Svidler holds Anand Carlsen wins

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 ...

After expressing some unhappiness, Carlsen" target="_blank">Magnus Carlsen and the Norwegian Chess Federation have agreed to play the title match in Chennai this November. Apart from being reluctant to cede "home-advantage" for whatever that's worth, the ...

NEW DELHI, 6 MAY: Magnus Carlsen has expressed deep disappointment at world chess governing body FIDE's decision to award the World Championship final to Viswanathan Anand's hometown Chennai accusing them of lack of transparency. I'm deeply ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Espen Agdestein, the manager of Magnus Carlsen, still expects FIDE to open a bidding process for the Anand-Carlsen World Championship match. In a telephone conversation with ChessVibes, Agdestein reacted to a recent interview with ...

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 ...

Come November, Viswanathan Anand will be defending his world title against Magnus Carlsen at home. Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa had pitched in for it and the world chess federation (FIDE) awarded the game to Chennai without a bidding ...

One of the most anticipated games of recent times ended in a draw, but Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand perhaps revealed a little bit of what was in store at the World Chess Championship later this year. In the second round of Norway Chess 2013, ...

SANDNES, Norway — Chess world champion Viswanathan Anand of India has drawn against world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the second round of the Norway Chess Tournament. Playing white, the 22-year-old Carlsen showed aggressive intent, turning down an ...

The game of chess can be a metaphor for life. In November of 2009, an eighteen year-old named Magnus Carlsen of Norway became the youngest No. 1 chess player in the game's history. There are many clues for life success that can be learned by ...