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03.02.2012 17:24 Levon Aronian shrugs off losses to triumph at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee

Levon Aronian shrugged off an early loss to the chess world No1 Magnus Carlsen and a late defeat by a tail-ender to win first prize at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee this week with impressive authority. The Armenian world No2's 9/13 total was a point clear of Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov, and the Italian 19-year-old Fabiano Caruana who shared second prize. The elite chess events which make up the chess equivalent of a Grand Slam include Moscow's Tal Memorial and the London Classic as well as Wijk. Aronian was subdued in London, but he tied first with Carlsen in Moscow and his overall rating is closing in on the Norwegian's. Aged 29 and at the height of his powers, Aronian would have been a good bet to capture ...

01.02.2012 17:05 Low-key Aronian soars high in Wijk aan Zee chess tournament

Armenian GM Levon Aronian has added another chapter to a chess career that has been both illustrious and somewhat under the radar, capturing the 74th Tata Steel Grandmaster “A� Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Sunday by a full point over Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov. Despite a loss to Carlsen during the Category 21 event, Aronian won going away, notching a quick last-round draw to finish at a very impressive 9-4. The genial 29-year-old Aronian, ranked second in the world behind Carlsen, led his small country to gold in the 2006 and 2008 Chess Olympiads and to a World Team Chess title last year. He also has racked up a slew of firsts in elite chess events over ...

31.01.2012 18:59 Great Matches in Chess History

31.01.2012 17:09 Chess notes

Chess has always been a game in which votaries prefer to play rather than watch. Instead, of a stadium in which there are just a few players on the field and hundreds or more in the stands, chess usually found the field full and the stands reasonably empty. Nor could chess players get anywhere with persuading television producers to follow their contests. Now, however, with the Internet, the play and public attention has greatly expanded in a way that chess organizers have always hoped. At any particular time, there is a major world chess event going on. Chess is not seasonal like sports; so, anytime fans all over the world can tune in on the live tournaments, watch videos, and look at the positions - and as ever ...

31.01.2012 02:00 More "Every Move Explained" Games?

30.01.2012 23:21 Aronian Wins Tata Steel Chess Title

30.01.2012 17:12 On Chess: Game’s peaks, valleys are exhilarating

Chess has been called the “gymnasium of the mind,� but sometimes it is a crucible of the soul. Its vicissitudes lend both elation and dismay but rarely boredom. Chess players think they know what’s around the corner, but their reliable nemesis — the opponent — has different ideas. A good example is a game from the 2011 Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow. The winner — Viswanathan Anand, who annotated the game for New in Chess magazine — was playing Levon Aronian. The encounter had the typical abundance of twists and turns. On move nine, Aronian made a play that he later said he was “unhappy with,� Anand wrote. At move 15, a situation developed that was “not entirely clear.� Three moves later ...

30.01.2012 13:56 Anti-Sicilians

Lines in the Anti-Sicilians where Black poses tough questions

29.01.2012 17:42 Thinking Ahead: The 2013 World Chess Championship

29.01.2012 16:57 Chess No. 2 Overlooked, Except at the Board

Is it possible to be No. 2 in the world and be overlooked? In some respects, that is the situation facing Levon Aronian, 29. Magnus Carlsen, 21, who is No. 1, has been the boy wonder of the game of chess since he became a grandmaster at age 13. Viswanathan Anand, 42, who has dropped to No. 4 after recent poor results, has been the world chess champion since 2007. His predecessor, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, now ranked No. 3, is known as the man who dethroned Garry Kasparov as chess champion. Rising stars like Fabiano Caruana, 19, and Anish Giri, 17, are considered future challengers to Carlsen. Yet Aronian is the reigning world blitz chess champion and was the world rapid chess champion in 2009. He has won or tied for ...

28.01.2012 16:46 Levon Aronian crashes to shock defeat by David Navara at Wijk aan Zee

When the world No1 Magnus Carlsen beat the No2 Levon Aronian in an early round at Wijk aan Zee last week, it seemed that the 21-year-old Norwegian would continue his smooth advance towards Garry Kasparov's all-time peak chess rating. Aronian, 29, had a different script. The Armenian caught up Carlse...

26.01.2012 17:16 Drama in Dutch chess bout is from the undercards

Having spent the bulk of my competitive playing chess career somewhere in the middle of the wall chart, I am firmly convinced that some of the highest drama at a chess tournament can be found on some of the lowest boards. The top seeds and top scorers, isolated from the chess masses in their special...

26.01.2012 04:23 Dragon Sicilians

The latest Dragon theory!

25.01.2012 17:15 Chess tourney in Wijk aan Zee

At the beginning of each year, the seaside resort town Wijk aan Zee in The Netherlands holds a chess tournament with many super grandmasters. Unlike most top-level chess events, this one features three grandmaster groups, so called A, B and C. The A group, which is the strongest of the three, featur...

24.01.2012 17:18 Chipmunk Chess

It was not surprising to see the world's top two rated chess players, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Levon Aronian of Armenia, sharing a lead at the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament at the Dutch coastal town of Wijk aan Zee. They amassed a 5.5-2.5 score and with five rounds to go, we can expect a dram...

23.01.2012 22:31 Daring Defences

Recent developments in rarer 'daring defences'!

