Hopkins vs NN 1932

How Fischer played against his own pet opening

Judit vs Anand- Polgar's Best Game

Pawn storm by Bobby Fischer: Fischer vs Cardoso

Fischer's trap: Movses Movsisyan vs J O'Neill - Euless 2005

The greatest chess move of all time

Kasparov vs Topalov 1999 (Kasparov's Immortal)

Blitz Thriller: French Defense: Tal vs Petrosian

Kasparovs quickest defeat against a human

The Immortal Queen Offers: Adams vs Torre

Amazing Clock

QUALIFIERS for the CHESS WORLD CUP 2013

a) World Champion and World Cup 2011 semi-finalists:

01. V. Anand (IND)
02. P. Svidler (RUS)
03. A. Grischuk (RUS)
04. V. Ivanchuk (UKR)
05. R. Ponomariov (UKR)

b) Women's World Champion 2012:

06. A. Ushenina (UKR)

c) Junior World Champions 2011 & 2012:

07. D. Swiercz (POL)
08. A. Ipatov (TUR)

d) From FIDE Rating List, 18 players, average 3/2012 up to 1/2013:

09. M. Carlsen (NOR) 2843,00
10. L. Aronian (ARM) 2816,22
11. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2798,88
12. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2789,22
13. S. Karjakin (RUS) 2777,44
14. F. Caruana (ITA) 2775,44
15. H. Nakamura (USA) 2772,77
16. A. Morozevich (RUS) 2760,44
17. V. Topalov (BUL) 2758,00
18. G. Kamsky (USA) 2748,55
19. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2744,88
20. Wang Hao (CHN) 2739,11
21. B. Gelfand (ISR) 2738,44
22. P. Leko (HUN) 2731,11
23. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2728,77
24. L. Dominguez (CUB) 2727,44
25. M. Adams (ENG) 2721,66
26. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2721,55

e) 46 players from European Championships 2012 & 2013:

27. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2012
28. L. Fressinet (FRA) 2012
29. V. Malakhov (RUS) 2012
30. D. Andreikin (RUS) 2012
31. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2012
32. M. Matlakov (RUS) 2012
33. V. Bologan (MDA) 2012
34. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2012
35. Y. Kryvoruchko (UKR) 2012
36. S. Azarov (BLR) 2012
37. E. Najer (RUS) 2012
38. V. Akopian (ARM) 2012
39. A. Volokitin (UKR) 2012
40. J. Smeets (NED) 2012
41. C.B. Gawain Jones (ENG) 2012
42. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2012
43. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2012
44. A. Dreev (RUS) 2012
45. D. Khismatullin (RUS) 2012
46. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2012
47. V. Durarbeyli (AZE) 2012
48. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2012
49. B. Jobava (GEO) 2012
50. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2013
51. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2013
52. E. Romanov (RUS) 2013
53. A. Beliavsky (SLO) 2013
54. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2013
55. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2013
56. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2013
57. H. Melkumyan (ARM) 2013
58. A. Korobov (UKR) 2013
59. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2013
60. A. Shimanov (RUS) 2013
61. A. Areshchenko (UKR) 2013
62. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2013
63. M. Kravtsiv (UKR) 2013
64. D. Dubov (RUS) 2013
65. M. Ragger (AUT) 2013
66. Z. Hracek (CZE) 2013
67. I. Popov (RUS) 2013
68. S. Brunello (ITA) 2013
69. S. A. Fedorchuk (UKR) 2013
70. E. Postny (ISR) 2013
71. V. Zvjaginsev (RUS) 2013
72. A. Istratescu (FRA) 2013

f) 20 players from Americas:

73. G. Kaidanov (USA) Continental 2012
74. J. Granda Zuniga (PER) Continental 2012
75. A. Shabalov (USA) Continental 2012
76. E. Hansen (CAN) Continental 2012
77. A. Ramirez (USA) Zonal 2.1
78. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1
79. T. Gareev (USA) Zonal 2.1
80. C. Holt (USA) Zonal 2.1
81. L. M. Christiansen (USA) Zonal 2.1
82. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2013
83. D. Flores (ARG) Continental 2013
84. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2013
85. D. Cori T. (PER) Continental 2013
86. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5
87. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5
88. R. Leitao (BRA) Zonal 2.4
89. A. Fier (BRA) Zonal 2.4
90. TBA (CAN) Zonal 2.2
91. TBA (Zonal 2.3)
92. TBA (Zonal 2.3)

g) 20 players from Asia/Oceania:

