Power Outage Disrupts Game 5, Anand Keeps Lead After Draw

A brief power outage of 13 minutes occurs about one and a half hours into game 5. More details at the Sofia News Agency website. Anand once again chooses to defend with the Slav. The game was a repeat of Game 3 until Anand deviates with his 15th move. The games ends in a draw … Continue reading →

Anand Wins Game 4, Takes the Lead 2½-1½

Another Catalan that sees Anand sacrifice a knight on h6 with a strong attack. This should be a fun one to analyze! Tournament: Anand-Topalov 2010 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Round: 04 White: Anand, V Black: Topalov, V Date: Wed Apr 28 2010 Result: 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. … Continue reading →

Anand-Topalov Game 3 is a Draw

Game 3 of the World Chess Championship Match between Anand and Topalov has ended in a draw by repetition. Tournament: Anand-Topalov 2010 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Round: 03 White: Topalov, V Black: Anand, V Date: Tue Apr 27 2010 Result: ½-½ 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. … Continue reading →

Anand-Topalov Schedule

I’m posting the schedule of the Anand-Topalov match using Eastern Standard Time. The official website lists times in EEST and UTC. I figured I’d make it easy and post the times using EST here. Anand-Topalov Match Schedule (times are Eastern Standard Time): April 21 – 11:00 AM – Official opening April 24 – 10:00 AM – Game … Continue reading →

Anand-Topalov Game #2

Anand Wins Game #2 of the match. 2010 World Championship, Sofia, White: Anand Black: Topalov 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7 13.Ba5 Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 Qxa3 16.bxa3 N7f6 17.Nce5 Re8 18.Rc2 b6 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1 Rbd8 … Continue reading →

Anand-Topalov Game #1

Topalov wins the first game of the World Championship Match against Anand. Topalov had the white pieces and the opening was an Exchange Grünfeld. 2010 World Championship, Sofia White: Topalov, Veselin Black: Anand, Vishy 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Bd3 … Continue reading →

Huge Auction of Chess Books and More

I found a huge auction of chess books at http://www.cashauction.com/ that I’d like to pass on to everyone. The auction begins Saturday, April 24th, at 10:00 EDT. You can bid online by clicking here.

Sketch said to show Hitler playing chess with Lenin is up for sale

A drawing of Adolf Hitler playing chess against Vladimir Lenin 100 years ago is today expected to fetch up to £40,000 at auction. For decades historians have argued over the likelihood that two of the world’s most notorious dictators pitted their wits against one another over an innocuous chessboard. But forensic evidence has suggested that … Continue reading →

World Chess Champions Made with Google Search Story Creator

Here’s a little Google Search Story Video I created for some World Chess Champions. Hope you like it.

Chess Movie – The Story of I.S. 318 – The Best Jr. High Chess Team in the Country

You can follow the I.S. 318 chess team at their blog: http://www.318chessteam.blogspot.com