- The World Chess Championship is about to begin ! Here's a special offer -

The World Chess Championship match between Carlsen and Anand is about to begin, in Sotchi.

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The first game will start on November 8. Stay in touch !

Match Schedule:
NOVEMBER 07 OPENING CEREMONY
NOVEMBER 08 ROUND 1
NOVEMBER 09 ROUND 2
NOVEMBER 10 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 11 ROUND 3
NOVEMBER 12 ROUND 4
NOVEMBER 13 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 14 ROUND 5
NOVEMBER 15 ROUND 6
NOVEMBER 16 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 17 ROUND 7
NOVEMBER 18 ROUND 8
NOVEMBER 19 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 20 ROUND 9
NOVEMBER 21 ROUND 10
NOVEMBER 22 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 23 ROUND 11
NOVEMBER 24 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 25 ROUND 12
NOVEMBER 26 REST DAY
NOVEMBER 27 TIE-BREAK GAMES
NOVEMBER 28 AWARDS AND CLOSING

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Caïssa's summer game : final result !

Hi guys!
At last, here's the final result of the summer quiz!

Here's the answsers of the last quiz.
Question 1 : K e3
Question 2 : K h1
Question 3 : K a8

For those who are interested, this quiz is taken from the great Jeff Coakley's chronicles on chesscafe.com.

Congratulations to James IPFutur who won clearly this event !
James IPFurur, Vincent Moret and Olivier H will received very soon their promo code by mail.

Great job James.
Here's the final standing:

		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6		Q7		Final Score
1	James IPFuTuR	1	4	2	3	3	1	4	4	4	26
2	Vincent Moret	1	3	4		1	1	3	3	3	19
3	OlivierH	2	2	3	1	1	4	0	1	1	15
4	Philippe Carlier					4	2				6
5	Tristan			1		1	3				5
6	Elliot Lepers							2	2	1	5
7	Myma (Alexis)		0	0	2	2	0				4
8	Hassan Sadeghi	4									4
9	Jean PY	3	1								4
10	StellaG				4						4
11	Marua7665							2	2	0	4
12	Nick Plesanu							1	1	2	4
13	ChessStorm	1				1					2
14	Kloch			1			1				2
15	Faloui	0				1	1				2
16	Pascal Gaulupeau		1	0							1
17	Serge Picard		1								1
18	Guy Laroche		1								1
19	H.Jadot	0		0	1						1
20	Laurence F				1						1
21	TournetLuce						1				1

Thanks a lot to all players! Hope to see you next time !

Caïssa problem of the week

Quite simple problem.
Black to play and win.

- Anand wins Bilbao -

Anand showed to Carlsen that he's well prepared for the next match for the world title.

Despite a loss against Aronian in the last round, Anand has clearly dominated the tournament and showed good preparations and good spirit.

The world title match should not be as easy for Carlsen that the previous one...

				SCORE	1	2	3	4	PERF.	+/-	NEW
1	Anand, Viswanathan	2785	IND	11	XX	10	31	33	2824	+7	2792
2	Aronian, Levon	2804	ARM	10	13	XX	31	11	2781	+4	2808
3	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2717	UKR	5	01	01	XX	30	2601	-6	2711
4	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	2712	ESP	5	00	11	03	XX	2602	-5	2707

Read more:
http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/bilbao-chess-masters-final-2014
http://en.chessbase.com/post/bilbao-final-anand-first-aronian-second

All game in pgn
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- Sinquefield Round 6 : Caruana officially possessed by Fischer's soul...

We will soon have to invent words to qualify the performance of Fabiano Caruana.
He looks possessed by Fischer, and we don't want him to be exorcised...
Frankly speaking, this is a big fresh air in the chess world, who started to be a bit boring.
Thank you Mister Caruana !

Today, Fabiano, my new best friend, has simply destroyed Topalov in a brilliant way...

- Sinquefield Round 5 : "Houston, Caruana is leaving the solar system..." -

What you see is an italian GM leaving the dollar system.

Bobby Caruana is about to sign a performance that will hit chess history.
Topalov and Vachier-Lagrave declared after this round that the fight for the first place is over. Already... We just reached the first half of the tournament.
15 games.. only 5 draws. Many thanks to the fighting spirit of the players. Let's hope that the second half of the tournament will stay on the same track !

Sinquefield Round 4 : Caruana in stellar orbit

Fabiano Caruana is about to collide with the moon...

With a perfect score after 4 rounds in such a tournament, we can say that Caruana is a leader in a pure Fischer's style... The world champion is already 2,5 points behind...
A second tournament is about to start : the fight for the second place...

Carlsen "Fabiano is landing on the moon..."

Topalov "Nooo???"

Caruana 1-0 Aronian
MVL ½-½ Nakamura
Carlsen ½-½ Topalov

					1		2		3		4		5		6			Perf
1.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2801	*	*	1	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	4	Stellar
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, M	g	FRA	2768	0	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	2	2817
3.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	.	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	0	.	1½	2718
4.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2877	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	1½	2695
5.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2805	0	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	1	.	1½	2695
6.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2772	0	.	.	.	1	.	½	.	0	.	*	*	1½	2730

- Sinquefield Round 3 : Caruana Big Boss after defeating Carlsen -

3/3! Fabiano couldn't hope for a better start...

Nine games and only three draws for the time being. What a start !
What to say about the performance of the italian GM? Amazing ! For the time being, it is just perfect.
Caruana is already 2 points ahead of the world champion and solidly installed on the second rank in the live rating with 2815... Amazing...