Six games, six draws. It has been far from the most exciting world championship in history, but it wasn't such a bad game today. (I don't mean that it was exciting in any conventional sense, but it continued long enough to make the draw obvious to most spectators.) Champion Viswanathan Anand repeated his Semi-Slav/Chebanenko hybrid, and it was Boris Gelfand who deviated first with 6.Qc2. This is...

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Το γλυπτό "The Chess Players" ("Οι σκακιστές") είναι ένα έργο από ορείχαλκο που φιλοτέχνησε ο αμερικανός γλύπτης Lloyd Lillie το 1983 και το οποίο βρίσκεται στο πάρκο John Marshall Park στην γειτονιά Judiciary Square της Washington, D.C. στις Η.Π.Α.Μοντέλο γιά...

Επιμελείται ο γκρανμέτρ Ίγκορ ΣμίρνοβΑρχικά, είχα την πρόθεση να σχολιάσω το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα σκάκι μεταξύ του Ανάντ και του Γκέλφαντ. Ωστόσο, (με όλο το σεβασμό προς αυτούς τους μεγάλους παίκτες) ο αγώνα τους...

Ηλικιωμένος σκακιστής περιμένει τον επόμενο αντίπαλό του σε πάρκο στην πόλη Κότορ. Το Μαυροβούνιο,  πολύ πιο κοσμοπολίτικο από τους γείτονές του, πολύ γρηγορότερα αναπτυσσόμενο, χάριν κυρίως στον τουρισμό αλλά και...

Bazna Kings to be one of the strongest tournaments of the year

Ισόπαλη έληξε και η πέμπτη παρτίδα του μάτς γιά τον τίτλο του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή.Ο Viswanathan Anand επέλεξε το 1. ε4 σαν την πρώτη κίνηση του ανοίγματος και ο Boris Genfald επέλεξε την βαριάντα Chelyabinsk από την Σικελική...

The extent of Boris Gelfand’s preparation for this match became clear today as he unveiled another new opening against Vishwanathan Anand’s 1.e4. The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is known to be a razor sharp and highly theoretical line in which White needs some veru serious preparation to hope for anything. But how could [...]

First things first: Sigeman & Co. finished Wednesday, and Fabiano Caruana finished strongly with a second straight win to take clear first. He needed that win, as Peter Leko also won his last two, and scored 3.5 points in his final four games, to finish just half a point back. Caruana's final tally was 5.5/7, Leko's 5, and the next closest competitors had 4 points apiece. Still ongoing is the...

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Total of 30 titled players in the Ukrainian Chess Championship

The 5th game of the World Chess Championship might not have been that exciting but the Europe Echecs video also has interviews with Nepomniachtchi, Anna Gunina and Evgeny Sveshnikov and a nice exchange between Alexander Grischuk and the man he lost out to in the Candidates final Boris Gelfand.

The 5th game of the World Chess Championship might not have been that exciting but the Europe Echecs video also has interviews with Nepomniachtchi, Anna Gunina and Evgeny Sveshnikov and a nice exchange between Alexander Grischuk and the man he lost out to in the Candidates final Boris Gelfand.

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis 8th-19th May 2012 (play-off, if required 20th). Hikaru Nakamura returns after missing last year. Defending champion Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk and Yasser Seirawan are also in the 12 player field. Anna Zatonskih is favourite to retain her title with Irina Krush as second favourite in the women's 10 player event. We're back to straight...