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After the 1995 match and his win against Anand, Kasparov was still world champion. But, his PCA simply stopped existing in 1996; therefore, he had to search for other ways of funding and organize his matches. In 1998, Kasparov announced that based on the ELO rating, Anand (2nd in the world), and Kramnik (3rd in the world), should play a match to determine his challenger. But Anand refused because he participated in the FIDE cycle. The match was organized between Kramnik and Shirov in 1998 in...Full StoryAdded on 04.29.2021
GM Vishy Anand (India) GM Garry Kasparov After the last Kasparov-Karpov match (another tough one) in 1990, which was again won by Kasparov by 1 point, finally, we had someone who could break the K-K domination – Nigel Short. He managed to win against Karpov in the semifinal candidates match, and then in the final, he beat Timman. So he became the new challenger for Kasparov. In the negotiations for the title match, Kasparov and Short were dissatisfied with FIDE and criticized the...Full StoryAdded on 04.23.2021
After beating Korchnoi in 2 matches in 1978 and 1981 and winning many tournaments, Karpov had to face a new powerful challenger - Kasparov. Kasparov was a very dynamic and active, sometimes even aggressive player who liked to take the initiative and attack, almost totally different from Karpov, who preferred positional and technical play. They played 5 tough matches, every time with close results. The first time they met in 1984, in the match for the "world crown." Karpov was 12 years...Full StoryAdded on 04.15.2021
After Fischer didn't show up for the match title in 1975, in Manilla, Karpov became the world champion by forfeit. Anatoly Karpov in 1978 Anatoly then played a lot of tournaments and had a lot of success, proving that he was indeed the world's best player. Then he faced Korchnoi in 2 matches for the world title. In Baguio in 1978 and in Merano in 1981. It is worth mentioning that Korchnoi is alongside Keres and Bronshtein, one of the best players in history who never became world...Full StoryAdded on 04.08.2021
.videoWrapper { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; } .videoWrapper { position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0} .videoWrapper iframe { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100% } ICC Blitz Tournament $2,000 in prizes including a $1,000 Random Giveaway prize anyone can win! TOURNAMENT RESULTS Grand Prize...Full StoryAdded on 04.08.2021
After Petrosian won the world title in 1963, he played 2 matches against his young challenger, Boris Spassky, in 1966 and 1969. First, he held his title in 1966, winning a close match by 4-3 and 17 draws! But in 1969, Spassky managed to win, again, a close match, 6-4, with 13 draws. To be fair, it was not a return match. Spassky had to qualify again through the whole cycle! He beat the famous Korchnoi in the Candidates' final match to become the challenger to Petrosian again. In 1972, the...Full StoryAdded on 04.01.2021
This year the President Cup – informally known as the Final Four of College Chess – which determines the U.S. collegiate chess champion - will be played online. The Internet Chess Club hosts this prestigious tournament, where four Universities fight for the Cup. See the FINAL STANDINGS and GAMES FINAL STANDINGS DOWNLOAD PGN The tournament takes place on April 3 and 4. • Format: double round-robin • Time control: 25+5 • Start of the games: Saturday, April 3: 12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM (CDT)...Full StoryAdded on 04.01.2021
After Botvinnik won the 1948 tournament for the world title, FIDE introduced a system of cycles for the world championship. Every 3 years, there was a title match; in 1951, Botvinnik faced Bronshtein, one of the best history players who didn't become world champion. The match was tied 12-12, with 5-5 and 14 draws. In 1954, Botvinnik faced another challenger – Smyslov - and managed again to hold his title, 12-12, with 7-7 wins and 10 draws. Matches were played in 24 games. In 1956, a new clause...Full StoryAdded on 03.25.2021
After Alekhine lost his title in the match against Euwe in 1935, he got in shape and was much more serious and in much better sportive form for the rematch in 1937. Alekhine - Euwe - 1937 Euwe was a mathematician, 5th world champion, and the only one from the Netherlands (at least until now). He was also president of FIDE from 1970-1978. Some sources say that the “issues” with Fischer could be resolved thanks to him, which means that the most well-known world championship match could be...Full StoryAdded on 03.18.2021
After his win against Lasker in 1921, Capablanca became the world champion. Maybe because he had big problems challenging Lasker (the first time he tried it in 1911), it was not easy to challenge Capablanca. They had some "London rules" about how the match should be organized and who could challenge the Champion. Also, a clause read that the prize fund should be at least 10.000 USD in that time (which is more than 100,000 in today's money). Rubinstein and Nimzowitch challenged Capablanca for...Full StoryAdded on 03.11.2021
