Anand fought hard but Aronian proved to be too good, beating the Indian GM in tiebreaker in a thrilling final to clinch the Chess 960 World Championships. MAINZ (Germany), August 17: Viswanathan Anand ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

Armenian Levona Aronian beats Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand in tiebreaker in a thrilling final to clinch the Chess 960 World Championships. Viswanathan Anand fought back hard but Armenian ...

Freestyle Chess (also known as Fischer Random and Chess 960) has announced a $1m tournament in each of five continents Freestyle Chess, which made an impressive debut last month, has firmed up its ...

FIDE Master (FM) Anthony Drayton won the inaugural Chess 960 Freestyle Championship, which was staged on Sunday at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre, Kingston, Georgetown. This was disclosed by ...