FIDE WORLD CUP TROMSO 2013

The FIDE World Cup takes place in Tromso 11th August to 3rd September 2013. 7 Rounds of knock-out chess with the finalists qualifying for the 2014 Candidates. Aronian, Caruana, Kramnik, Grischuk, Karjakin, Nakamura, Gelfand, Kamsky as well as defending champion Svidler .

This event will provide two players for the FIDE Candidates of 2014 (loser of Carlsen/Anand, top two FIDE Grand Prix, top 2 FIDE rated players likely Aronian and Kramnik now they agreed to play this event), organisers wild card.

FIDE WORLD CUP 2013


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TAL MEMORIAL 2013

The 8th Tal Memorial tournament takes place 12th June to 24th June 2013. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand and Dmitry Andreikin

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FIDE GRAND PRIX FIDE THESSALONIKI 2013

The FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki takes place Wednesday 22nd May to 3rd June 2013. One of the strongest Grand Prix events so far with Candidates places at stake. Players: Topalov, Grischuk, Nakamura, Caruana, Svidler, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Kamsky, Bacrot, Dominguez Perez and Kasimdzhanov


Round 1: Svidler, Kamsky and Kasimdzhanov Win

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NORWAY CHESS SUPER TOURNAMENT 2013

The Norway Chess Super Tournament takes place mostly in Sandnes (single rounds in Bryne, Sor Hidle and Stavanger) 8th to 18th May 2013.Players: Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler (replacing Kramnik), Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura, Wang Hao and Jon Ludvig Hammer.

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TIMES OF INDIA:ANAND PLAYS ON HOME TURF

NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand will defend his World Chess Championship title against world number one Magnus Carlsen in his home city as FIDE chose Chennai as the venue for the prestigious match.

Even as it has been reported that Carlsen was not keen to play in Chennai and instead preferred Paris as the venue, the FIDE Presidential Board confirmed Chennai as the venue during a meeting at Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday.

The match between the Indian and his Norwegian opponent will be played from November 6 to 26. Anand had defeated Boris Gelfand of Israel to retain his title in 2012.

"The agreement was signed today at Baku by Bharat Singh, honorary secretary All India Chess Federation and FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov," a press released stated.

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ALEKHINE MEMORIAL 2013

The Alekhine Memorial takes place April 20th – May 1st 2013. The event starts in Paris in a luxurious 2-room tent built from scratch in the Tuileries Garden before moving for the second half to the State Russian Museum Saint-Petersburg. Players: Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nikita Vitiugov, Liren Ding and Laurent Fressinet.

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CARLSEN WINS FIDE CANDIDATES 2013

Magnus Carlsen wins the right to play Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship after he won(A sloppy RD.14)Candidates Tournament 2013.Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen.He will play in what I dubb as"The Chess Match Of The Century II"The whole World will STOP to watch this one.I predicted that either Kramnik or Carlsen would win this Candidates Tournament and I was correct.In an article "The Indian Express" Anand says"'Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against' to make such a statement in my mind is almost a resignation before the match starts,although the statement is correct.Mr. Anand do you not know that you my dear Sir are GREAT?Do you not know that you Sir are an exceptional player and worthy of the throne?Please Mr.Anand do not psych yourself out BEFORE the match starts.In the Candidates Tournament Mr.Carlsen showed himself to be a mere mortal just like us when in effect he got tired near the end and the strain got to him while Kramnik went on a rampage and imploded at the last round as did Carlsen.Kramnik was just waiting to see the outcome of Carlsen's game perhaps.The stakes were high and the last round just crashed.In the upcoming match Anand just has to play good chess and I predict there will be few wins in this match with LOTS of draws.If Anand retains his title then he must be considered one of the Greatest of the Greats.This will be Anand's Greatest Challenge to date.This will be a monumental Match.

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