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World No. 1 Chess player Magnus Carlsen's Chess rating tomorrow will be the official new record when FIDE announces the January 2013 FIDE Chess rating list. Carlsen will overtake former record holder Kasparov's world record of 2851 by ten ELO rating points. Carlsen will be rated 2861. Kramnik will be second in the rating list with previous 2nd place holder Aronian now pushed to the third spot. A record number of players will enter the 2700+ rating club. Currently, 51 players are rated 2700 or higher as per the live rating list Web site 2700chess.com World Champion Anand remains at the seventh spot.

Anish Giri, the upcoming Chess prodigy, who is already performing at the topmost level, beat Magnus Carlsen in 2011, replay the game here:

Garry Kasparov loses to Viswanathan Anand in the 9th game of the historic Chess match at New York's World Trade Center. Watch the game on Youtube:

At mid-way to the first time control, games on all three boards are still on. GM Abhijeet Gupta is battling a difficult position against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Sasi has quite a comfortable position against Korobov, and Negi is still in the opening struggle phase of the game against Alekseev.

Update: Sasikiran duly beat Negi and Gupta overcame leader Korobov in the 7th round.  News just in live: Alekseev has drawn Wojtaszek in round 7. Sasikiran has an upper hand against Negi. Gupta is fighting hard against Korobov but both are short on time. India No 3 K Sasikiran beat out-of-form Abhijeet Gupta in the 6th round at the AICF-AAI Chess Cup. The other two matches between super grandmasters Parimarjan Negi vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Anton Korobov vs Evgeny Alekseev were drawn. In the 7th round, Sasikiran will attempt to take revenge of the earlier defeat against Negi in the same tournament in an earlier round, while Gupta faces Korobov and Alekseev takes on Wojtaszek.

Chess building! Made of marble pieces.

Bobby Fischer. Photo courtesy nytimes.com Botvinnik, the Chess Legend, said after this game, "we must keep an eye on this kid". Fischer created history with this game, also known as the Game of the Century. He beat Byrne by throwing all his pieces starting with the Queen! Definitely one of the best Chess games ever!

A very unique Chess set. Editor

The 2012 edition of the SportAccord Mind Games in Beijing threw up a big, surprising winner - Laurent Fressinet. He finished ahead of several ultra strong Grandmasters with a plus 4 score and a 2975 performance. Hikaru Nakamura and Alexander Grischuk finished 2nd and 3rd. In the Women's section, the top three strongest women duly finished in the top three places. Other medallists: Women's Rapid Chess Kateryna Lahno Hou Yifan Koneru Humpy Men's Blitz Chess Sergey Karjakin Hikaru Nakamura Mamedyarov Women's Blitz Chess Kosteniuk Muzychuk Elisabeth Paehtz

Garry Kasparov, one of the all time great Chess players, beats Veselin Topalov, one of the best players in the modern era. This game is also known as Kasparov's best ever game and one of the best in the post-Fischer era.

Magnus Carlsen, the current World No. 1 Chess player beats current World No. 2 in a previous encounter:

Judit Polgar has lost 9 points after her average showing at the London Chess Classic. She did gain some points towards the end to at least show a semblance of a fight with the top players, but she is obviously not in  top form yet. Hou Yifan is holding on to her 2600+, but the other top seed in the World Championship, Koneru Humpy of India lost quite heavily. She is now below 2600. So we now have only two 2600+ players. The other significant ratings losers are Gunina and N Kosintseva. Among the gainers, obviously Stefanova is the biggest gainer, climbing back to 2515. The World Champion Ushenina is not in the 2500 club, and so is out of the top 16 for now. We do not rule out the possibility of her joining this elite club if she continues to stay in her current form. Obviously, it will be hard with all the celebrations in her home country, Ukraine.

Name : Anna Ushenina Born : Aug 30, 1985 Place : Kharkiv, Ukraine Chess Title : Grandmaster Tournament Title : Women's World Champion (2012) Women's Chess Olympiad Winner (2006) FIDE Rating : 2452 (Highest 2502) Chess Leagues : Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, and France

Magnus Carlsen finally finished the London Chess Classic with a Live Rating of 2861.4 So, he will indeed break the record of Kasparov's all time highest rating. Some readers of other Chess sites were complaining that it was too early to predict Carlsen breaking the record before the London Chess Classic ended. Their objections were valid since Carlsen stands to lose heavy points against players such as Gawain Jones or Judit Polgar. He didn't and he deserves all the praise as the all-time record holder. Congratulations to Kramnik, who has reached his highest rating, the same level as 2002 (2809). Statistics show that the rating in 2002 is superior due to ratings inflation. Nakamura was a significant mover and he is now back in the top 10, nudging recent upmover Mamedyarov to the 10th spot. With Kamsky sliding down disastrously, Hikaru Nakamura is the clear US No. 1 in Chess. Michael Adams used the opportunity that he was provided in the London Classic and has gained go...

