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Joint leader P Karthikeyan moved into sole lead with 7.5 points as second seed Grandmaster Ahmed Adly of Egypt, citing illness, failed to turn up for the eighth round at the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at SDAT Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. Following Karthikeyan at 7.0 points were Grandmasters Sergei Tiviakov [...]

The other day my IPhone stopped functioning, causing a wait of several days for a new one. I became aware of a troubling phenomenon; I could not remember the phone numbers of several people whom I talk to regularly, since for the last two years I have simply pressed the screen for “Fred” and “John [...]

The ceremony of signing the contract between the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) about the organization of the World Chess Cup 2015 and the Chess Olympiad 2016 in Azerbaijan took place Wednesday in the Baku hotel Marriott Absheron. The Minister of youth and sports Azad Ragimov, the President of FIDE [...]

Τα αποτελέσματα του 5ου γύρου: ΑΝΔΡΕΣ: Νικολάου – Φίλιππας 0-1, Γαλόπουλος – Σκέμπρης 0,5-0,5, Μαλικέντζος – Νικολαϊδης 0,5-0,5,  Παυλίδης Αντ. – Μαστροβασίλης Θ. 0,5-0,5, Καπνίσης – Μουτούσης 0-1. ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣ: Γράψα –...

Alexander Morozevich has been in the lead after every round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent, but what had been a sole lead most of the way who turned into a five-way tie at the end of round 5, when he lost to Ruslan Ponomariov. No matter: he won today against Leinier Dominguez, while the other five games were drawn. Morozevich therefore leads alone with 4 points out of 6; Shakhriyar...

Game 2 of the final of the 2012 Women's World Championship was a battle of opening surprises. First, here's the game score: Stefanova, Antoaneta (2491) - Ushenina, Anna (2452) FIDE WCh Women World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (6.2)...

The second game of the Women’s World Chess Championship match between Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) and Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) featured an interesting theoretical discussion. The Bulgarian, playing White, decided to test her opponent’s knowledge in a very sharp opening variation known as the Slav Gambit: White sacrifices a central pawn, but forces Black to keep the [...]

Magnus Carlsen’s attempt to reclaim the London Chess Classic trophy might be seriously hindered by the British authorities who refused to grant UK visa for his second Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia. Manager Espen Agdestein told VG Nett that it is not possible to find a replacement on such a short notice, and besides Magnus got [...]

Former Asian Junior Champion P Karthikeyan defeated fellow Indian Grandmaster SP Sethuraman and moved into joint lead at 6.5 points after the seventh round of the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at SDAT Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. Grandmaster Ahmed Adly of Egypt maintained his grip on the top accounting for giant-killer [...]

Indian Grandmaster M R Lalith Babu drew his top board game against GM Oleksienko Mikhailo of Ukraine and moved in shared lead with 5.5 points after the sixth round of the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at SDAT – Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. Joining the duo on top of the points [...]

Το Σάββατο ξεκινάει ένα από τα πιο ισχυρά τουρνουά με τους Ανάντ, Κάρλσεν, Αρονιάν, Κράμνικμ Νακαμούρα, Πόλγκαρ κ.α.            Άντε να δούμε πότε επιτέλους θα έρθει στο σύλλογο αυτή η περιβόητη...

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