World Chess Championship 2010. Anand vs Topalov

Young Anand.

Viswanathan Anand won a very hard fought match 6.5-5.5 against his challenger Veselin Topalov to retain his title. In the final game Topalov's quest for complications led to trouble and he couldn't recover from a bad blunder.

Source: TWIC

World Youngest Chess "Master"

Some say it is weird when kids at a young age can perform well in chess. Well, I say every single human being has a wonderful brain that capable of everything. I went to a chess tournament somewhere in the UK and I only see middle age people with a few youngsters. Unlike in Asian countries, we can see a huge number of kids playing chess in the open categories against the older ones. It is really embarrassing to lose to those kids though.


However, the main factors are fundings, education and supportive parents. With these, that brain can turn anybody to somebody. Fundings (a lot of it) are needed to buy chess books, hire a chess coach, pay chess tournaments fees etc. (Perhaps someday, chess will be the game for the rich ones only).

Samuel spends at least two hours a day studying chess, playing against his father Armen Sevian, 37, and practising over the internet with his coach, international master Andranik Matikozyan, the San Jose Mercury News reported.

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Hou Yifan: New Women's World Youngest Chess Champion

No one has ever thought about it, a teenager could become a World Chess Champion!

A confident Hou Yifan arrives for game three followed by her mother (Source: Chessbase).

Ms. Hou is a solid player who takes few risks in her games, but also rarely makes critical mistakes. She has been among the best female players since 2006, when she suddenly rose to No. 8 in the world. She is now No. 3, but could surpass Humpy Koneru of India, the current No. 2, if her world championship victory is taken into account in the next rankings, which are due to be released Jan. 1. Ms. Hou defeated Ms. Koneru in the semifinals of the championship tournament.

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