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

World Chess Championship 2012

The World Chess Championship match between defending Champion Viswanathan Anand and his Challenger Boris Gelfand takes place in Moscow 10th (Opening Ceremony) - 30th (Possible play-offs) May 2012

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[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2739"]
[BlackELO "2799"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxb6
Nxb6 9. Bd2 c5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7
15. O-O Qb8 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Rc2 Nbd7 20. Rfc1 Rab8
21. Na4 Ne4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 g5 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 f6 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Ra7 Nb4 31. Ne5 Nc2 32. Nc6 Rxb2 33.
Rc7 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 e3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 e2 38. Nxe6 1-0

POST PRESS CONFERENCE:GAME 3 PRESS CONFERENCE GAME 7

Capablanca Memorial 2012

The 47th Capablanca Memorial takes place in Havana, Cuba 4th-14th May 2012.Ivanchuk has won this event 5 times,from 2005-2007,2010-2011. He is joined by Leinier Dominguez Perez, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viktor Laznicka, Vladimir Potkin and Yuniesky Quesada.

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Kramnik-Aronian Match 2012

Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian will play a six game training match starting on 4-21-12

The contest will be played at a Classical Chess time-control to be employed in the next Candidates tournament, with 40 moves in two hours, 20 moves in one hour plus 15 minutes and an increment of 30 seconds per move for the remainder of the game.

Kramnik and Aronian will play an additional Rapid game if the main game on any given day is drawn in under three hours. The match is being organised by the Zurich Chess Club

12th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2012

The 12th Bangkok Chess Club Open takes place 13th-19th April 2012. Nigel Short, Jan Gustafsson and Hou Yifan are the top seeds.

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74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012

The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament takes place Saturday 14th January - Sunday 29th January 2012. Magnus Carlsen is the top seed ahead of Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov and Veselin Topalov

3RD London Chess Classic 2011

The London Chess Classic takes place December 3rd-12th at the Olympia Conference centre in Kensington