May 28, 2017

Top 10 contenders to dethrone Magnus Carlsen

10. Murzin Volodar (age 10) Rating:2315 He is born July 18th, 2006 in Russia. He is currently number 2 under 12 player in the world. With his 10 years, big potential and 2315 rating points he is contender number 10 to dethrone Magnus Carlsen. Until he becomes a world class chess player probably someone else will have that chance before him including our number […]
May 3, 2017

Open Attack

April 23, 2017

Aronian wins GRENKE chess classic 2017

The GRENKE chess classic took place 15th to 22nd April 2017. Levon Aronian dominated the event winning with 5.5/7 a point and a half clear of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. There was a strong open alongside starting on 13th April. Nikita Vitiugov is the winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2017. The 30-year old Grandmaster from St. Petersburg scored 7,5 points out […]
April 11, 2017

Wesley So is US Chess Champion for 2017

The US Chess Championships took place in Saint Louis 29th March to 10th April 2017. Players in men’s section: So, Shankland, Nakamura, Robson, Caruana,  Xiong, Kamsky, Onischuk, Naroditsky, Akobian, Zherebukh, and Shabalov. Leading players in the women’s Krush, Abrahamyan, Maggie Feng, Zatonskih, Paikidze, Jennifer Yu, etc. Wesley So won the title after beating Alexander Onischuk in a tie-break rapid match. […]