By IM John Donaldson March 19, 2013 The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its twenty-seventh annual award, has selected Grandmaster Sam Shankland of Orinda, California, as its 2013 Fellow. The Samford is th...

Today, Bobby Fischer, an American chess legend, would have turned 70. March 9, 2013 – Robert James “Bobby” Fischer was an American grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He was one of the greate...

By Dewain Barber March 6, 2013 Dewain Barber, founder of the K-8 Barber Championships, held each year in conjunction with the Denker tournament of High School champions and US Open, writes about finding chess on his rece...

2013 Tata Steel, Day 10, Replay Select Games Carlsen, Magnus vs. L’Ami, Erwin Anand, Viswanathan vs. Karjakin, Sergey Caruana, Fabiano vs. Nakamura, Hikaru Aronian, Levon vs. Wang, Hao Sokolov, Ivan vs. Leko, Peter...

2013 Tata Steel, Day 9, Replay Select Games Nakamura, Hikaru vs. Giri, Anish Leko, Peter vs. Anand, Viswanathan Hou, Yifan vs. Carlsen, Magnus Ivan Sokolov vs. Loek van Wely L’Ami, Erwin vs. Aronian, Levon

2013 Tata Steel, Day 8, Replay Select Games Carlsen, Magnus vs. Karjakin, Sergey Anand, Viswanathan vs. Sokolov, Ivan van Wely, Loek vs. Nakamura, Hikaru Aronian, Levon vs. Hou, Yifan Harikrishna, Pentala vs. Leko, Peter...