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What's New

· We have processed the May 2013 ratings list from FIDE.

· Congratulations to member <Chnebelgrind> for winning the 2012/13 Chessbookie Championship! The new leg has just begun--start playing now!

· The World vs GM Akobian is over; Akobian resigned on move 35. Congratulations to the 1400+ people on the Chessgames World Team for defeating one of the USA's strongest grandmasters!

· Congratulations to those who won a free membership in our annual "Dear Santa" Contest.

· Our Chess Gift Page allows you to give the gift of chess, by purchasing an account for another Chessgames member.

· In celebration of our 11th birthday, Chessgames gave away 64 prizes between December 10th and Christmas Eve. See our Holiday Present Hunt Official Rules for details.

· Our New Tournaments Page now displays the latest chess events added by our staff, plus historical tournaments being organized by members. This allows us to have kibiziting on famous historical events such as Hastings (1895) and AVRO (1938).

· By popular vote of Chessgames members, the Thematic Challenge was be the Albin Countergambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5). After 40 moves, the game was drawn. You can see the game here: Team White vs Team Black (2012).

· The Chess Olympiad is scheduled to be held in Istanbul from August 27 to September 10.

· Kasparov's latest chess book, Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Part I, is now available at the Chessgames Store.

· Thanks to everybody for joining us during the Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship, and special thanks to our very special guests, WGM Natalia Pogonina and WGM Jennifer Shahade.

· Our Live Broadcast Page now has special enhancements for mobile devices such as Androids and iPhones.

· Our revolutionary chess training tool, Guess-the-Move, now has over 10,000 games to choose from! If you haven't tried it, check out our free sample game Tal-Lutikov; it's almost like playing a grandmaster!

· We now have over 19,000 Game Collections compiled by our members.

· Be sure to check out the new Chessgames Store, a veritable chess supermarket complete with sets, boards, clocks, books, DVDs--anything your chess-loving heart can imagine!

· Chessgames Challenge VII is over! The Chessgames Challenge pits world-class grandmasters against teams of thousands of chess fans. The gauntlet was laid down, and GM Varuzhan Akobian was brave enough to accept the challenge. After 32 moves the Chessgames team managed to draw this world-class grandmaster. Congratulations!

· USCF members, be sure to check out the article about Chessgames and the Chessgames Challenge, "Brave New World", in the August 2011 issue of Chess Life.

· Have a question about chess history? Spot an error on a player biography? Want to exchange stories with other chess history buffs? Check out our new Biographer Bistro.

· Chessgames now supports the iPad, iPhone, and Android platforms.

· AnimusEtOblivio won the Championship Leg of the Chessbookie Game with 48,376 "chessbucks", to become the Fifth ChessBookie Champion of the World! The Spring Leg (and new championship cycle) started on March 31st.

· The World vs Natalia Pogonina game is over; after 62 moves it was drawn. Congratulations to both GM Pogonina and the World Team for their fine performances.

· GM Natalia Pogonina has accepted the Chessgames Challenge. The game will officially began at 2:00 PM (USA/Eastern) August 31st. Sign up now--the world needs you!

· Our new Hot Games feature shows you what games people have been interested in lately. The list appears to the right, below "Example Searches."

· Show off your love for chess with our beautiful high-quality garments available exclusively from the Chessgames Store!

· Chessgames members (and staff!) had a wonderful time broadcasting every round of the 2010 World Chess Championship with special guest commentator Nigel Short. Thanks to everybody who participated.

· In June-July 2008, Chessgames helped a research study for University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results of this study are now available to the public. Please read The Chess Aesthetics Research Survey Results to learn their findings. [requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.]

· Chessgames broadcasted live games from the 2009 Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing, China. WGM Natalia Pogonina provided excellent coverage and we hope to have her back in the future.

· Our Pun Submission Page is back online, along with our Pun Voting Booth. Note that this is now a permanent site feature and no longer a contest.

· The new "My Favorites" feature allows you to track your favorite Chessgames members.

· For the entire month of June we showed top entries from our 2009 Pun Contest for the Game of the Day feature. Congratulations to member tpstar for his winning pun, "Holy Queen Sac, Basman!"

· The Rinus Scholarship gives free premium Chessgames memberships to people who contribute their efforts to the Chessgames Challenge, and all proceeds are placed in a special fund designated to hire grandmasters for upcoming Chessgames Challenges. If you are able, consider making a donation and help support chess learning worldwide.

· Congratulations to our member "holland oats", the 2009 Chessbookie Champion of the World! He will win a $100 Amazon Gift Certificate, and two free years to Chessgames Premium Services. The next season of the The Chess Bookie Game will begin in just a few days.

· Little Chess Partner now has an "Analysis Mode" which lets you play the game from any specified position.

· Congratulations to World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand for defending his title against Vladimir Kramnik in the 2008 World Chess Championship.

· We now have completed our History of the World Chess Championship, a historical overview of the most coveted title in chess.

· The chessgames members have defeated former World Correspondence Champion Gert Jan Timmerman. See the Chessgames Challenge and enjoy the dancing rook!

· Chessgames now has over 100,000 registered members! We thank every single one of you for helping us become the best chess site on the internet. If you're not a member yet, invest a minute to register a free account. It's easy, confidential, and will give you access to some of our coolest features.

· What does the future hold? Find out with our new Chess Forecast feature. This is the blue pie-chart you see to the right; it predicts the outcome of an upcoming or current chess game based on data collected from our ChessBookie Game.

· We now have new powerful hardware to better serve our members. Thanks to all of the premium members who made this upgrade possible.

· Our new Game Collections Page allows you to search for game collections by keyword.

· Each day, you can sample the powerful Repertoire Explorer for free! Just click on the Player of the Day, and follow the links by the magnifying glass to fully explore his or her openings. For more information on premium membership, please see our Premium Membership Page.

Chess Forecast