World Chess Championship — Current World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India. The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title. The official world championship is… … Wikipedia
World Junior Chess Championship — The World Junior Chess Championship is an under 20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson… … Wikipedia
World Chess Championship 1963 — At the World Chess Championship 1963 Tigran Petrosian narrowly qualified to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Chess Championship, and then won the match to become the ninth World Chess Champion. The cycle is particularly remembered for… … Wikipedia
World Youth Chess Championship — The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for… … Wikipedia
World Chess Championship 1972 — The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the World Chess Championship. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in… … Wikipedia
European Junior Chess Championship — The first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971 2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the… … Wikipedia
Development of the World Chess Championship — Further information: World Chess Championship The concept of a world chess champion started to emerge in the first half of the 19th century, and the phrase world champion appeared in 1845. From this time onwards various players were acclaimed as… … Wikipedia
Chess around the world — Chess is played all over the world and is organised in different chess federations. These are organised on a national, supranational and international level. FIDE, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs was established in 1924 and most national … Wikipedia
USSR Championship — * Soviet Top League football competition. * Soviet Hockey League Top league of Soviet hockey * Soviet Championship rugby union competition. * USSR Chess Championship chess competition … Wikipedia
Chess in China — This article is about international chess (国际象棋; guójì xiàngqí) in China. For Chinese chess , see Xiangqi. China s 2008 Olympiad Team: left to right, Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Wang Hao China is a major chess power, with achieve … Wikipedia