Video 2: The beginning of the Lasker era Emmanuel Lasker After Steinitz won his match against Zukertort, he continued to be successful. In that era, he was really the best player and the real World Champion! As we know, back in those times, matches for the world crown were still somewhat "privately" organized: namely, one of the world-leading players could challenge a champion for a match, and if he could raise enough money (enough purse or prize fund), usually the challenge would be...Full StoryAdded on 03.10.2021
US Chess announces the 2021 National Online Scholastic Championships (NOSC). This event is intended as the online replacement for the now-canceled SuperNationals VII. The NOSC will feature two Qualification Weekends, with a total of six divisions, and a Championship Weekend, with top finishers from each section meeting to determine a national individual champion in that division. There will be team and individual prizes awarded in each section on the Qualification Weekends; however, the only...Full StoryAdded on 03.04.2021
Video 1 - 1886. First official match for the world chess crown. Wilhelm Steinitz Johannes Zukertort In this video, GM Misa presents the first official match for the chess world title, played between Wilhelm Steinitz (born in 1836 in Prague, died in 1900 in New York) and Johannes Zukertort (born in 1842 in Lublin, German Empire (nowadays Poland), died in London in 1888). After the Steinitz - Anderssen match in...Full StoryAdded on 02.25.2021
The Internet Chess club is thrilled to announce a brand new video series, with GM Misa Pap. Misa has been researching history and chess, to pick up the best 15 matches to determine the World Chess Champion. Enjoy the Intro video! Here is the presentation of the course, written by our GM. Chess is a vibrant and noble game, and as we know, it has a very long and illustrious history, dating many centuries in the past. But only in the last 500 years or so, we have been playing with Chess's...Full StoryAdded on 12.02.2020
GM Ron W. Henley is a very well-known chess coach who's been collaborating with the Internet Chess Club for years now. Ron was Chief Trainer in 9 matches for World Champion Anatoly Karpov. He also worked with GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush early in their careers. He has won several international events and produced numerous educational chess books and videos available at ICC. One of the best video series GM Henley has created for the ICC is Rook Endings!, an amazing 14-video series to...Full StoryAdded on 11.16.2020
Play in a National Championship Event Online The National Open is one of the longest-running open tournaments in the United States. Since 1965 this US Chess National Championship has set the standard for well-run tournaments. Vegas Chess Festivals is proud to bring the 2020 National Open to the Internet Chess Club on November 21 and 22. We continue the tradition of putting the players first, with a $20,000 prize fund and low entry fees. November 21 - 22, 2020 at Internet Chess Club. 5...Full StoryAdded on 11.15.2020
The Continental Chess Association (CCA) in partnership with the Internet Chess Club (ICC) is excited to announce the 51st ANNUAL NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS, $20,000 IN PRIZES, to be held November 27 to 29 on the ICC. This mega tournament has a guaranteed prize fund of $20,000 USD. The time control for this event is Game 75 + 10 seconds increment. Nine (9) rounds, played over three days. SCHEDULE Friday, November 27th Saturday, November 28th Sunday, November 29th GAMES START AT 11 AM EST EST:...Full StoryAdded on 11.01.2020
This past Sunday, November 1st, 155 players joined us as we celebrated Handsome Bill's 75th Birthday with a Sunday Night Tournament! The tournament was a great success and the birthday boy was overwhelmed by all the happy birthday wishes. He even joined his own tournament and nearly won every game (nearly)! Who is this handsome guy, you ask? Bill Scott is Director of ICC Tournaments and has been an integral part of ICC operations for many years. Bill, who goes by the username Billscotty on...Full StoryAdded on 10.18.2020
Tournament report INFO DONATE PGN download 1st Susan Kantor Memorial Tourney Swiss Standard 15 5 rated manager chesskix Played on chessclub.com 129 players, 7 rounds Current round 7 Sun Oct 18 20 9:57 - ongoing uscf7 tournament #2069 Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Score #g OppScore OppRating 1 GUSEINOV, GADIR(GM)(2705) +b63 +w9 +b16 +w27 +b6 +w3 =b2 6.5 7 36.0 2062 2 VAKHIDOV, JAKHO(GM)(2600) +w59 +b19 +w4 +b5 +w31 +b12...Full StoryAdded on 10.11.2020
The 1st Annual Susan Kantor Memorial All proceeds of your donation/entry fee will be gifted to the US Chess at-risk children's fund, in Susan's memory. US CHESS Rated Tournament with $1,500 in prizes guaranteed! The Internet Chess Club (ICC) announces the 1st Annual Susan E. Kantor Memorial Online Chess Tournament to be held on Sunday, October 18, 2020. The event will be an online quick rated, seven-round event (full details at the end of the article) with all proceeds to benefit at-risk...Full Story
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