliant attacking chess, …
8th London Chess Classic Round 5 >>>LIVE coverage The main event started Friday 9 December. Round 5 takes place Tuesday 16.00. There will be LIVE coverage with expert analysis and commentary direct from the Olympia Conference Centre. We hope you …
That was the only decisive game of Round 3 of the London Chess Classic, but we got to watch some high quality chess. Wesley So needed to dig very deep to escape against Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik showed ingenuity against …
At 4 pm London time the London Chess Classic 2016 began. It is the last tournament of the “Grand Chess Tour”. The tournament winner in London receives 75,000 USD, the overall winnner of the “Grand Chess Tour” receives another 75,000 …
The 8th edition of the London Chess Classic is taking place in the Olympia Conference Centre in London from Friday 9th to Sunday 18th December, and despite the absence of the World Champion the 9-round event is even stronger than …