Judit Polgar won against Luke Mc Shane at the London Chess Classic event, but it was not enough to get her back into the 2700 ELO Chess Elite list. However, Ferenc Berkes made up for Judit's exclusion by jumping into the list that now comprises 48 players. Berkes is now rated 2706 on the Live Chess Ratings list.

As of today, Magnus Carlsen (2862) is well clear of Garry Kasparov's all time highest rating. The only danger for him is losing two games against weak players, which is a remote possibility with his current form. Nakamura did draw with him on 10th December, which means that Carlsen will collect a slight minus, but nothing significant. The most interesting move on the list is by Kramnik. He is now clear of Aronian (who's lost quite a bit here) by almost 6 ELO points. World Champion Anand is now at No. 7. Mamedyarov has cemented his ranking in the top 10 at least for now.

Stefanova: Picture courtesy Chessbase.com Stefanova played confidently against a defensive Ushenina to force a tie break in the World Cup chess tournament. Ushenina made a mistake by trying to play for a draw instead of playing a normal game and paid the price.

The underdog, Anna Ushenina, beat experienced Stefanova in a Slav defence game with wild complications. Ushenina shocked Stefanova with 17. Nxd5, sacrificing her knight. Stefanova tried passive defence (not her true strength), and the game quickly went into a lost position for her. Ushenina only needs a draw in the last game to win the title.

The first game of the thrilling tournament between ex-World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova and Anna Ushenina petered out to a draw. Ushenina chose an opening and was ready for Stefanova's reply. After the opening, Stefanova offered a draw but Anna rejected and played for a win. After a few moves, Stefanova got a good advantage, but made a mistake, which Anna used to steer the game to a draw.

Nguyen Anh Khoi is leading the Boys U 10 section with 10/10 so far and is already assured of the title. India's N Priyanka is also performing amazingly amassing 9.5/10 and is virtually sure about the title. Many other Indian Chess players are in with a chance to either win titles in their age groups or at least medals. Chief among these players is Aravindh Chithambaram, who just needs a draw in the last round.

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Vishy Anand is the World Champion, again! He beat challenger Boris Gelfand in tie-breakers. The final score was 8.5-7.5. The tie break games were filled with excitement unlike the games with regular time controls. Anand won game 2 of the tie breaks and held on with draws in Games 3 and 4 to win. Earlier, he faced some anxious moments in the 3rd game, where he made a couple of dubious moves. However, Gelfand was unable to capitalize due to severe time pressure and drew a winning game. Editor www.IMChess.com

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Anand - Gelfand  Photo from thechessdrum.net Challenger Boris Gelfand drew with the black pieces against Anand again in the 10th game of the World Championship match. With only two more normal time games to go, Gelfand is now definitely considered to have equal chances in the match. Only if the match goes into a tie-break, most consider Anand to be the favorite since he plays more quickly. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/world-chess-championship-2012/world-chess-championship-anand-gelfand-game-10 The most stunning fact of Game 10 was that Gelfand was able to face an off-beat variation in the Sicilian Defence without even batting an eyelid. His preparation seems to be of the highest order since Anand has not been able to threaten him except in Game 8.

Gelfand and Anand drew their sixth consecutive game in the World Chess Championships 2012. The match is starting to evoke criticism, but there are some defenders who are quoting the reason of shortness of the match and that hence caution is justified. Kasparov has even gone so far as to say that Anand has lost his motivation, which led to huge protests by the Indian media. Kasparov thought that Anand missed a chance to win in the third game, when he had to look at the game from a different angle and push through. After all, the playing strength is not very obvious with this level of preparation and Anand should grab the minutest advantage. Meanwhile, Boris is holding on well and even pushing Anand to the defensive quite a few times. Anand will need to defend another game with black when they resume after the rest day. Challenger Gelfand and World Champion Anand - Photo courtesy www.Chessdom.com Editor

The mercurial Vassily Ivanchuk won the Capablanca Chess Tournament of 2012 with 6.5/10. Dominguez and Nepomniatchi finished tied at 5.5 points a piece. Vladimir Potkin, Quesada Perez Yuniesky, and Viktor Laznicka finished 4-6 in an all play all tournament.

