The live coverage of the US Chess Championships fronted by Jennifer Shahade, Ben Finegold and Mike Klein and produced by Macauley Peterson has been a lot of fun as have the player interviews. Watch the daily recaps.

Τα δεκαπέντε χρόνια ζωής συμπλήρωσε ένας από τους διάσημους υπερυπολογιστές, ο Deep Blue, που κατάφερε να κερδίσει στο σκάκι τον καλύτερο του κόσμου, Γκάρι Κασπάροφ. Τον Μάιο του 1997 ο υπολογιστής της IBM κατάφερε να κερδίσει...

Viswanathan Anand switched to 1.e4 as white but made absolutely no progress in the face of Boris Gelfand's Sicilian. The inventor of the Sveshnikov was in the press room and he didn't approve of Gelfand's interpretation of his idea, instead black obtained a simplified position which quickly traded into a sterile draw. This was thin gruel indeed lasting just 27 moves and 90 minutes, was this...

Viswanathan Anand switched to 1.e4 as white but made absolutely no progress in the face of Boris Gelfand's Sicilian. The inventor of the Sveshnikov was in the press room and he didn't approve of Gelfand's interpretation of his idea, instead black obtained a simplified position which quickly traded into a sterile draw. This was thin gruel indeed lasting just 27 moves and 90 minutes, was this...

The World Chess Championship match remains deadlocked after Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand battled to a fourth successive draw at Moscow. The score is 2-2 in the match which is the best of 12 games and has a prize fund of 2.55 million dollars, split 60-40. Anand plays White in today's sixth game which begins at 12 UK time.

The World Chess Championship match remains deadlocked after Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand battled to a fourth successive draw at Moscow. The score is 2-2 in the match which is the best of 12 games and has a prize fund of 2.55 million dollars, split 60-40. Anand plays White in today's sixth game which begins at 12 UK time.

Hey guys, As we’re halfway through the month, and considering I really doubt I’ll manage a GOTM from June what with getting married and all, I decided to combine the two. In the past month we’ve had two big matches. First there was the Kramnik-Aronian friendly match. As they weren’t playing for a title they [...]

Only few days after the Asian Continental Individual Championships concluded in Vietnam, all top players moved to Zao Zhuang, Shandong Province, China, to compete in the 2012 Asian Nations Chess Cup (Open and Women’s). The competitions are taking place from 15th to 27th May over nine rounds of Swiss in Open Group and over nine [...]

The game began promisingly with a couple of opening surprises. The champion, Viswanathan Anand, pulled his traditional favorite move 1.e4 out of his trusty (or is it rusty) arsenal, prepared to do battle against the Petroff or the Najdorf. Instead, Boris Gelfand offered the second surprise of the match, employing the Sveshnikov Sicilian. When all goes well for Black in that opening, the result is...

Μία σειρά φωτογραφιών που δείχνει τον γιουγκοσλάβο στρατάρχη Josip Broz Tito να παίζει μία παρτίδα σκάκι. Οι φωτογραφίες τραβήχτηκαν από τον φωτογράφο John Phillips στο Drvar, στο αρχηγείο του Τίτο στην Βοζνία - Ερζεγοβίνη της...

The 2012 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship did not change leadership today, though the two tournaments produced much different levels of excitement.

Returning to the subject of thinking protocols a student of mine pointed out that in Chess Made Easy by Purdy and Koshnitsky, there’s a nice section giving five steps. Personally I suspect that this many might get in the way a bit if you try to do enact them consciously on every move. But methodical [...]

The 20th anniversary of the first Sigeman and Co tournament took place in Malmo 9th-16th May 2012. Top seed Fabiano Caruana added yet more rating points this year with 5,5.7 and a 2853 performance. Peter Leko took second place with 5/7. Anish Giri won in the final round to hold on to most of his rating points with 4/7. Giri has had exams this year and his play has gone slightly backwards but I...

The 20th edition of the Sigeman Chess Tournament was organized by Limhamn Chess Club on 9-16th May in Malmö, Sweden. This year the event had a round robin format with eight players. The additional sponsorship boosted the level of the tournament which featured the strongest lineup ever. The Italian champion Fabiano Caruana won the competition [...]

GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine successfully concluded the competition on Cuba to win his 6th trophy from the Elite Group of the traditional Capablanca Memorial. The 47th Capablanca Memorial was held from 3rd to 15th May at the Riviera hotel in Havana, Cuba. The Elite Group was a six-player double round robin. Ivanchuk confidently held [...]