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Three Chess Puzzles to Keep You Warm this Weekend
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Here are three nice chess puzzles from Chess King to keep you warm this very cold weekend. Have fun with chess....
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I would Like 14 Games in World Chess Championship Match: Magnus Carlsen
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,World Chess Championship goes off to Silicon Valley and wows fans and audience. In this delightful interview with...
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Chess Video: What were four Pretty Killer GMs doing in Mainz?
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Can you name everyone in that screen grab? All the four pretty GMs and the Grandmaster far right? Watch the video...
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Belarus Chess Champions 2014 are GM Kirill Stupak and WIM Lanita Stetsko
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The 80th Belarusian Chess Championships were held from 7th to 19th January. The men's event was a 14-player round...
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GM Maxim Turov wins Seville Chess Open 2014
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Russian Grandmaster Maxim Turov Emerged clear winner of the 39th Seville Open after defeating the champion last...
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76th Tata Steel Chess R5: Levon Aronian Retains Lead with Super Performance
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Here is the report from the fifth round at the 76th Tata Steel Chess Championship 2013 where Levon Aronian is in...
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76th Tata Steel Chess R6: Levon Aronian Extends Lead with Win as Wesley So...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,There appears no stopping Levon Aronian at the 76th Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee this winter. Here...
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Three-Player Chess Fun Advert Video
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,We're not really sure about playing three-people chess, but this video was fun to watch. We don't know about the...
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Zurich Chess Challenge begins Jan 29: Carlsen, Aronian, Nakamura, Caruana,...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,On Wednesday, 29 of January 2014, the «Zurich Chess Challenge 2014» will commence at the Hotel Savoy. With six...
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76th Tata Steel Chess R7: Levon Aronian Retains Lead, Van Wely beats Nakamura
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Official Website photos by Vincent Bloothoofd (Tata Steel) and Peter Doggers (Chess.com)Levon Aronian opted for...
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FIDE Chess Candidates 2014 in Khanty Mansiysk Participants Confirmed: Anand,...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The Indian chess media had reported a month back that World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand was in two minds...
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Cool Chess Advert Video
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Here's a cool chess advertisement video and it comes from Abu Dhabi which has only recently become a hub of...
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Armenia National Chess Champions 2014: Tigran Kotanjian and Shushanna Sargsyan
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,GM Tigran Kotanjian has become the Armenia national chess championship in Yerevan. He drew with Zaven Andriasian...
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Rilton Chess Cup: Jon Ludvig Hammer wins Title
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone, The Stockholm Chess Federation organised the 43rd Rilton Cup from 27th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. The...
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76th Tata Steel Chess Round 8: Aronian Leads by 1/2 Point, Harikrishna beats...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The 76th Tata Steel Chess Tournament had an exciting eighth round. Here is the report via the official website:...
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GM Alexander Fishbein wins 46th Annual Liberty Bell Chess Open 2014
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The 46th Annual Liberty Bell Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 17-20, 2014, at the...
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Photo Chess Trivia: Can you Name this Place GM Alexandra Kosteniuk Visited in...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The photo chess trivia question for the day: Where is GM Alexandra Kosteniuk? This photo was taken in 2002! You...
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Norway Chess 2014: Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian, Topalov, Karjakin, Svidler...
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Here is the latest chess news update via FIDE: Eirik T. Gullaksen of Bergensjakk.no stated that six players have...
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US Chess Scoop on Liberty Bell Video
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,The US Chess Scoop went to the Liberty Bell Open and talked to the clear winner GM Alexander Fishbein, who...
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Art Chess Photo Trivia: identify this Chess Painting
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,Chess has always inspired art. Here's a well-known chess painting. Can you identify it? Click photo to...
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