GM Magnus Carlsen Launches Chess App

On Tuesday Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen launched his very own chess app. At a press conference in Oslo, the 23-year-old Norwegian presented the app Play Magnus, with which chess fans can play against Carlsen at different levels since the age of five.

GM Viswanathan Anand Win Against GM Markus Ragger Scores 1.5/2 in Bundesliga Weekend

GM Viswanathan Anand Win Against GM Markus Ragger Scores 1.5/2 in Bundesliga Weekend. GM Viswanathan Anand plays a few games for Baden-Baden and this weekend the ex-World Champion travelled with his team mates to Solingen. In his last two games before the Candidates' Tournament next month, Anand scored 1.5 out of 2. On board one he started with the following win against Austria's number one GM Markus Ragger, who played an excellent game and was really close to a draw: GM Viswanathan Anand Win Against GM Markus Ragger Scores 1.5/2 in Bundesliga Weekend.

GM Caruana vs GM Aronian Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

Caruana vs Aronian Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.In a long game GM Fabiano Caruana managed to beat GM Levon Aronian from a Marshall Gambit in the Ruy Lopez. During the round, the commentators were wondering when it was the last time Aronian had lost in that opening. Well, according to the database, he had never lost in a classical game! There are only two '1-0's, which were rapid games in 2007. No wonder at the press conference Aronian said: "Now I can relax!". Caruana vs Aronian Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.

GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Fabiano Caruana Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Fabiano Caruana  Zurich Chess Challenge 2014. GM Magnus Carlsen won another entertaining game with the white pieces today. He defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in an opening that's not always leading to such interesting play: the trendy Berlin Ruy Lopez with 4.d3 and 5.Bxc6. Caruana's queenside castling was slightly risky, and with a strong positional exchange sacrifice the World Champion got a position where he could play for two results. GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Fabiano Caruana  Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.

GM Levon Aronian vs GM Hikaru Nakamura Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

Aronian vs Nakamura Zurich Chess Challenge 2014. The world 2 decided to play a line in the Fianchetto King's Indian which he had looked at long ago. "The line doesn't offer White much but Black has to play very precisely," said Aronian. White had two pawn islands against three for Black, and more active pieces. Soon he got a passer on a6 and with it a winning position.

It seemed that Nakamura hadn't fully recovered yet from the drama the other day when he said: "Somehow I felt I could play any move and I would lose today. Aronian vs Nakamura Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.