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The 5th game of the World Chess Championship might not have been that exciting but the Europe Echecs video also has interviews with Nepomniachtchi, Anna Gunina and Evgeny Sveshnikov and a nice exchange between Alexander Grischuk and the man he lost out to in the Ca

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis 8th-19th May 2012 (play-off, if required 20th). Hikaru Nakamura returns after missing last year. Defending champion Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk and Yasser Seirawan are also in the 12 player field. Anna Zatons

The live coverage of the US Chess Championships fronted by Jennifer Shahade, Ben Finegold and Mike Klein and produced by Macauley Peterson has been a lot of fun as have the player interviews. Watch the daily recaps. Source: The Week in Chess

Viswanathan Anand switched to 1.e4 as white but made absolutely no progress in the face of Boris Gelfand's Sicilian. The inventor of the Sveshnikov was in the press room and he didn't approve of Gelfand's interpretation of his idea, instead black obtained a simplif

The World Chess Championship match remains deadlocked after Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand battled to a fourth successive draw at Moscow. The score is 2-2 in the match which is the best of 12 games and has a prize fund of 2.55 million dollars, split 60-40. Ana

The 20th anniversary of the first Sigeman and Co tournament took place in Malmo 9th-16th May 2012. Top seed Fabiano Caruana added yet more rating points this year with 5,5.7 and a 2853 performance. Peter Leko took second place with 5/7. Anish Giri won in the final

The World Chess Championship match at Moscow between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand remains tied after three games. The third game was considerably livelier than its predecessors, as Anand secured a clear edge against the challenger's Gruenfeld Defence but the

White to move. How should white proceed?Source: ChessToday.netChess daily news from Susan Polgar Source: Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information

Round 10 important matchupsWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingGM Seirawan, Yasser3.02643- GM Kaidanov, Gregory S3.52594GM Akobian, Varuzhan4.52625- GM Onischuk, Alexander5.52660GM Shulman, Yuri5.02571- GM Robson, Ray4.52614GM Stripunsky, Alexander3.02562- GM Ramirez,

Nisipeanu confirmed as player for Kings Tournament 2012Bazna Kings 2012 will be one of the strongest round robin tournaments of the year. With Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Ivanchuk, and Karjakin the top players of the event will have ELO average of 2790! To them will