With the Anand-Carlsen World Championship Match just days away, I have decided to start posting some of my favorite games played by either Viswanathan Anand or Magnus Carlsen. Our first game is taken from the 2003 World Youth Chess Championships. In the gem below, a fourteen-year-old Magnus Carlsen drops the “hammer” on his fellow Norwegian.ContinueContinue reading “World Chess Championship 2013: Preview 1 of the Anand-Carlsen Match”
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Bay Area Kids Dominate at the World Youth Chess Championship
Young chess players from the San Francisco Bay Area took Maribor, Slovenia by storm this November. Their dominating performance at the World Youth Chess Championships once again proved that the best scholastic chess in the country takes place in Northern, California. Cameron Wheeler’s silver medal performance at the 2012 World Youth Chess Championship is theContinueContinue reading “Bay Area Kids Dominate at the World Youth Chess Championship”
World Youth Chess Championships 2012: Half Time for Team USA
Today was the break day for the young chess players competing at the World Youth Chess Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. Team USA is particularly dominant in the U12 Open where American chess masters Samuel Sevian and Jeffrey Xiong are tied for first and will be playing on board 1 in round 7. Only a half point behind and tied for secondContinueContinue reading “World Youth Chess Championships 2012: Half Time for Team USA”
World Youth Chess Championships: Team USA Results
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World Youth Chess Championships 2012
The 2012 World Youth Chess Championships in Maribor, Slovenia will be played according to this schedule: Round 1 is Thursday November 8 at 15:00 Round 2 is Friday November 9 at 15:00 Round 3 is Saturday, November 10 at 15:00 Round 4 is Sunday, November 11 at 15:00 Round 5 is Monday, November 12ContinueContinue reading “World Youth Chess Championships 2012”
Help Send Ben Rood to Slovenia
To the Supporters of Northern California Chess, On November 2, 2012 California chess super-star Ben Rood will leave for Maribor, Slovenia in order to compete in the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships. Ben Rood asked his family to attend for support as he battles the best eight-year-olds from around the globe. A family trip toContinueContinue reading “Help Send Ben Rood to Slovenia”