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Chess: Magnus Carlsen repeats success in China — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the third Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, China, with an undefeated score of 7-3. The double round robin was the first ever to feature three players with ratings above 2800. A year ago, Carlsen won the second Pearl Spring tournament with a fantastic 8-2 score, probably his career peak. He did not appear quite as invincible this time, yet he clinched the first prize of 80,000 Euros (about $112,000) before the last round. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand finished second with 6-4, a fine performance marred only by a fluky loss to Etienne Bacrot of France. Although Anand enhanced his world's best rating of 2804 by four points, the new ...

FIDE Picks Grischuk to Take Carlsen’s Place, If Not Fill His Shoes — Less than a week after Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the No. 2 chess player in the world in the official rankings (and No. 1 in unofficial but more up-to-date calculations), made his surprising announcement that he was withdrawing from the cycle to select a challenger for the world chess championship, the World Chess Federation announced Wednesday that he will be replaced by Alexander Grischuk of Russia, No. 6 in the world. The pairings for the first round of the candidates matches that will determine the challenger are now Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, No. 5, vs. Gata Kamsky of the United States, No. 19; Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, No. 4, vs. Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan, No. 12; Levon Aronian of ...

Aronian Holds Lead at Tal Memorial, Chased by Many — Levon Aronian of Armenia continues to hold the lead of the elite Tal Memorial in Moscow through five rounds, but his lead is not secure — a number of chess players are close behind. Aronian has 3.5 points (wins are worth a point, draws are half a point), followed by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, Wang Hao of China, Hikaru Nakamura of the United States and Alexander Grischuk of Russia, who each have 3 points. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the defending champion in the event, has 2.5 points, Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine and Boris Gelfand of Israel each have 1.5, and Alexei Shirov of Spain is in last place with 1 point. In each of the first three rounds of the chess tournament, there ...

Magnus Carlsen shocks FIDE by withdrawing from elimination series — Magnus Carlsen has shocked chess by withdrawing from the global body FIDE's elimination series to decide the 2012 world title challenger. The 19-year-old Norwegian was the favourite to qualify to meet India's Vishy Anand, the reigning chess champion. Carlsen cited as factors in his decision FIDE's frequent rule changes during the qualifying process, the short four-game quarter and semi-finals played in quick succession, and the holder's privilege to be excused until the final match. He proposed that future chess championships should be decided by elite tournaments of several chess players. His withdrawal brought a mixed reaction from grandmasters and fans. Some applauded his principled ...

Under a New Scoring System, Fewer Ties and Drawn Games — A two-year-old scoring system may be the solution to two problems that have long bedeviled chess. One is how to break ties at the end of chess tournaments. Complicated rules based on opponents’ scores have been used, as have tie-breaker games of varying lengths, but both have drawbacks. The second problem involves games that quickly end in draws because the players do not want to battle it out or can earn more prize money by drawing a game. (In some chess tournaments, a draw at the end guarantees each player a share of the pot.) One cure for prearranged or short draws was first used in Sofia, Bulgaria, a few years ago. It is a rule that prohibits chess players from offering a draw or ...

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