Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, the winners of last year’s world rapid (Anand) and blitz (Carlsen) championships, will be defending their titles this year, from December 26–30. Although the main sponsor didn’t change, the tournament was moved from Saudi Arabia to St. Petersburg, Russia. Read more…
Magnus Carlsen Retains The World Chess Championship
For those of you that have been following the world chess championship, Magnus Carlsen has now successfully defended his title in playoff chess. He convincingly retained his world chess champion title by beating Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid match after all 12 classical games had ended in draws. Read more here…
World Chess Championship – Final Classical Game 12 Tomorrow After 11 Draws
The challenge for the World Chess Championship continues after 11 draws. This is certainly a big battle between the two chess gladiators. The last couple of games have been sharp and interesting as both players are not taking more risk to attack. It now comes down to the final classical game and this may decide…
Carlsen Vs. Caruana: 2018 World Chess Championship Opens In London
One of the most anticipated world championship matches in recent memory kicked off Thursday at the The College in Holborn, London. For the first time since 1990, and organized by World Chess, the biggest belt in chess will be contested by the world’s top two players. Not only will Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana be contesting the world championship in this cavernous,…
Women’s World Chess Championship Is Currently Underway
Yesterday, the first round of the 2018 Women’s World Chess Championship got underway in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. 64 players from 28 countries are fighting in a knockout format to determine the new champion—and that might be for the last time. Canada is proudly represented by WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet. She is paired in the first around against one of…
Upsets at the 2018 Isle Of Man International Open
The 2018 Chess.com Isle of Man International, the strongest open tournament in history, fielded a score of 2700s. The main section of the tournament attracted 164 players, with the first round featuring the typical big rating gaps in all boards. However, unlike in other open events, we saw many of the underdogs drawing their higher-rated colleagues….
Key Focus Areas To Improve Your Chess
As with most activities, it takes intentional practice and mastery of key aspects of the activities to see improvement. It’s no different in chess. Our goal at Elevate My Chess is to see every player improve so below are some of the suggested areas we encourage new and fairly new chess players to focus on…
China Wins It All At The 43rd Chess Olympiad
A strong performance by both the Men and Women Chinese team saw them finish on top with gold medals ahead of other strong teams like the U.S.A, Russia, India, Poland and other strong chess nations. In addition, Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun both finished with individual gold medals on board 1. China also had the…
Chess Olympiad is Underway
The 43rd Chess Olympiad in underway in Batumi, Georgia. For those of you that have been following the biggest chess event in the world, it has been nothing less than spectacular, from the amazing opening ceremony, marriage proposal and upsets on the chess board, the event is certainly exceeding expectation. Added to this is the…
EMC Wins Bid To Host The 2020 Canadian Open & Canadian Youth Chess Championship
In partnership with the City of Mississauga and Tourism Toronto, we are excited to announce that Elevate My Chess Canada Inc. has won the bid to host the 2020 Canadian Chess Open and Canadian Youth Chess Championship in the beautiful and vibrant city of Mississauga. Yes, the biggest chess event in Canada is returning to…