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Sochi G3: Anand strikes back – with a vengeance!

11/11/2014 – The match has exploded and is now wide open! Last year's match finished with not a single win for Viswanathan Anand, and today this has changed! The Indian struck back immediately after his loss in the previous round and used a combination of precise play and opening preparation to vanquish the World Champion. The match is now tied 1.5-1.5 The tiger is back!

Sochi WCh G2: A day to remember

11/10/2014 – November 9 was a day of anniversaries and birthdays, large and small, and was almost incidentally the day of the second game of the world championship match. Around the world, it represents the 25th anniversary of a world made whole, while for chess players it is also the day when, 29 years earlier, Garry Kasparov became the youngest world champion in history.

World Championship 02: Carlsen strikes first

11/9/2014 – Today on November 9, 2014, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and fittingly the prospect of a Berlin appeared on the board. Magnus Carlsen declined the option, and a long strategic battle ensued. Threats on the kingside led Anand astray and he got into a difficult position, blundering before the time control. Carlsen leads already!

Sochi WCh G1: Climbing back up Mount Olympus

11/9/2014 – The World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand has finally started and what a match we are in for. The first game was an exciting draw with ups and downs and drama aplenty. Nevertheless, the very idea of this match was already a long shot, if not an impossibility, in the eyes of many, even in the challenger's. Consider how we got to this point.

World Championship 01: First fight, first draw

11/8/2014 – A hard-fought draw kicks off the match in Sochi. Anand was the one that came in with guns blazing, ruining his pawn structure for activity and a bind on e6. Carlsen slowly pushed it back and eventually it was Black that found himself with the initiative, attacking White's pawn structure on the kingside and the weak king on a1. Alas, it was insufficient. Round one analysis!

WCh Sochi: personalities, players and seconds

11/8/2014 – Yesterday we reported on the official FIDE press conference and the opening ceremony for the 2014 World Chess Championship. In a second installment we introduce some of the personalities that were present and, as a special treat, tell you about the seconds of both teams, something that was revealed for the first time on Friday. Also once again our team of expert commentators on Playchess.

World Championship Sochi: who will win?

11/8/2014 – It's not just the bookmakers, it's top players, chess journalists and even high-calibre statisticians who have been trying to predict the outcome of the match starting today. Most predict a closer fight than in Chennai, but see Magnus Carlsen in the lead, with a renowned sports prediction site putting his chances at 80-95%. As so often it is Kasparov who delivers the punch line. Look for it.

Sochi Opening: Anand draws white for game one

11/8/2014 – The press conference and opening ceremony took place, officially opening the match. It started with a press conference with some fun and some tough questions for organizers and players, while Karpov presented two special chess sets as a personal prize to the winner. The opening ceremony set the stage for the drawing of colors as the players pulled balloons from a magician's box.

Anand: I approach Sochi with positive feelings

11/6/2014 – "I am in general happy with my chess performance this year," says former World Champion Vishy Anand, who has gone through a couple of subpar years. But his convincing victory in the Candidates in Khanty Mansiysk and Bilbao earlier this year has given him an optimistic outlook on the upcoming World Championship, that starts in a few days. Interview.

Anand vs. Carlsen: After the first match - Part II

11/6/2014 – Do you know how Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen scored in the five games they played against each other after their first match for the World Championship in 2013? In the second part of his review of the year between the two World title matches Sagar Shah answers this and other questions, providing a good prelude to the second duel between Anand and Carlsen.

Reliving the World Championship 2013 – Part two

11/3/2014 – Just four more days to the World Championship in Sochi, the second match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. In our review of the previous encounter we got to round five, where Anand faltered badly after a promising start. Once again Sagar Shah provides us with a wealth of analysis in his report on how last November Magnus Carlsen became the 16th world champion.

Reliving the World Championship 2013 – Part one

11/2/2014 – Just five more days and then it's here: the World Championship "return" match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, in Sochi, Russia. To get you into the mood for what's coming Sagar Shah looks back at the 2013 encounter and analyses what went wrong in Chennai for Anand. His two-part review includes some incredibly deep analysis of the games.

World Championship Sochi: official web site

10/26/2014 – It is less than two week before it starts, and today we spotted the official FIDE site, conceived and designed by Pentagram in cooperation with Agon Ltd., the commercial partner of FIDE for staging top events. It represents an effort to rebrand chess and includes a new playing area setup and even new and exclusive chess pieces. Take a look.

World Championship Guide to Sochi

10/16/2014 – The World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand is just three weeks away. It takes place in a volatile political region of Russia, but in a city that is a very attractive seaside resort. It can be reached in half-hourly flights from Moscow or in two hours from Istanbul, and stay in a five-star hotel for a special rate of €88 (US $112) per night. Here are all the details.

CF St. Petersburg wins Russian team championship

4/14/2013 – It was close, both in the open and the women's sections, with match point ties for first, and both winners taking gold by just 1.5 game points. Key was Alexander Grischuk's win on the black side of an instructive Spanish against Ian Nepomniatchi, while in the women's a topsy turvy win by Ekatrina Atalik against Alexandra Kosteniuk did not change the final result. Pictures and videos galore.

Russian Team Championships in Loo, Sochi

4/12/2013 – Eighteen teams are competing, with 88 grandmasters, 26 of whom sport ratings of 2700 or higher. Top players are Karjakin, Caruana, Mamedyarov, Grischuk and Morozevich. Last year's winners Tomsk, however, did not make it, for financial reasons. The women's section has six teams and in a round robin. Big illustrated report with pictures by Maria Fominykh.
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