Viswanathan Anand qualifies for 2014 FIDE World Championship Match 29.03.2014News, News featurePress Viswanathan Anand will have another shot at the World Chess Championship title after winning the Candidates Tournament 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Continue reading →
The day of missed victories 27.03.2014NewsPress Slowly but surely the chess fest in Khanty-Mansiysk comes to an end. Very soon we will find out who is going to play the World Championship match against Magnus Carlsen. Continue reading →
Round 12: Anand takes a practical decision, draws Andreikin 27.03.2014News, News featureadmin Viswanathan Anand took a practical decision to accept draw against Dmitry Andreikin in a better, but extremely complicated position. Continue reading →
The Fianchetto Day 26.03.2014NewsPress In every game of the 11th round White players developed their kingside bishops on g2. Continue reading →
Round 11: All games drawn, Anand still in full point lead 26.03.2014News, News featurePress All four games of the 11th round of the FIDE World Candidates Tournament ended in draws. Continue reading →
Never a peaceful day 26.03.2014NewsPress Today was the last day of two separate tournaments in Khanty-Mansiysk – a “Russian championship” and an “international event”. Continue reading →
Anand maintains one point lead after round 10 25.03.2014News, News featurePress Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand maintained a full point lead in the FIDE World Candidates Tournament after playing a draw with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in round 10. Continue reading →
ASUS is sponsoring the online broadcast of the tournament 25.03.2014NewsPress For the first time the ASUS company became an official sponsor of the FIDE 2014 Candidates Tournament online broadcast. This is one of the key tournaments in a chess calendar. Continue reading →
Anand the Invincible 23.03.2014NewsPress After the 8th round of the candidates tournament we saw a rare situation: five top grandmaster shared the fourth (or the last?) place. Today it got fixed, though. Continue reading →
Anand surges ahead as Aronian falters in round 9 23.03.2014News, News featurePress In the battle of two former World Champions Viswanathan Anand defeated Veselin Topalov to single out again on the top after his co-leader Levon Aronian lost to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Continue reading →