Legend Kasparov Makes A Comeback in Tel Aviv University

Former World Chess champion Gary Kasparov made an extraordinary comeback, when he played against 30 students of Tel Aviv University. Kasparov students from the University and children from a scientific research group.

The youngest player was eight-year-old Saar Drori, a chess champion. He used to play with older children, but playing against Kasparov was a memorable experience.

"He was very aggressive during the game. I was able to resist him until I failed."

Saar’s dream is to play chess with Kasparov once again.

Alexandra Kosteniuk in Bogota for 'Champions for Peace'

Bogota and Medellin, yesterday, experienced a hundreds of low-income children of Puerto Tejada had the chance to play with world chess champion, Russia's Alexandra Kosteniuk.

With this activity, Kosteniuk gave opening in this county to 'Chess for Peace', a program of the organization Peace and Sport, which is implemented in the country for Colombianitos Foundation.


"I am very happy to belong to the group 'Champions for Peace', I believe that children are the future and I am convinced that through these programs the only wars that are going to see are those submitted on chessboards "said excited the Russian sportsman.

In this way, the program "Chess for Peace 'aims to promote the sport science in conflict areas to reduce violence in marginalized sectors of society.

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Alexandra Kosteniuk Joins “Champions for Peace”

The Peace and Sport organization’s “Champions for Peace” elite group of athletes has just gained the support of Alexandra Kosteniuk the women’s world chess superstar. Chess idol, Kosteniuk, joins the ranks of the 39 ambassadors supporting the Champions for Peace representing 24 nationalities, 25 Olympic and non-Olympic sports disciplines, 49 World Champions, 20 Olympic Champions and more than a hundred national and regional titles.

Joel Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, himself a World Champion and Olympic Medallist, added: "We are deeply honoured that the Chess Queen has joined the Champions for Peace family. Alexandra has proved to the world that "Chess is Cool". It’s a real pleasure to be able to count on her enthusiasm, determination and intelligence to inform new audiences and convince policy-makers that sport can and must contribute to sustainable peace. "

Champions of Peace

Other Champions of Peace include such sporting legends as Sergey Bubka (Olympic Champion and six-times World Champion, Pole Vault, Ukraine); Frankie Fredericks (double World Champion, 100 and 200 metres , Namibia); Cathy Freeman (Olympic Champion and double World Champion, 400m, Australia); Yelena Isinbayeva (double Olympic Champion and double World Champion, Pole Vault, Russia), Christian Karembeu (World Champion, Football, France) Bradley Mcgee ( Double Olympic Champion, World Champion, cycling, Australia), Paula Radcliffe (World Champion, Marathon, United Kingdom) as well as many more.

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Chess: Kiril Georgiev Played 360 Games Simultaneously, Sets World Record

A Bulgarian grandmaster appears to have broken the world record for the highest number of chess games played simultaneously, organizers said Monday.

Kiril Georgiev played a total of 360 games simultaneously, winning 284, drawing 70 and losing six, during a marathon that lasted 14 hours and 8 minutes in Sofia's Inter Expo Center, the organizers said.

The record number of games and the winning percentage of 88 percent will allow Georgiev to apply formally for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Kiril Georgiev is a three-time Bulgarian national champion and a former under-18 world champion, according to the Bulgarian News Network.

The Guinness Book says the current record for most simultaneous games played was set in 2005 by Susan Polgar, the Hungarian-American four-time women's world champion.

Polgar played 326 games, winning 309, drawing 14 and losing only three.

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Chess : Anish Giri : Youngest Grandmaster At 14 Years

Anish Giri, a teen of Nepali origin, became the youngest grandmaster in the world on Saturday, beating grandmaster Eduardo Iturrizaga of Venezuela for his final grandmaster norm at the tender age of 14 years, 7 months and two days.

The wonder kid, born of a Nepali father Sanjay Giri, a scientist in Russia, and Russian mother in St Petersburg on June 28, 1994, now lives in Holland, chessbase.com reported on Sunday. He speaks four languages, with Russian being his mother tongue. He also speaks fluent English, as well as a little Nepali and Japanese. He is currently learning Dutch to add a fifth language to his growing list.

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Chess: Alexandra Kosteniuk to Appear at SuperNationals!

Reigning Women's World Champion, Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk has confirmed an appearance at the 2009 SuperNationals in Nashville, Tennessee (April 3-5).

Kosteniuk told CLO, "I'm very excited to go to the SuperNationals! I love to see children playing chess. I like to see their emotions, laughs and tears, their spontaneity. Everything that unites chess and kids seems to be so amazing for me. Second, it reminds me of my youth tournaments when I always had such a good time. I can recall how I waited for these tournaments and how excited I was before each one."

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World Chess Championship : 7th Game : Draw

Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik before the 7th Game

India’s Viswanathan Anand took a 37-move draw in the slav defence to maintain his dominance over Vladimir Kramnik in the 12-game World Chess Championship final. Anand, who had white pieces, did try to go for his fourth win in 37 moves but had to settle for a draw.

The draw gives Anand a 5-2 lead with the Indian needing just 1.5 points from five games to retain his world title.

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World Chess Championship : 6th Game : Anand Wins

India's Viswanathan Anand has taken a commanding lead over Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik in the 2008 World Chess Championship in Bonn, Germany.

