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World Team 02: USA 3-1 Russia

11/27/2013 – The big news of the day is the convincing victory by the American team taking out the top seed Russia. Nakamura cleanly beat Kramnik while Robson managed to trick his opponent in a crazy game in which he was probably lost, albeit it was very complicated to find. Ukraine, Germany and Azerbaijan are the teams with two match wins Analysis of today's round.

World Team 01: Black Day

11/27/2013 – The World Team Championship has started in Antalya, Turkey. The top teams in the world are competing in this round robin event and today was an exciting round. Armenia drew Russia with no decisive games while all the other matches ended in a 2.5-1.5 score. Every victory came with the black pieces, even in the Germany-Egypt match which featured three decisive games. Round one report.

World Junior: Yu Yangyi and Irina Bulmaga dominant

9/20/2013 – At the midway point, after seven rounds of ardent competition, some players have already staked their claim as to the podium. In the Open section, top-seed Yu Yangyi leads with a dominant 6.5/7, while in the Girls section, it is Irina Bulmuga with 6.0/7. Anything can happen yet, so be sure to follow it. In the meantime here is a report with videos and pictures.

World Junior under way in Kocaeli

9/16/2013 – The World Junior Chess Championship 2013 in Turkey was moved from the border of Syria to as far from the war-torn country as possible. 118 players turned up for the open group, and 77 for the section reserved for girls. Three rounds have been played, and former Junior World Champion (and daredevil ChessBase reporter) Alexander Ipatov leads the open section with 3.0/3. Big pictorial with videos.

Chess tournament in Taksim Square

6/14/2013 – For over two weeks now protests and strikes have been staged across Turkey, with people demanding freedom of assembly and expression, and adherence to Turkey's secularism. The protests were sparked by a brutal police eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park where. despite government threats, a chess tournament staged in Taksim Square in solidarity with the protesters.
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