Fabiano Caruana broke the draw streak in London and has now started a new streak of his own after beating Vishy Anand to claim a second win in a row. That puts him a full point clear of the field, …
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 …