4TH London Chess Classic 2012

Carlsen will be playing in the London Chess Classic from Dec 1-Dec 10th,2012 The participants are:Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, Mickey Adams, Luke McShane and Gawain Jones Website

FIDE Grand Prix London 2012

The 1st FIDE Grand Prix takes place in Simpson’s-in-the-Strand in London 20th September to 3rd October 2012. Play starts at 2pm each day. The field has undergone a number of changes. Nakamura, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Topalov, Wang Hao, Gelfand, Leko, Giri, Mamedyarov, Dominguez Perez, Adams and Kasimdzhanov.

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45th Biel Chess Festival 2012

The Biel Chess Festival takes place from 23rd July. The event stars Magnus Carlsen whom the organisers secured at the last minute to replace Leinier Dominguez Perez. The players are Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Morozevich, Wang Hao, Etienne Bacrot and Anish Giri WEBSITE

2012 DORTMUND CHESS TOURNAMENT

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in Dortmund 13th-22nd July 2012. 10 players in a single round robin: Daniel Fridman, Peter Leko, Fabiano Caruana, Georg Meier, Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik, Mateusz Bartel, Arkadij Naiditsch, Ruslan Ponomariov and Jan Gustafsson. WEBSITE

7TH TAL MEMORIAL 2012

The Seventh Tal Memorial is a ten-player round robin with eight of the top eleven players in the world – Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik, Radjabov, Nakamura, Caruana, Morozevich, Grischuk will be participating. Tournament Site

ANAND RETAINS WORLD CHESS TITLE

Viswanathan Anand retains The World Chess Champion's title after defeating Boris Gelfand in the Rapids of the World Chess Championship 2012 with a score of 2.5-1.5 After 12 Classical games the score stood even at 6-6.Many believed Anand would most likely defeat Boris easily,but Boris showed his true fighting spirit as the match progressed.

HERE ARE THE 4 RAPID GAMES

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[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2739"]
[BlackELO "2799"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. g3 Rac8 19. a4 Qf3 20. Be4 Qxb3
21. Reb1 Bxg3 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ 25. Rg3 Rxe4 26. Bxg7
Kh7 27. Rxb7 Rg8 28. Qxh6+ Qxh6+ 29. Bxh6 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 Bc8 31. Rc7 Kxh6 32.
Rxc8 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

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[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2799"]
[BlackELO "2739"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 d6 8.
Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bh3 13. dxc5 dxc5
14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 Nf6 18. Rxc5+ Kb8 19. Nc4
Re8+ 20. Ne3 Ng4 21. Ncd5 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bg4+ 23. f3 Bc8 24. Re1 Rh6 25. Rh1
Rhe6 26. Rc3 f5 27. Kd2 f4 28. Nd5 g5 29. Rd3 Re2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 31. h4 Ree2
32. Rc3 Bb7 33. Rd1 gxh4 34. Nxf4 Re8 35. Rh1 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rxh4 Bf5
38. Rh5 Bxc2 39. Rb5+ Ka8 40. Nd5 a6 41. Ra5 Kb7 42. Nb4 Bg6 43. Nxa6 Rxf3
44. Nc5+ Kb6 45. b4 Rf4 46. a3 Rg4 47. Kd2 h5 48. Nd7+ Kb7 49. Ne5 Rg2+ 50.
Kc3 Be8 51. Nd3 h4 52. Re5 Bg6 53. Nf4 Rg3+ 54. Kd4 Bc2 55. Rh5 Rxa3 56. Rxh4
Rg3 57. Nd5 Rg5 58. b5 Bf5 59. Rh6 Bg4 60. Rf6 Rf5 61. Rb6+ Ka7 62. Rg6 Bf3
63. Rg7+ Kb8 64. Nc3 Bb7 65. Kc4 Bf3 66. Kb4 Bd5 67. Na4 Rf7 68. Rg5 Bf3 69.
Nc5 Kc7 70. Rg6 Kd8 71. Ka5 Rf5 72. Ne6+ Kc8 73. Nd4 Rf8 74. Nxf3 Rxf3 75.
Kb6 Rb3 76. Rg8+ Kd7 77. Rb8 1-0

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[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2739"]
[BlackELO "2799"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rd1 Rac8 13. c5 Bb8 14. f4 Ne8
15. b4 g5 16. Rb1 f5 17. b5 gxf4 18. exf4 Nef6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21.
Be3 Ne4 22. Rb2 g5 23. Rdb1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 e5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxb8 Ng6 27.
Nxe4 fxe4 28. Qf2 Qg7 29. Kh2 Rcf7 30. Qg3 Nf4 31. R8b3 Qxg3+ 32. Rxg3+ Kh7
33. Rd1 Ne6 34. Be2 Rf2 35. Bg4 Nf4 36. Rb1 Rf7 37. Rb8 Rxa2 38. Rc8 e3 39.
Rxe3 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rd2 41. Rxc6 Ne6 42. Rf3 Rxf3 43. Bxf3 Nxd4 44. Rc7+ Kh6
45. Bxd5 Rc2 46. Be4 Rc3 47. Kh2 Kg5 48. Rd7 Nf3+ 49. Bxf3 Rxf3 50. Rxa7 Rc3
51. Rc7 Kf5 52. c6 Ke6 53. h4 Kd6 54. Rc8 Ra3 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Kh2 Ra3 57. Kg2
Re3 58. h5 Re5 59. h6 Rh5 60. Rh8 Kxc6 61. Rh7 Kd6 62. Kg3 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rh1
1/2-1/2

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[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2799"]
[BlackELO "2739"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3
8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f6 13. b3
Bb5+ 14. Kd2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Kf7 16. Kc1 Be7 17. d5 Bd7 18. Bb2 b5 19. Nd2 a5
20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. Re3 f5 22. Rde1 g5 23. c4 b4 24. g3 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26.
Nf3 Kg6 27. Re6+ Kh5 28. h3 Bf7 29. Rf6 Bg6 30. Re6 Re8 31. Bf6 g4 32. hxg4+
Kxg4 33. Nh2+ Kh3 34. Nf3 f4 35. gxf4 Kg4 36. Ng5 Ra8 37. Re3 Kf5 38. Bb2 a4
39. Ne6 Bh6 40. Rh3 Bxf4+ 41. Nxf4 Kxf4 42. Bf6 Ra7 43. Re3 Be4 44. Bh4 axb3
45. Bg3+ Kf5 46. axb3 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ra6 49. f3 Bb1 50. Kd2 h5 51.
Kc1 h4 52. Bxh4 Kf4 53. Bg5+ Kxg5 54. Kxb1 Kf4 55. Re6 Kxf3 56. Kb2 1/2-1/2

US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

The US Chess Championships start in St Louis on 8th May 2012. Round 1 7pm UK time: Kamsky-Ramirez, Nakamura-Hess, Akobian-Seirawan, Shulman-Kaidanov, Stripunsky-Onischuk, Lenderman-Robson.

The competitors of the 2012 U.S. Championships stand in front of the world's largest chess piece. The piece stands 14 feet, 6 inches tall. Website