Photo Max Avdeev In November 30th, in New York City, Magnus Carlsen turned 26 and successfully defended his World Championship title against ferocious...
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Carlsen and Karjakin, Photo Max Avdeev After a short round on Monday, World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Sergei Karjakin head to a dramatic rapid...
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The first time Nikhil Kumar played in the National Congress a couple of years ago at age 10, his performance in the Under 2000 section was...
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Photo Maria Yassakova (AGON) After a dramatic round 10 in Carlsen-Karjakin, players and the fans were given a well deserved free day to contemplate...
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Photo Max Avdeev The 10th game of the epic C vs K saga was announced as the most important one up to this moment. A game in which Magnus had to create...
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GM Cristian Chirila writes about round nine of the World Chess Championship, in which Magnus Carlsen was perilously close to losing his second game in...
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The Election Committee will run a special Executive Board election to fill the vacancy caused by Randy Bauer's resignation concurrently with the 2017...
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At the end of the Champions Showdown, a 24 game marathon between Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Veselin Topalov in classical...
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Photo Max Avdeev The World Chess Championship 2016 game number 8 displayed epic fighting chess. After seven straight draws, the challenger, Sergey...
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GM Timur Gareyev will be attempting a World Record in Las Vegas in December 3. More photos at blindfoldking.com The Los Angeles Open was held from...
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Magnus Carlsen, Photo Brian Glover Today in New York City, spectators packed the house lining up around the corner in near freezing weather to get a...
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Magnus in round six, Photo Brian C Glover Entering into today’s game the World Championship match was tied 2.5-2.5 with all games ending in a draw...