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Carlsen beats Judit in a game played with creativity and cleanliness. You can analyze the game and enjoy the nuances using your Chess engine. To quickly view the game, you can use the following Youtube link:

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.

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...

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.

The 350, 000 Francs World Blitz Chess Championships will be held at Almaty, Kazakhstan. The time control is 5 minutes for the entire game. Morozevich, Radjabov, Svidler, Grischuk, Gelfand, Judit Polgar, Ivanchuk are some of the players participating. More details and Official site....

Update: -------------------------------------------- Radjabov won the ACP world rapid chess championship. He beat Grischuk 2.5-1.5 in the final. -------------------------------------------- The semi-finalists in the world cup rapid championships were spotted. Jakovenko beat giant-killer Inarkiev, Radjabov upset Ivanchuk, Grishchuk defeated Svidler and Karjakin eliminated Gelfand. In a tournament graced by ex-world champion Karpov and Judit Polgar, who lost earlier, the youngsters are surely grabbing the limelight. Results of the Quarterfinals: Jakovenko, Dmitry vs Inarkiev, Ernesto 1.5-0.5 Radjabov, Teimour vs Ivanchuk, Vassily 3-2 Svidler, Peter vs Grischuk, Alexander 0.5-1.5 Karjakin, Sergey vs Gelfand, Boris 3-1

The focus will obviously be on the Kramnik - Anand rivarly and now that they are tied for the top spot in the world with exactly the same ELO points, this tournament will more or less serve as a tie-break. Topalov has lost a lot of the headlines to the top two, so he'll probably grab this chance to try and get some. Carlsen, Mamedyarov, and the ever dangerous Judit Polgar are others to watch. The Group A of the Corus Chess Tournaments reads like a Who's who in chess. Here's the list updated with the January 2008 Ratings. Note that Ivanchuk for example, appears second but is ninth in the world because he slipped by the time the Corus tournament was announced and the Ratings list was updated. Same with Leko and Aronian too and so on. Kramnik moved up. World Rank, Name, Country, Rating GM Group A 1 GM Viswanathan Anand India 2799 9 GM Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2751 1 GM Vladimir Kramnik Russia 2799 3 GM Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 2780 8 GM Peter Leko Hungary 2753 6 GM Shakryar Ma...

A preview of the January ratings and a few observations I made. I'm not yet sure if the World Cup results will be included. If yes, then a lot of other changes are possible. Kramnik and Anand will probably be tied for the World No.1 position. Big loser on points, no marks here for the correct guess, yes, Ivanchuk losing more than 30 pts (has already started to make up for it, though) Topalov moves to clear third with 2780. Mamedyarov gains smart points and he is likely to be fourth on the list. Big movers up - Karjakin, Cheparinov, Svidler and Carlsen. Sasikiran moves up a bit. Among the ladies, Koneru Humpy is inching up on Judit Polgar, even though she is not yet a match in class. She will be at 2612. Polgar loses a couple of points. Hou Yifan gains impressively.

Chess News in 2019: World Top Five 1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2989 2. Levon Aronian (ARM) 2973 3. Shakriyar Mamedyarov (AZB) 2972 4. Chiu Wei (CHN) 2961 5. Sahaj Grover (IND) 2954 The King's Gambit is unsound. Computers have proved that black wins by force in 56 moves. If the last piece of the puzzle is solved, computers will be able to prove the French Defence is also unsound. It loses in under 89 moves. The Petroff Defence is indeed a draw. It is a draw by perpetual in 68 moves or 76 moves depending on the variation on the 36th move. Bobby Fischer - Boris Spassky world championship match held. Fischer wins 12.5 - 9.5 Vishwanathan Anand announces his retirement after a long reign at top level chess. He is currently ranked 14th with a rating of 2918. China win the Chess Olympiad for the third time in succession. India again had to be content with the second position. USA finished third. Hou Yifan was the star performer for China. She won the Gold medal on the third board with a 9/10 s...