11/21/2016 – Karjakin takes the lead - 3.5-4.5 for the challenger after eight rounds! Carlsen is shocked and can't attend the press conference after a game like a rollercoaster ride, which went downhill for the World Champion as he took too many risks in time trouble and ended up in a worse endgame with Queen a light pieces, which was converted convincingly by Karjakin. The challenger will play White in game No. 9 this Wednesday. Our coverage in the newsblog.

11/21/2016 – During the opening moves of the 7th game of the World Championship match, Maxim Dlugy gets to the scene. The New Yorker melts into the crowd and runs into old chess friends and colleagues like Gennady Nesis, Boris Gulko and Alex Khalifman. Moving on, he meets Henrik Carlsen who is asking about the situation on the board and in the midst of kids wanting an autograph or a photo there is Fabiano Caruana. Melt into the groove with Maxim Dlugy and see what happened...

11/20/2016 – With four wins and only two draws Sunday was not a peaceful day at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk. Valentina Gunina from Russia and Nino Batsiashvili from Georgia had the best start into the tournament: after two rounds they both have 2.0/2 and share the lead. Games and results...

11/20/2016 – Game No. 7 Draw! (3.5-3.5) Annotated by Tiger Hillarp Perssson. A Chebanenko Slav that turned into a QGA after move five ended in a draw. Instead of grabbing space with 5.c5 or 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Karjakin prefered 5.Bd3 and Carlsen accepted the invitation to play ...5.dxc4. 18...Rc8, awarded with a ?!?!?! by Radjabov, was called a blunder immediately after the game by Carlsen. Karjakin admitted that he 'didn't know the theory too well.' Our coverage and commentary in the newsblog.

11/19/2016 – The FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, the last tournament of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2015/2016, brought three wins and three draws. Valentina Gunina, who still has chances to win the Grand Prix, defeated Lela Javakhashvili, Nino Batsiashivli won against Bela Khotenashvili, and Olga Girya won against Nataljia Pogonina. Games and results...

11/19/2016 – Marianske Lazne or Marienbad is a popular spa town in the Czech Republic and it is a town with a rich chess history. In 1925 Nimzowitsch and Rubinstein shared first in a famous tournament here and over the years the city has been host to a whole number of important chess events. This year, from 18th November to 30th November, the World Senior Chess Championship takes place in the beautiful spa town.

11/19/2016 – Game No. 6, draw No. 6 - Tiger Hillarp Persson, who has spent his entire life as a chess player trying to find asymmetry where he can find it, is our man to annotate this technical issue. Read about his preferences on books for dungeon situations and follow his notes until a state of zero entropy is unavoidable. Check out our newsblog with game annotations.

11/18/2016 – Tactics can seem deceptively simple, particularly when seeing an engine analysing grandmaster games. Strange, however, how difficult it is to find the right move and to calculate variations properly when playing yourself. It is easier if you solve tactical puzzles regularly. In the ChessBase Magazine and his tactics column Oliver Reeh helps you to do so.

11/18/2016 – After one and half hours game six ended in a draw. Tiger Hillarp Persson on game No. 6 - Carlsen played a gambit with ...d5 in an 8.h3 Anti-Marshall and started a highly theoretical battle. The game soon headed towards an opposide coloured bishop endgame which was drawn in a completely equal position after 32 moves. Check out our Newsblog.

11/18/2016 – The last games of the match may have ended in draws, but if there ever was an example to point to with the words, “not all draws are created equal”, these are it. If Sergey Karjakin had shown extraordinary resourcefulness in saving his last two lost games, the question still remained unanswered: could he beat Magnus Carlsen? Unanswered until today when he lashed out after Carlsen mistakenly lowered his guard. This might have cost the champion big, but he dug very deep and managed to save it. Large illustrated report.

11/17/2016 – There is a reason why many players love to attack - it is fun! Even though you occasionally may have to suffer the agony of missing a brillant shot in a tactical game. But a bold and fierce attack can even confuse grandmasters!

11/17/2016 – Game five ended in a draw bringing the match-score to 2.5-2.5. In an Italian game Sergey Karjakin equalized easily with Black and seized the initiative. But his activity soon came to a halt and Carlsen was in control again. Which he lost once more after the first time-control. But then it was Karjakin who missed good chances. More...