Checkmate: Purling London

Fourteen breathless rounds of chess at the Candidates tournament in London, were not enough to split Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. It was finally down to the second tie-break rule (more number of wins) that resolved the issue in Carlsen's ...

Pentagram designer Daniel Weil has contributed a new chess set design to the world of chess. It will join the ranks of the original Staunton chess set, which has been the standard thus far. Weil's chess set made its debut at the World Chess ...

Levon Aronian slipped to second place in the World Chess Candidates Tournament in London after losing to Israel's Boris Gelfand in Round 9 on Monday. Aronian now has 5.5 points to Magnus Carlsen's 6 points. The eight-man double round-robin ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - World chess champion Viswanathan Anand believes that the recent London-hosted Candidates Tournament has been maybe the best ever in history. I managed to catch most of the games. Magnus Carlsen got a grip on the tournament, and it ...

Azerbaijan considers the double defeat of Teimour Radjabov to Levon Aronian at a chess tournament in London as "shameful". The sponsor of the tournament was State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) which had spent 2 million euros for holding it.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian commented on the 8th round of London-hosted FIDE World Chess Candidates' Tournament against b>Magnus Carlsen of Norway. I feel homeland's support. I receive letters and text messages from Armenia.

Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess superstar who will be challenging Viswanathan Anand for the world title later this year, disappointed his home supporters by failing to win the first ever elite tournament to have been played on Norwegian soil. In ...

Coffee houses hold a special place in London's history. During the late 17th century, they were the birthplace of Lloyd's of London and the London Stock Exchange -- two institutions that helped make the square-mile City of London a global financial ...

John Abraham was in London recently to finalise tie-ups with international directors and post-production houses for expanding his production house. This isn't for feature films. Johnny Boy is more excited about his banner doing ad films. The actor ...