Magnus Carlsen kept his full-point lead at the Grenke Chess Classic with a win vs Levon Aronian on Saturday. The only player trailing him by a point is Fabiano Caruana, who defeated Arkadij Naiditsch. Viswanathan Anand suffered his second loss in a row, vs Georg Meier. A day after being completely exhausted, and expressing his win against Meier as “an absolute mess,” an energetic Carlsen scored…
Karjakin Beats Anand, Catches Carlsen At Gashimov Memorial
Sergey Karjakin joined Magnus Carlsen in first place at the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. The Russian grandmaster used deep preparation and great endgame technique to beat Viswanathan Anand. During the round, Sergey Karjakin‘s wife Galiya and his oldest son Alexei had arrived in Shamkir and so it was in the press room where the family first saw each other again. When…
8-Year-Old Homeless Refugee Crowned Chess Champion In New York
An 8-year-old Nigerian refugee was just crowned a chess champion in New York’s statewide competition. Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who lives in a Manhattan homeless shelter with his family, won the kindergarten through third grade category in New York’s chess championship last weekend with an undefeated performance, according to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. As the…
World Team Chess Championship Is Underway
The World Team Chess Championship is underway in Kazakhstan. After round 4, Russia is on top of both the Women’s and Men’s sections. Ten top teams from around the world are competing for the team championship in both sections. Read more…
No chess at the Olympics anytime soon
The organizers of the Olympic Games periodically consider proposals for new sports to be included. FIDE has applied again for chess to be on the list but once more the sport did not make the cut. Perhaps there will be another try for LA 2028… When planning the Olympic Games, the organizers make suggestions for…
GM Valentina Gunina Wins Inaugural Cairns Cup
In the all-decisive and all-Russian clash, Valentina Gunina held Alexandra Kosteniuk to a draw and won the $40,000 first prize of the inaugural Cairns Cup in St. Louis. Irina Krush came third thanks to beating Harika Dronavalli. “I’m so happy but I didn’t realize it yet, so I need time!” said Gunina after her last game. She seemed to be suppressing a smile when…
14th World Champion Kramnik Retires From Classical Chess
Last week, Vladimir Kramnik announced his retirement from classical chess. A few days after finishing in a tie for last place at 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. “I already decided to finish my professional chess career a couple of months ago and now, after having played my last tournament, I would like…
Tata Steel Chess Tournament Starts With A Draw Between Magnus Carlsen And Ding Liren
The 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament is off to a great start with majority of the world’s top players participating in this year’s event. The top encounter between Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw. Viswanathan Anand and Ian Nepomniachtchi won their games in the first round of the event taking place in Wijk aan Zee,…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
With excitement, we will shortly welcome 2019! We at Elevate My Chess want to wish you all a Happy New Year and a safe celebration. In many ways, 2018 was a successful year for us and for members of our chess community. We hope that we have continued to earn your trust and to elevate…
Carlsen Defends World Blitz Chess Championship & Daniil Dubov Emerges As New World Rapid Champion
The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships came to an end about a day ago with Carlsen retaining his $60,000 world blitz title with 17/21, half a point more than the 2nd place finish won by Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Nakamura finished in 3rd place with 14.5 points. On the women’s section, Russian GM Kateryna won the…