Lae Hockey picks four rep teams

Final Standings (GM all) 1. Veselin Topalov BUL 2771, 8.0/11 2. Hikaru Nakamura USA 2767, 6.5/11 3-4. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2733, Fabiano Caruana ITA 2772, 6.0/11 5-6. Gata Kamsky USA 2741, Alexander Morozevich RUS 2758, 5.5/11 7-9. Anish Giri NED ...

THERE were three major tournaments going on almost simultaneously these past weeks and a fourth is just around the corner. It has been a virtual feast, watching the games live on the Internet. The Chinese Chess Championships for men and women ...

When seven of the worlds 18 highest-rated players competed in London last month, it was hailed as the strongest tournament of 2013. But this month, eight of the top 15 and 38 of the top 100 played in another event that got very little attention.

GRANDMASTER Bartosz Socko is this year's Polish champ while in China, 13-year-old Wei Yi and Wang Yue shared the lead in their nation's championship tournament after five rounds. There are two other major tournaments that are ongoing as you read ...

WITH four more rounds remaining, tournament favorite Magnus Carlsen leads the candidates, half-a-point ahead of Levon Aronian whose ninth round loss to Boris Gelfand has slowed down the Armenian's momentum. In solo third and a point behind Magnus is ...