The 12th world chess champion considers such a decision a manifestation of FIDE’s weakness. I perceive the whole situation as a weakness of FIDE. They had no grounds other than a soft recommendation from the IOC. I am sure that Arkady Dvorkovich should have solved this issue right at the election congress, after the elections,…
Anatoly Karpov
Vladimir Kramnik said that Switzerland made a mistake by not giving former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov permission to enter the country. “I believe that every country has the right to decide what it wants. My approach to this has always been very simple: if you don’t want to, and you don’t have to, I…
The games of the third round were held in Poikovsky. Yakubboev defeated Iljiushenok, Malakhov – Najer, Tomashevsky – Martirosyan and Chigaev – Najer drew. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-2. H. Martirosyan, N. Yakubboev – 2 (3), 3-4. S. Sjugirov, E. Tomashevsky – 1.5 (3), 5-7. E. Najer, A. Suleymanli, M. Chigaev – 1 (2),…
This brilliant chess player is currently the world’s leading grandmaster. Thanks to his success, the game’s popularity skyrocketed in India, his home country. Viswanathan Anand was born in Mayiladuthurai, India, on December 11, 1969. However, his family soon moved to Madras (now Chennai, India’s chess capital). Vishy (as his fans call him) owes a great…
There are numerous different ways to enter the Candidates Tournament in chess. The principle of the World Championship cycle is rather complex. In this competition, only first place matters, since it allows the winner to fight for the World Champion’s title. From the beginning… After Alexander Alekhine died, and Botvinnik won the tournament match in…
Chess history has a lot of legendary players who enrapture and inspire with their art. Oftentimes, we compare ourselves with great players from the past and contemporary masters. This article contains the greatest examples of the World Chess Champions. Overall, there are 16 world chess champions, if we talk about the classical line. However, there…