Posted in England, Europe, Tournaments, USA on Jan 12th, 2012 6 Comments »
WFM Sabrina Chevannes of Birmingham, England penned an article for ChessBase about her American chess experience. Late last year, Sabrina told me she was coming to the U.S. for a visit. I had been covering her chess activities since she was around 13. Unfortunately, she would be too far away for an overdue face-to-face meeting, [...]
Posted in England, Europe, Tournaments on Dec 1st, 2011 27 Comments »
The four 2800-rated players will repeat (from the 2011 Tal Memorial) the headlining of a super-GM event as the London Chess Classic begins with the opening ceremonies on tomorrow. World Champion Viswanathan Anand and world’s #1 player Magnus Carlsen will be joined by fellow 2800s Levon Aronian (new addition) and Vladimir Kramnik. Carlsen has won [...]
Posted in England, India, Norway, Tournaments on Dec 26th, 2010 4 Comments »
Chessvibes produced two videos of World Champion Viswanathan Anand analyzing his game with Magnus Carlsen at the London Chess Classic. In the second video, he analyzed a couple of intricate endings. This Anand-Carlsen game was followed by thousands of chess players and was an entertaining bout. The game was very instructive and Anand goes through [...]
Posted in England, Tournaments on Dec 8th, 2010 17 Comments »
GMs Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. Photo by Frederic Friedel. Four of the world’s top players will be in Kensington for the 2010 London Classic. World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura will join four of the top English players in a marquee event. Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke [...]
Posted in England, Europe, Tournaments on Dec 7th, 2009 44 Comments »
Tomorrow will kick off the highly anticipated London Chess Classic with a marquee lineup including former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and the world’s #1 rated player in Magnus Carlsen. The field will also include current U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura and one of China’s top guns in Ni Hua. The British will trot out their top [...]
Posted in England, Europe on Nov 6th, 2009 3 Comments »
WFM Sabrina Chevannes has come a long way from the cute British school champion we knew years ago. Of Jamaican and Chinese/Malay descent, young “Sabz” blazed the trails in youth chess for many years. The medical student is now competing with the British Women’s team. Last year, she represented England in the Four Nations Challenge [...]
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