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Now it's official: Kasparov no longer training Nakamura

In a carefully orchestrated scoop the Dutch magazine New in Chess broke the news on November 1st: Garry Kasparov, who famously trained Magnus Carlsen, was now working with US GM Hikaru Nakamura. Now, just a month and a half later, it is official: the two will not be working together any longer. This comes after Nakamura's second-biggest career win in London.

FIDE awards World Championship Match to Moscow.

It seemed all settled, the South Indian city of Chennai made a bid to stage the World Championship Anand-Gelfand. Now we receive word that a rival bid from the Russian Chess Federation with a US $2.55 million prize fund has been accepted by FIDE. The women's world championship Hou Yifan vs Humpy will be in Tirana, Albania. Updated press release and first reactions, including Anand.

Brainstorming game Chess compulsory in Tamil Nadu schools

Tamil Nadu is the heart of the chess culture of India. The State has the most number of rated players in India. And the capital, Chennai (formerly Madras) is the birthplace of World Champion Viswanathan Anand.