The Houdini Of Chess Has Escaped Again At The World Championship By Oliver Roeder Filed under Chess The French word for chess is échecs. The French term for Tuesday’s game at the World Chess Championship is déjà vu. On...
Carlsen: “I don’t have a strategy to wear him out, I have a strategy to play well.”
Norway’s Carlsen and Russia’s Karyakin even after four games NTB/The Local 16 November 2016 10:34 CET+01:00 Magnus Carlsen failed to capitalize on a mistake by Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin as the duo’s fourth game in the their world title...
Karjakin hopes to bring the world title back to Russia
Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess? November 14, 2016 INDIRA SHESTAKOVA, SPECIAL TO RBTH Twenty-six-year-old Sergey Karjakin may become Russia’s first world chess champion since 2007. Yet, in the match for the world chess...
Karjakin – Carlsen (game 4) LIVE Commentary!
Karjakin – Carlsen (Game 4) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 Ruy Lopez just as in game 2. 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 In game 2 it was 6. d3. 6…b5 7. Bb3...
NY Post: “Model against Putin’s puppet” – Seriously?
World Chess Championship pits model against Putin’s puppet By Michael Kaplan November 12, 2016 | 11:17pm It’s the battle of the fashion model versus Putin’s puppet. A ferocious takedown between two prodigies will take place downtown over the next...
Carlsen – Karjakin Game 3 Commentary!
Carlsen – Karjakin game 3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 Karjakin was trying to play safe by using the Berlin that served Kramnik so well against Kasparov. However, Carlsen kept the...
Servers CAN broadcast moves in spite of attempts by AGON to block
U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from airing moves Nov 10 Organizers of the World Chess Championship on Thursday failed to persuade a federal judge to block rival website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the...
Breaking: AGON loses court case AGAIN, this time in NY City!
Judge Refuses to Block Chess Websites From Showing Moves By LARRY NEUMEISTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Nov 10, 2016, 6:11 PM ET Websites showing moves almost as they occur at the World Chess Championship can continue to do...
Chess bullying tactic or the wave of the future?
Chess group sues to block websites from reporting on tournament By Julia Marsh November 8, 2016 | 8:04pm In a surprise gambit, the organizers of the World Chess Championship have sued to block three websites from reporting on plays...