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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 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 [...]

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 [...]

After losing game 1 of round 4 of the 2011 FIDE World Chess Cup against fellow Russian and old friend Vladimir Potkin, Alexander Grischuk had to win to stay alive in the tournament and have a chance to win the $120,000 first prize. Grischuk defeats Potkin and moves on… Grischuk opened with e4 and Potkin chose the solid French Defense. Grischuk continued with an aggressive line intended to open and complicate the game as quickly [...]

The 2011 FIDE World Chess Cup continues on and the intensity of the matches only continues to rise. The pressure of reaching the 4th round of the most prestigious Knockout chess tournament around took it’s toll yesterday, enticing 6 out of 8 games to reach a decisive result.  While there were 2 draws (Bu Vs Ivanchuk; Bruzon Vs Ponomariov) the other 6 games featured some exceptional fighting chess. GM Navara displays good sportsmanship due to touch [...]

This years FIDE Chess World Cup is truly proving to be jaw-droppingly exciting! We are now about halfway through the World Cup with tons of developments. If you didn’t catch my FIDE Chess World Cup Round 3 coverage with video analysis of 2 games, please check that out. Ivanchuk finishes 4-2 against Sutovsky It was a wild third round tiebreaker yesterday, as quite a few matches went into double, triple, or even quadruple overtime.  Vassily Ivanchuk [...]