93. Negi Parimarjan (IND) Continental 2012
94. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2012
95. Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE) Continental 2012
96. Liu Qingnan (CHN) Continental 2012
97. Oliver Barbosa (PHI) Continental 2012
98. Nguyen Ngoc Trung Son (VIE) Zonal 3.3
99. Wesley So (PHI) Zonal 3.3
100. G. Akash (IND) Zonal 3.7
101. Z. Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2
102. Lou Yiping (CHN) Zonal 3.5
103. Wan Yunguo (CHN) Zonal 3.5
104. Li Chao B (CHN) Continental 2013
105. M. Paragua (PHI) Continental 2013
106. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2013
107. B. Adhiban (IND) Continental 2013
108. K. Sasikiran (IND) Continental 2013
109. I. Bjelobrk (AUS) Zonal 3.6
110. Darini Pouria (IRI) Zonal 3.1111. TBA (Zonal 3.4)
112. TBA (Zonal 3.4)

h) 6 players from Africa:

113. Amin Bassem (EGY) Continental 2013
114. A. Adly (EGY) Continental 2013
115. E. El Gindy (EGY) Continental 2013
116. Ali Sebbar (MAR) Zonal 4.1
117. S. Shoker (EGY) Zonal 4.2
118. Gillian Bwalya (ZAM) Zonal 4.3

i) 6 nominees of the FIDE President:

119. TBA
120. TBA
121. TBA
122. TBA
123. TBA
124. TBA

j) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee:

125. TBA
126. TBA
127. TBA
128. TBA


Total = 128 players


Top 3 reserve players by rating (average 3/2012 up to 1/2013):

1. A. Giri (NED) 2715,33
2. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2709,00
3. A. Shirov (LAT) 2708,33

Playing chess with 56 Queens but losing

Anand moves up in world rankings

World champion Viswanathan Anand moved up a notch in world rankings to occupy the fourth spot in the latest list released on Saturday. Anand collected three points from 18 rated games during the past one month to reach a rating of 2,786.

Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, challenger to Anand in the World Championship title-match in November, remained at the top, well ahead of Armenia’s Levon Aronian and Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik. Carlsen lost four points from nine games since May 1 for a rating of 2,864.

Among the Indians, there was no change in the rankings of the leading players. However, second-placed P. Hari Krishna lost 22 points from just 10 games to slip to 2,680 and third-placed K. Sasikiran dropped nine points from 14 games to be 2,660.

Among the women, third-placed Mary Ann Gomes crossed the 2,400-mark for the first time in her career. She matched Tania Sachdev’s 2,408 after gaining 21 points on her way to the third spot in the recent Asian championship.

The rankings (with country, rating, change in rating since 1 May): World list: 1. Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 2,864, -4); 2. Levon Aronian (Arm, 2,813); 3. Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2,803, -8); 4. Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 2,786, +3); 5-6. Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2,784, +9), Veselin Topalov (Bul, 2,784, -9); 7. Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 2,782, +15); 8. Alexander Grischuk (Rus, 2,779); 9. Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 2,774); 10. Alexander Morozevich (Rus, 2,760).

India: 1. V. Anand (2,786); 2. P. Hari Krishna (2,680); 3. K. Sasikiran (2,660); 4. Parimarjan Negi (2,634); 5. S.S. Ganguly (2,628); 6. Sandipan Chanda (2,613); 7. Abhijeet Gupta (2,600); 8. K. Humpy (2,597); 9. M.R. Lalith Babu (2,571); 10. P. Magesh Chandran (2,570).

India (women): 1. Humpy (2,597); 2. D. Harika (2,492); 3-4. Mary Ann Gomes, Tania Sachdev (2,408); 5. Eesha Karavade (2,398); 6. S. Vijayalakshmi (2,378); 7. Padmini Rout (2,347); 8. Nisha Mohota (2,297); 9. Soumya Swaminathan (2,289); 10. Swati Ghate (2,260).

Bobby Fischer smashed Scandinavian Defense

GM Kasparov vs FM Ghannoum, April 2011