By beating Tatiana Golovin in the quarterfinals of Luxembourg VTA, Ana Ivanovic booked ticket for the final Masters tournament to be held in Madrid. Already qualified for the final eight were Henin, Kuznetzova and Jelena Jankovic.
Ana later eliminated Russian Vera Zvonareva to progress to the Luxembourg final. Good luck Ana!
Paul Hoffman recounts why he abandoned chess, and why he hopes to return “without compromising my humanity.”…
Viswanathan Anand of India, the world’s top-ranked player, dominated the 14-round World Chess Championship that ended Saturday….
Russian Paul is one of a group of chess players in places like Union Square Park and Washington Square who make money from hustling.
After three weeks of matches, the Boston Blitz, led by grandmasters Larry Christiansen and Eugene Perelshteyn, is the only team to suffer no losses or ties.
Eight of the best players in the world will play a double round-robin in a tournament starting Thursday and the winner will be world champion. Sort of.
Amon Simutowe, 25, of Zambia, is on the verge of becoming the first black grandmaster from the sub-Saharan region, and he could soon contend for the world championship.
Two American players have qualified for the grandmaster title over the last two years while making the bulk of their qualifying performances at home.
The Arctic Chess Challenge was not kind of Magnus Carlsen, the world’s 17th ranked player.
That chess has cropped up again and again in movies, as well as in paintings and literature, is hardly surprising.