23.01.2012 17:24 A Math Study Provides Hints About the Gender Gap in Chess

The findings of a new study about mathematics may explain why there are so few women among the chess elite. It concluded that cultural factors, not biological ones, are the reasons why boys outperform girls in math. The study, by Jonathan M. Kane and Janet E. Mertz, both professors in the University...

23.01.2012 02:47 English and Flank Openings

Important theoretical contests from Wijk aan Zee

22.01.2012 17:25 On Chess: Nakamura's style backfires at times

Hikaru Nakamura is the whirling dervish of the chessboard — whose pieces seem to assail his opponents from all directions. Playing for fun is his credo. Victories against top chess players are frequent for him — including a recent one against reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand. Naka...

21.01.2012 18:03 Matthew Sadler continuing his impressive comeback at Wijk aan Zee

Matthew Sadler is the only UK chess grandmaster competing at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, which passes halfway this weekend and attracts more than 7,000 viewers daily to its live games on the internet. The 37-year-old, originally from Kent but now a Dutch resident, is top seed in the C group, where he c...

20.01.2012 15:18 King Pawn Openings

A wide spectrum of opening lines!

19.01.2012 22:27 French Defence

The King's Indian Attack and other offbeat lines

19.01.2012 17:18 Aronian leads Tata Steel Chess Tournament after 4th round

A fine technical victory with white over Gata Kamsky of the U.S. in fourth-round action brought Armenia’s Levon Aronian back on top of the standings in Grandmaster Group A of the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament at Wijk-aan-Zee Tuesday (see picture). The world’s second highest ranked ches...

17.01.2012 17:14 Nimzo and Benoni

The sharp Dzindzi-Indian

17.01.2012 17:05 Some are still ready to risk a fabled gambit

The most romantic of chess openings doesn’t get many dates these days. A favorite of 19th-century masters, including Paul Morphy and Johannes Zukertort, and a powerful — if occasional — weapon in the arsenal of chess gunslingers such as David Bronstein and Boris Spassky, the King’s Gambit is...

15.01.2012 20:04 Aronian Grabs Early Lead at Wijk aan Zee

15.01.2012 19:45 The Best Players Who Weren't the Best

15.01.2012 17:35 California’s Reputation Grows With New Events

It is not surprising that California is a center of chess in the United States. But in the last couple of years, there has been a burst of activity there, with a large number of international chess tournaments that have given players a chance to qualify for grandmaster and international master title...

14.01.2012 16:35 Aficionados picky about chess board, pieces

Playing conditions are important in baseball, football and basketball. In chess, how can they matter? It would seem that a decent chess board and pieces are all you need. Yet concentration can be affected if the chair is uncomfortable, the chess pieces are poorly designed, the lighting is inadequate...

13.01.2012 16:59 Anish Giri boosts world title prospects by winning elite tournament

Anish Giri, just 17 years old from the Netherlands, scored a historic result last week when he won the elite chess tournament at Reggio Emilia, Italy, to boost his credentials as a future world title contender. Only current world No 1 Magnus Carlsen at Wijk 2008 has won a top contest at a younger ag...

12.01.2012 17:05 New Year's resolution: more chess

It is 2012, and everyone has a resolution or two. I recommend playing more chess! Improving your chess game is a great resolution because it is beneficial for your mind, and it can be a lot of fun as well. Here are a few steps to help you along your path to chess success in 2012: 1. Play, play, play...

11.01.2012 23:34 Caro-Kann, Pirc, Alekhine's and Scandinavian Defences

Milos' final update!

10.01.2012 16:58 The great escape

In the final instalment of Ronan Bennett and Daniel King's chess masterclass, can you work out how Black extricates himself from this hopeless-looking position? RB: Some years ago I suggested that the Guardian approach Nigel Short, who had just parted company with the Sunday Telegraph. The Guardian,...

08.01.2012 21:02 Rybka Controversy Rages On

08.01.2012 17:10 Shaking Things Up by Tweaking the Rules

The holiday season is always a busy one in the chess world. This year, two chess tournaments stood out by using new rules to make the competitions more exciting. The more unusual of the two ideas was incorporated into the Donestia-San Sebastian Chess Festival in Spain, where José Raúl Capablanca, ...

07.01.2012 16:50 On Chess: Stars’ games built upon idiosyncrasies

One of my favorite chess quotes is the Indian proverb “Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.� Each great player of the game thrives according to his predilections. Bobby Fischer, more than anyone of his time, was obsessed with certainty. He combed libraries, documen...

06.01.2012 16:59 Wang Yue takes first prize at Hastings with show of subtle superiority

Eight world chess champions have won first prize at Hastings in the world's longest running chess tournament, launched in 1895 and held annually since 1919. Nowadays most top grandmasters prefer to play in winter for big money at the London Classic, Wijk aan Zee, Moscow and Gibraltar, but Hastings h...

05.01.2012 23:04 Open Sicilians

In several important lines of the Classical and Najdorf Black is very much OK as 2012 dawns!

05.01.2012 17:01 Nakamura crushing competition

St. Louis' own Hikaru Nakamura is crushing the competition at the Super-Grandmaster chess tournament being held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Hikaru has been playing often of late and has more than made up for his bad performance in Moscow at the Tal Memorial (last place) with back-to-back fantastic resu...

05.01.2012 00:16 d-Pawn Specials

Annoying tiny flaws in theoretical publications!