Chess In the News

A 16-year-old schoolboy has become the youngest chess grandmaster in the UK.
David Howell, from East Sussex, earned his place in the record books at an international chess competition in Sweden on Friday.

The title of grandmaster is one of the highest rankings in chess to be awarded by the world chess organisation.

David, who started playing chess at the age of five on a set bought from a jumble sale, said: "This is something I've aspired to all my life."

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Cash award for chess tourney

Competitors in the 2007 World Chess Championship qualifiers (zone 3.3) on the southern Phu Quoc Island have been given an added incentive to do well - US$10,000 in prize money.

The Viet Nam Chess Federation (VCF)'s general secretary, Dang Tat Thang, said Dragon Capital from England, the tournament's main sponsor, is providing the money. It will be the first time a chess tournament in Viet Nam has carried a cash prize.

The 2007 World Chess Championship qualifiers (zone 3.3) will see some 60 chess masters from 15 countries and territories compete for three spots in the World Chess Championship in Mexico this September.


Ice Chess match London-Moscow
This Thursday will see a special chess event on Trafalgar Square, London and Pushkin Square, Moscow. Two teams, headed by GMs Nigel Short and Anatoly Karpov, will play an Ice Chess match using a 64 square metre chess boards and pieces carved out of ice. Go watch - it is part of the Russian Winter Festival.

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