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10th London Chess Classic 2018 - Games and Results 08/12/2018
The 10th London Chess Classic takes place 8th to 17th December. The event takes place at Olympia London Auditorium although the semi-finals of the Grand Chess Tour take place in the Google Building in Kings Cross (tickets required). Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave play off for the Grand Chess Tour title. […]
Mark Crowther
Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2018 - Games and Results 02/12/2018
The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship took place July 24th to December 2nd 2018. 16 players in a knockout online blitz tournament. 90 minutes of 5/1 blitz, 60 minutes of 3/1 blitz, and 30 minutes of 1/1 bullet chess. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Wei Yi, […]
Mark Crowther
Carlsen retains his World Chess Championship title with an overwhelming rapid tie-break performance - TB 28/11/2018
Magnus Carlsen won the rapid tie-break of the 2018 World Chess Championship 3-0 to retain his title for another two years. This was a dominant performance that justified his decision to steer for the tie-breaks probably as early as just after the opening of game 11. Game 1 Carlsen gained a large and according the […]
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Carlsen-Caruana World Chess Championship 2018 - Games and Results 28/11/2018
The World Chess Championship took place in "The College" in central London (WC1B 4AF) Friday 9th Nov to Wednesday 28th Nov 2018. Defending Champion Magnus Carlsen faces Fabiano Caruana as his challenger. The 12 game match was drawn 6-6, all draws. Carlsen then won the rapid tie-break 3-0.
Mark Crowther
Carlsen draw offer takes the World Championship match into a tie-break - 12 26/11/2018
The World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana finished in a 6-6 tie all drawn. In the final Sicilian line Carlsen chose seemed to catch Caruana off-guard. Caruana turned down a draw by repetition and started consuming time on the clock. Then on move 31 Carlsen offered a draw which was accepted […]
Mark Crowther
Caruana holds a draw very easily with black in World Championship Game 11 - 11 24/11/2018
The 11th game of the World Chess Championship was a damp squib as Magnus Carlsen couldn't show anything dangerous against Fabiano's Petroff Defence. They followed a line that seemed to have been mentioned in the video leak at the start of the championship (the video says 4.Nc3 instead of 5.Nc3 but that probably is a […]
Mark Crowther

ECF

London Chess Classic turns 10! 08/12/2018
Press releases – British Knockout Round 1 | British Knockout Quarter Finals Game 1 | BKO latest news | LCC Day One This year’s 10th...
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Fabi’s Back – This Time It’s a Knockout! 06/12/2018
Fans eager for more fabulous top-class chess after the World Championship in London need look no further than the London Chess Classic, where the valiant...
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I’ve got news for you … it’s stupid to mock chess 03/12/2018
— from ECF President Dominic Lawson’s column in the Mail Apologies — assuming you noticed — for my absence from these pages over the past...
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UK Open Blitz Championship 03/12/2018
The finals of the UK Open Blitz Championship took place on Saturday 1st December from 12:00 onwards ... Results - http://chess-results.com/tnr395593.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30 - Open Final; http://chess-results.com/tnr395594.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30 - Women's Final
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Chess and Education 03/12/2018
Forthcoming events which may be of interest to those involved with junior chess — London Chess Conference The Future of Chess in Education 8th-9th December,...
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The ECF Resource website … 29/11/2018
As part of the plan to put the records previously listed in the first and last thirds of the ECF Yearbook online, the ECF Resource...
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FIDE

2019 FIDE Budget 13/12/2018
Dear chess friends, The 2019 FIDE budget is adopted and published. It implements the two fundamental planks of my electoral campaign. When I ran for the FIDE President, I promised you that the budget would increase while the FIDE fees charged to federations, players and organizers would decrease dramatically. You can see it in black […]
89th FIDE Congress: General Assembly Minutes and Annexes 13/12/2018
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly meeting that was held in Batumi, Georgia, 3-5 October 2018. Download the 2018 General Assembly Minutes and Annexes here.
GM Judit Polgar appointed as Honorary FIDE Vice-President 10/12/2018
World Chess Federation announces the appointment of Grandmaster Judit Polgar as the Honorary FIDE Vice-President. Mrs. Polgar will focus her efforts on chess development all over the world, including promoting chess in schools, popularization of the game and improving the level of tournament organization. GM Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player of all […]
WRBCC 2018 Registration and visa 08/12/2018
Dear Chess Friends!FIDE announces that Registration system for the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships is open at https://wrbc2018registration.fide.com/VISA SUPPORTPlease be informed that the invitation letter for Russian Embassies will be available for download at the online registration system https://wrbc2018registration.fide.com, under section B. Registrations. Please note that the download option will be available […]
FIDE extends the deadline for registrations for WRBCC 2018 06/12/2018
Dear chess friends, FIDE extends the deadline for early registrations for participation in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018 till December 15. The entry fee for these registrations will be 100 USD. The late registrations will be accepted till December 22, and will cost 200 USD. Please read Information for the participants of FIDE […]
Information for the participants of FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2018 06/12/2018
Information for the participants of FIDE World Rapid Championships & FIDE World Blitz Championships December 25th - 31st 2018 Dear chess friends, Please note that all the details about the upcoming World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will be updated via FIDE and RCF websites on the regular basis. There is no need to send […]