Defending World Champion of Chess, Viswanathan Anand, held Challenger Boris Gelfand to a draw in the 4th game of the 12 game match being held at Moscow. Anand deployed the Semi-slav against 1.d4 and drew quite easily. Gelfand changed the move sequence on move 10, but Anand was well prepared and played fairly quickly. Replay and watch the game here!

V Anand came very close to winning the 3rd game of their World Champinship match, but played a safe move on the 35th, under some time trouble. Anand tried to steer Gelfand away from the Gruenfeld by playing an anti-Gruenfeld 3. f3 It appears that Gelfand is very well prepared for this match and is determined to hang on and trouble Anand. The match is being held at Moscow, probably the World's Capital City of Chess. Anand is the defending Champion.

The reigning World Champion, V Anand and Boris Gelfand drew the first two games in the Chess World Championships of 2012 in Moscow. Gelfand did well to easily hold with black pieces in the first game, Anand returned the favor, doing the same in a Semi Slav in the second game.

Kateryna Lahno is one of the top female Grandmasters in the World. She had broken the World Record of Judit Polgar while becoming the youngest Woman Grandmaster in history at the age of 12 years and 4 months.

Harry Benson’s rare, exclusive photos of the elusive and controversial chess genius Bobby Fischer taken during the historic World Chess Championship match in Iceland in 1972 are collected by powerHouse Books for the first time, in Bobby Fischer. See the video of the book on this page: http://www.rupamedia.com/?p=921

Two of the most beautiful Chess players - Almira Skripchenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk battle it out in an interesting game of wits. Watch the game here:

Carlsen vs Yifan. Sounds like fantasy to you? Well, they may actually play a couple of years from now considering the growing strength of Yifan, but until then watch a game that they played in 2008 at Cap d'Agde. Watch the video on youtube here: http://youtu.be/71X80RuxxPI

Black opened with the Hamster gambit opening and white responded with the mouse trap.

Hope he is not receiving assistance through his antenna!

Still a teenager, but already the World Women's Champion, the Chinese star Hou Yifan leads with none other than Michael Adams at the Gibraltar Chess Tournament. Behind her are several International stars including former World Championship contenders! She beat Le Qiang Leim in the previous round, but what caught the whole World's attention was her win against Judit Polgar. We have to go back decades to find a loss by Judit against another female player! Rankings after Round 8 (From Chess-results) 1 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2605 6.5 2859.0 2 GM Adams Michael ENG 2724 6.5 2843.0 3 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2677 6.0 2790.0 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2747 6.0 2778.0 5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2700 6.0 2750.0 6 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2717 6.0 2748.0 7 GM Howell David W L ENG 2603 6.0 2737.0 8 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700 6.0 2726.0 9 GM Gopal G N IND 2566 6.0 2720.0 10 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2749 6.0 2714.0

Levon Aronian of Armenia did not give any chance to Carlsen to catch him up and in the end won the prestigious tournament at Wijk aan Zee of 2012. Aronian produced some gems in the tournament and Carlsen's usual efficiency was not sufficient. Caruana was the find of the tournament. In Group B, P Harikrishna finished first and could be invited to next year's Group A. The chances appear more bright since Harikrishna is from India and the main sponsor is an Indian company.

Oliver Barbosa of Philippines won the Parsvnath Delhi Open Chess tournament. He finished half a point ahead of two others who collected 9 points.

Levon Aronian is on 2/2 after the 2nd round of the Tata Steel (formerly Corus) Chess tournament of 2012. Aronian beat American Chess star, Nakamura. Caruana beat Karjakin. In other groups, Harikrishna beat Lahno and Tiviakov beat Timman. Young Sahaj Grover of India beat Paehtz of Germany. After this round, we have some interesting observations to make on the Live Chess ratings. Magnus Carlsen is just 13 points shy of Kasparov's all time highest FIDE rating of 2851 Aronian will surpass Anand as the 2nd highest ever FIDE rated player if he gains another ELO point but retains it until the end of the rating period. Caruana is nearly 2750 at the age of 19 and is ranked 12 in the World! Giri is 2735 and is No. 17 in the World! Harikrishna has gained impressive ELO after his 2/2 start, but it remains to be seen if he can mantain it. He has had to face frustration many times to reach 2700.

Notable points on the new FIDE rating list: Nakamura is No. 12 (but No. 6 and just a couple of points away from No. 5 on the Live Chess Rating list. Three ELO 2800+ players. Anna Muzychuk is now ELO 2580 and No. 4 in the Women's world ranking list. Hou Yifan is 122 points (!!!) ahead of the No. 2 in the World Junior Girls ranking. Editor www.IMChess.com