Kramnik conceded defeat on the 47th move of the sixth game on Tuesday.

Anand's third win gives him a 4.5-1.5 lead over Kramnik in the 12-game match. The other three games were draws.
Kramnik, who lost his title to Anand last year, now has little chance of digging himself out of the hole with only six games to go - three of them with white pieces. That means the defending champion can easily keep drawing in the remaining games, making it highly unlikely that Kramnik will be able to reclaim the world title.

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World Chess Championship : 5th Game : Anand Wins

World champion Viswanathan Anand scored his second victory in the World Chess Championship, again with black pieces, against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to extend his lead to two points.
If one thought Kramnik, playing with white pieces and trailing by a point would go on the offensive for the equaliser, they were quickly corrected. It was yet another Slav defense by the Indian ace in the fifth game and Kramnik went for what he had chosen in the third game, giving an idea that he had prepared something against the variation. However, Anand had other ideas and once again he was the one to come up with another surprise. If Kramnik thought he was going to deviate from the earlier game, he was proven wrong as Anand came up with a different idea on the 15th move.

Like in the third game, Kramnik yet again felt the heat and spent a lot of time on his clock. Anand got a good lead on the time while his position also remained intact. Kramnik went for unwarranted complications instead of trying to regain the momentum, which caused him dearly. The Russian was under pressure when Anand just improved the position of his pieces and maintained a fairly balanced position.

With the clock ticking away and not many options in sight, disaster struck the Russian on the 29th move. Going for a tactical move, Kramnik missed a fine retort that turned the tide decidedly in Anand’s favour.

News Courtsey: Indianexpress.com

World Chess Championship : 4th Game : Draw

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India played to a 29-move draw with Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik on Saturday in the fourth game of their world chess championship match.
Anand leads the 12-game match 2.5-1.5. He won the third game in spectacular style on Friday after the two men drew their opening games.

Saturday's draw was a tame affair in comparison with the previous day's game.

Anand had the white pieces and the opening was the solid Queen's Gambit Declined. As often happens in this opening, Black wound up with an isolated d-pawn and White had only the slightest chance of an advantage.

Kramnik summed the opening up after the game by saying that "White has to be very precise" to have an advantage. "One inaccurate move and it's a draw."

Indeed, Anand said that "Black was fairly comfortable" coming out of the opening.

The position seemed to be headed for a draw almost from the beginning. There was the usual maneuvering around the isolated pawn as White tried to prove that it was a weakness and Black tried to liquidate it.

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World Chess Championship : Game 3 : Anand Wins

World champion Viswanathan Anand struck with black in Game 3 and took a crucial psychological lead in the 12-game World Chess Championship aViswanathan Anand making a move under the eyes of Vladimir Kramnik at the chess world championships in Bonn.
gainst Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn on Friday.

In a sharp line in Slav Defence, Anand took the initiative by inviting Kramnik for a debate in tactics and seemed to have fallen into a trap when he lost two pawns in the middle game. However, in a remarkable rally, he resisted temptations to go for a draw and fought brilliantly to pull off a big black win after 41 moves.

World Chess Championship: Second Game: Draw

Viswanathan Anand surprised Vladimir Kramnik by going in with a Nimzo-Indian in the second game of the World Chess Championship on Wednesday that also ended in a draw. With this both games have ended in draws and in the third game Kramnik will hold white pieces.

Anand, playing with White, led with the Saemisch variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense. His first move, 1. d4, was a minor surprise because he almost always leads with 1. e4 and it gave him a slight edge over Kramnik.

"At a certain point in the opening, the position became very sharp," Anand said.

Kramnik, of Russia, called the position "very complicated."

"Such a strange position is difficult to assess," he said.

Kramnik will have White in game three on Thursday.

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World Chess Championship : First Game: Draw

World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw after 32 moves, with black against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the first game of the World Chess Championship here today.

Playing with white, it was a rather insipid approach by Kramnik that led to the dull draw. The Russian, well-known for his safety first approach, in fact did not trouble Anand at all.

Chess: "Highest Political Chess Game"- An Invention To The Game Of Chess!

An inventor residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a client of InventHelp, America's largest investor service company has made a modification to the game of Chess. The invention is patented.

The modified game is called "Highest Political Chess Game" and has been claimed that it could provide entertainment for chess enthusiasts of all ages. Highest Political Chess Game can increase the level of concentration and strategic thinking.

The Highest Political Chess Game would consist of a game board that expands 16 squares horizontally by 10 squares vertically. Each side would feature eight extra pieces, all of which would move like a king. The center expanded section would feature colors to represent various nations. The remaining rules and pieces would fall under the traditional standards of chess.

InventHelp is attempting to submit the invention to companies for review.

Finchley Chess Champ To Represent England Under-11

Joshua Cavendish, 11, a school boy from Finchley has been selected to represent England in the under-11s chess squad. Joshua started playing chess when he was five as an after school activity.
After wining several local and regional tournaments, Joshua decided to try out for the national team. Following seven tournaments across the country, Joshua learned that he was one of the 25 boys aged 10-11, who will represent England in the coming year.

Joshua Cavendish first international game will be against Holland, which takes place later this month.