Δείτε το Αναλυτικό Πρόγραμμα του σκακιστικού-πολιτιστικού Φεστιβάλ "Chessnale Athens 2012" το οποίο διοργανώνουν η ΕΣΟ , η ΕΣΣΝΑ και το διεθνές πολιτιστικό και κοινωνικό δίκτυο cultureout.com

Fantastic performance at the World Youth Chess 2012

The traditional “Polgar Chess Day” this year grew into an all day long “Chess Festival” with the aim to showcase the thousand faces of chess – as Judit puts it. In that spirit, the Day of celebration of chess included a number of new activities such as chess boxing, spectacular chess dance, as well as [...]

Not long after the London Grand Prix I was heading for the Eurocup this time held in Eilat in Israel. This made for a grueling and expensive journey which may explain why the number of teams participating fell from 62 in 2011 to 34. Unfortunately the organisation was unimpressive; the playing hall was much too [...]

You know, of course, of the story of St Anthony of Padua’s sermon to the fishes. St Anthony travelled to Rimini to preach to the heretics and convert them to the ways of righteousness. But there was no one in church, so instead he went to the seashore, where the river met the sea, and [...]

That was a pointless exercise. It's a pity there's no "resign" option in sports, as the game was 28-0 well before halftime, and the only significant possibility by that point was that an important player might get injured. Notre Dame is now 11-0, with one victim to go (over the aptly-named Trojans, whose great football historiy includes cheating coaches and felonious football players) in the...

Chessdom: Hello Manuel, thank you for kindly accepting the interview. Obviously our first question will be about one of the most important events of the year – the UNAM Gran Fiesta in Mexico. The Torneo Cuadrangular will include Carlsen, Polgar, Bruzon and yourself. What are the expectations? Manuel Leon Hoyos: The UNAM Gran Fiesta in [...]

16 participants of the Women’s World Championship, who advanced to the third round, played the first games of the round on November 17th. The games were very spectacular and action-packed. Monika Socko (Poland), who became a hero of the second round (she defeated the World Champion Hou Yifan, making her the youngest ex-World Champion in [...]

It's another Saturday in autumn, which means time for the #3 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish to clobber another hapless victim. This week's offering are the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest, who deserve to lose and lose big - if only for their vile nickname. The dismemberment begins in about an hour, and will be televised on NBC starting at 3:30 p.m. ET. Pregame reading material, for those who are...

It's often the case in the "men's" world championship that the players will draw the regular games, and fairly quickly, postponing the crisis to the rapid and blitz tiebreaks. That certainly wasn't the case today, on the first day of the third round of the 2012 Women's World Chess Championship. Five of the eight games had a winner, and only one of the draws looked fairly bloodless (though I don't...

Μια ιστορική εφημερίδα, η «Αυγή», θα φιλοξενεί κάθε Κυριακή σκάκι. Η αρχή γίνεται αύριο, με αναφορά στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Βετεράνων, σε σκακιστικές εκδηλώσεις και σε μια παρτίδα του ποιητή Λορέντζου Μαβίλη. Την...

The Panama Chess Federation is organizing the 2nd Panama Chess Open from 27th November to 2nd December at the Hotel Central Park El Dorado in Ciudad de Panamá. The prize fund is $ 6,000 USD guaranteed, but it can be increased to 10,000 depending on the number of players. Official website. The tournament is conveniently [...]

Για τα εβδομηκοστά πέμπτα γενέθλια του Milan Vukcevich, το περιοδικό StrateGems ανακοινώνει ένα εορταστικό τουρνουά με τα ακόλουθα τμήματα : Τμήμα A - Δυάρια, Κριτής : Vasyl Dyachuk Τμήμα B - Τριάρια, Κριτής : Robert Burger Τμήμα C - Πολυκίνητα...

Live games with analysis

The Remco Heite Chess Tournament 2012 will take place on November 15th – 18th in Netherlands. It is a round robin tournament with Grandmasters Luke McShane, Ivan Sokolov, Loek Van Wely, Matthew Saddler, Ernst Spike, and Daniel Fridman. The first round was played on Friday. Luke McShane and Loek Van Wely took the lead after victories [...]