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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...
Photo Max Avdeev The 10 th 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...
GM Cristian Chirila writes about round nine of the World Chess Championship, in which Magnus Carlsen was perilously close to losing his second game… Read More »
The Election Committee will run a special Executive Board election to fill the vacancy caused by Randy Bauer's resignation concurrently with the 2017…
At the end of the Champions Showdown, a 24 game marathon between Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Veselin Topalov in classical...
Photo Max Avdeev The World Chess Championship 2016 game number 8 displayed epic fighting chess. After seven straight draws, the challenger, Sergey...
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...
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…
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...
World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin, Photo Brian C. Glover New York City, the commercial center of the US bustled around the Fulton Market…