Karjakin Cancels Norway Chess Participation

Sergey Karjarkin, the winner of the recent Candidates' Tournament, has withdrawn from the Norway Chesstournament scheduled for April18-30  in Stavanger. Whereas the organizers haven't given up yet, Karjakin's manager told Chess.com that it's a “final decision.”
Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, the two players in the next world title match, were soon going to meet at the board: at the Norway Chess Tournament in Stavanger, later this month. But it's not going to happen.

Do's and Don'ts of Chess

GENERAL

These are the rules of thumb to be applied throughout the entire game.

• After every move by your opponent, ask yourself these questions:

1. Can I capture any of my opponent’s pieces to gain material?

2. What does my opponent want to do?

a) Am I in check?

b) Does my opponent want to capture any of my pieces?

c) Is my opponent threatening a tactical maneuver (i.e., fork, pin, etc.)?

Chess 101:How the Pieces Move

A chess game pits two armies, evenly matched, across a simple terrain. The aim of the game is simple: Capture and kill your opponent’s king, while protecting your own. But before you do that, you need to know how all of your pieces work.

The General Rules of Chess

Interview with Hou Yifan

by Dagobert Kohlmeyer

4/2/2016 – In March Hou Yifan, number one on the women's ranking list, regained the world title, which she had lost when she did not take part in the knock-out World Championship the year before. In an interview with Dagobert Kohlmeyer the World Champion criticises the mode of the Women's World Championship and reveals that her proposals for a different system were made in vain. 

Chess Sayings

A lot of famous chess players created something called a ''saying''.
Sayings are something that you believe in . So here are a couple of sayings that very famous chess players said:                        

Every pawn is a potential queen. -Masson

List of World Chess Champions

World Chess Champions are players who have won a match or tournament for the World Championship at chess. Both men and women can become champion, but no woman has ever been a challenger for the title. There is, however, a separate championship for women. There are also separate championships for specific age groups.
Before 1886, there was no official championship held, but some players were thought to be pre-eminent. From 1948 on, the World Chess Federation FIDE held the championships. Between 1993 and 2006 there were two world champion titles, the FIDE one and the classical one.
The 2013 World Championship match took place between Anand and Magnus Carlsen (challenger) in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, where Anand grew up. Usually, world championships had been played on neutral ground. Fischer played Spassky in Iceland; Alekhine played Capablanca in Buenos Aires. The Soviets always played in Moscow. However, sponsorship is needed for these matches, and the decision to accept the Chennai bid was taken by FIDE. The Challenger was victorious winning 3 games and achieving the necessary 6.5 points to win the title at the end of game 10. Magnus Carlsen, 22 and from Norway is therefore the current World Chess Champion.

Standard Top 100 Players April 2016

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2851	0	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2801	0	1975
3	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2795	14	1992
4	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2790	14	1994
5	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2788	1	1990
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	14	1987
7	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2784	14	1982
8	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2779	14	1990
9	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2777	0	1992
10	So, Wesley	g	USA	2773	0	1993