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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 has certainly not disappointed, featuring the most exciting chess yet in 2012! The super heavy-weights of the chess world have shown up for blood and glory, truly fighting it out at every chance in this 13 game round robin tournament that features 14 of the world’s very best chess players at an average FIDE rating of 2755. After 6 rounds, Levon Aronian boasts a narrow half-point lead with 4.5/6 [...]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 is the strongest chess tournament ever held in Wijk Aan Zee, bringing in 14 of the world’s top players in the A group to boast an average FIDE rating of 2755! The organizers have really done an incredible job of putting the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 together, featuring 8 of the top 10 highest rated chess players in the world (only missing former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik [...]

The 2011 Tal Memorial was an exceptionally strong event with many of the world’s very best chess players in attendance. This was one of the closest tournaments I have ever witnessed at any level, as no one was able to break away from the pack until the very end. Magnus Carlsen continues to dominate the chess world with another solid victory at a top tier event. Carlsen tied for first at the 2011 Tal Memorial [...]

Chessbase News recently released Part 3 of an interview with 2012 World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand, reflecting on his recent success at the Candidates Tournament in Kazan and probing the challenger’s thoughts about the 2012 WC Match.  Specifically, I found the concrete logic of his approach to the thought process in chess very interesting.  He briefly explained some of the psychological factors in his preparation for the Finals match with Grischuk, as well as his positional [...]

William Stewart’s honest opinion As opposed to most of my articles which are more objective and focus specifically on the game of chess, this article is more of an objective rant. I want to be honest. I know my opinion is a little bit late to the party, but I wanted my say as well. Honestly, the most interesting aspect of the 2011 World Championship Candidates Match was how tearfully boring it was. There were [...]

In response to Susan Polgar’s recently posted article from the Hebrew press that says Gelfand isn’t getting enough coverage, I decided to go ahead and create a video of the fantastic last game. This is the final game from the final round where Gelfand defeated Grischuk winning the Candidates Matches and receiving a chance of taking the title from Viswanathan Anand at the 2012 World Chess Championship next year. Watch the Video where GM Boris [...]

Israel super-GM Boris Gelfand wins the tournament Congratulations to Boris Gelfand on winning the 2011 Candidates Match Tournament. He wasn’t most people’s top pick but we shall wait and see if he proves to be a formidable opponent against Vishy Anand for the title of world champion. A recent poll on Susan Polgar’s Blog shows 86% of respondents think that Anand will be able to defend his title while 14% think Gelfand will win (I [...]