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The 2012 World Chess Championship is taking place in Moscow, Russia on May 11-30 and features two of the best players in the game today: Defending World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and World Chess Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel). These two seasoned veterans in the chess elite are fighting it out for a prize fund of $2.5 million dollars (the winner will receive $1.5 million and the loser will receive $1 million). While Anand [...]

The 2012 US Chess Championship kicked off with a bang yesterday with 5 out of 6 games reflecting a decisive result in the first round. The clear favorite to win the event is US #1 and World #7 rated Hikaru Nakamura, who began with a clean win over rising star Robert Hess. Although Nakamura is only 24 years old, he is already an experienced veteran at the elite levels of chess. In this exciting round [...]

It’s not easy to keep up with the constantly changing schedules, venues, player lists, etc. for the elite chess tournaments of 2012, so I decided to centralize my research here. The climate at the top of the chess world has become very interesting lately, as Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian have greatly distanced themselves from other super-grandmasters on the current ratings lists – Carlsen at #1 with 2835 FIDE and Aronian stubbornly chasing at #2 [...]

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial Chess Tournament 2012 has been confirmed for June 7-19th in Moscow, Russia and will showcase an incredible line-up of elite grandmaster talent. Tal Memorial Chess 2012 has arranged the participation of 7 of the top 10 highest rated players in the world, only missing current World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand at #4, Sergey Karjakin at #8, and Vassily Ivanchuk at #10. The Tal Memorial 2012 promises to be one of [...]

The Kings Chess Tournament 2012 is shaping up to an incredibly entertaining event, scheduled to take place June 23rd – July 4th in Medias, Romania. The event will feature many of the world’s strongest chess players, promising a clash of the titans with an all-star guest list. The world’s highest rated chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has already confirmed his appearance and will look to repeat on his 2011 first place finish at the 5th King’s [...]

The details have been officially confirmed for the 2012 US Chess Championship – taking place May 7th – May 20th at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The 2012 edition of the US Chess Championship is one of the strongest ever held in the United States, with two 2700+ FIDE Super-GMs ready to battle it out as the hands-down favorites. Gata Kamsky (2804 USCF, 2741 FIDE) is a 3-time winner of the [...]

While Magnus Carlsen has been busy making a sprint towards 2900, one Grandmaster has nearly been able to keep pace – Levon Aronian. Aronian is widely regarded as one of the most creative players in today’s world of chess, consistently creating dynamically imbalanced positions very early in the opening. Aronian’s energetic style and accurate technique has propelled him to his current standing as the #2 highest rated chess player in the world at 2825 FIDE, [...]