Profiles of Two World Champion Challengers • In November, two of the world's top players will meet head-on to determine the World Chess Championship challenger in 2009. Find out more about the players in our profiles of Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Gata Kamsky of the USA. [8 July 2008]
Profiles of Two World Champions • In October 2008, the two highest ranked chess players in the world will meet in the first World Championship match since 2006. Find out more about the players in our profiles of current World Champion, no.1 ranked Viswanathan Anand, and previous World Champion, no.2 ranked Vladimir Kramnik. [9 June 2008]
The FIDE Grand Prix : Past, Present, and Future • The first of the new FIDE Grand Prix tournaments starts this weekend in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Baku Grand Prix is the first event in the next FIDE World Championship Cycle (2008-2010), and ushers in a new system of elite competitions for the world's top chess players. [18 April 2008]
Kamsky Wins World Cup; Anand - Kramnik to Play in Bonn • GM Gata Kamsky (USA) won the 2007 FIDE World Cup at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, by defeating GM Alexei Shirov (Russia) in the final match of the 7-round elimination event. [21 December 2007]
Where's Topalov? • The starting lineup for the 2007 World Chess Championship next month in Mexico City includes three of the world's top 5 players, but where is world no.2 Veselin Topalov? [19 August 2007]
FIDE - Topalov, Kramnik, World Cup, Grand Prix • The latest news from the World Chess Federation (FIDE) on the next World Championship cycle was good news for former World Champion Veselin Topalov and great news for chess fans around the globe. [29 June 2007]
