Kasparov Secrets: Intuition, Discipline

Garry Kasparov : 'A game designed for me'The chess grandmaster tells Al Jazeera the key to his success has not only been his talent but his discipline and intuition. Acknowledged by many as the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov has been marching to his own algorithm his whole life.Born in Baku in 1963, Kasparov has taken on the greatest champions and won. And since retiring from the game, he has been involved in a political battle with one of the most powerful and controversial men alive - Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia.Sir David Frost travels to Abu Dhabi to join Kasparov on his mission to promote chess in the...

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Kasparov on World Cup Last Eight

No chess event worth its value is complete without a comment from the legendary 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. The World Cup is down to the last eight and here are Kasparov's comments (official FB Page):"The chess World Cup knock-out tournament in Tromso, Norway, is down to the final eight players. As has become something of a tradition, this is a good time for me to take stock now that the field is a manageable size. Several of the big rating favorites were eliminated in round four, including America's Nakamura, former world championship challenger Gelfand, and my compatriot Karjakin.  "They both lost to much lower-rated...

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World Cup: Four Russians in Last Eight

Four Russians, one French, one American, one Italian and one Ukrainian Grandmaster has made it to the last-eight at the World Chess Cup 2013 being played in Tromso, Norway. Also in the last-eight is defending champion Peter Svidler.  Round 5 pairings:Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2706 – Kamsky Gata USA 2741 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2719 – Caruana Fabiano ITA 2796 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2784 – Korobov Anton UKR 2720 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2716 – Svidler Peter RUS 2746 In the Round 4 tiebreaks, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave knocked out Gelfand Boris and Andreikin Dmitry pulled off a major upset by knocking out Sergey Karjakin. Peter Svidler...

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'Secret' Clause in World Chess Match

World Chess Championship 2013 Contract Controversy: Indian television news channel Times Now aired this section of a press conference held recently during World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen's visit to inspect the venue in Chennai. Sources from Viswanathan Anand's team told Times Now that the "illness clause" was against the spirit of the championship. You can watch the video below from the Times Now news cast. (www.worldchesschampionship2013.com) ...

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Best Carlsen Quotes from Chennai

World Championship 2013 Challenger and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen just visited Chennai, the venue of the match. He was swamped by journalists and cheered by fans. Here are top-five quotes from his visit (For the full list of best comments by Carlsen in Chennai, check out www.worldchesschampionship2013.com):  -- I can speak for myself, and I am not part of the computer generation. I grew up with a chess board and books. (When asked if younger players such as Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Luigi Caruana, Sergey Karjakin and he are more computer-centric, as regards preparation and the way they approach the game as compared...

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Carlsen Okays Chennai Arrangements

Chennai, August 19: World No. 1 Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has said he is satisfied with the arrangements at the World Championship 2013 venue in Chennai for the match against World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Carlsen and his team inspected the venue today. The 22-year-old talent was accompanied by his manager Espen Agdestein and his father Henrik Carlsen. Full story at www.chesschampionship2013.c...

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