Four share the lead in the women section

No, I’m not suggesting that anyone should be bored with chess – that would be sacrilege! But from time to time the subject of interesting chess “variants” comes up, including blitz, bughouse and Fischer Random to name just a few of the most popular. OK, you say that blitz is not a variant? In fact, [...]

Humpy Koneru has come up just short when it comes to facing off against Hou Yifan in world championship events, and in a way that's just what has happened in the 2012 Women's World Championship. In a big upset, Humpy lost to Natalia Zhukova yesterday, 2-0, after the classical games, and Hou nipped her by a nose, lasting only one day more. Shockingly, the world champion went from winning with...

ΦΑΣΗ 16 EUROPA LEAGUE3ος 5ου ομίλου CL - ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΔΟΥ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΓΕΡΟΝΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΣ - ΔΕΡΜΑΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ3ος 3ου ομίλου CL - ΦΡΕΓΓΙΔΗΣ ΝΙΚΟΣΣΙΔΕΡΗΣ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ - 3ος 6ου ομίλου CLΧΑΛΚΙΑΣ ΝΙΚΟΣ - ΝΙΚΟΛΑΚΗΣ ΠΑΝ-ΜΑΡΙΟΣMΠΕΤΣΑΚΟΣ...

UT Dallas Invitational starts today in USA. It is preparation for the team for the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship and will include the UT Dallas Team major players. A wide array of talent will come together in this year’s round-robin event. On the UT Dallas team, warming up for the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship, will [...]

Live games with analysis

Συνεχίζουμε με συνθέσεις του Έλληνα προβληματιστή Νίκου Περγιάλη, του έσχατου ρεμπέτη. Εδώ θα δούμε τρία δυάρια και δύο πολυκίνητα, ένα τεσσάρι και ένα εξάρι. Κατά την λύση τους, θα αναφέρουμε και ποια θέματα...

The reigning world champion Yifan Hou was defeated in round 2 of the World Women’s Chess Championship by the Polish experienced GM Monika Socko. After a fantastic comeback in the second game of the classical match, Monika Socko convincingly closed the tiebreaks 2-0, winning the match and proceeding to the final 16. Monika Socko is [...]

Ξεκινάει το εσωτερικό πρωτάθλημα Ιωαννίνων για την ανάδειξη του πρωταθλητή για το 2013! Όλοι οι παίχτες ξεκινάνε από τον τρίτο όμιλο και θα περάσουν στον επόμενο όμιλο οι 10 πρώτοι.Ο χρόνος σκέψης είναι 25’ για ολόκληρη...

Round 3 of the World Senior Chess Championship 2012was played today in the 5 star Galini Hotel in Kamena Vourla, Greece. The chess fans were treated with fewer surprises, yet very hard fought games in this round. In the battle of giants on board 1 in the women section, GM Nona Gaprindashvili defeated the leader [...]

GM Arnold Denker published a chess book with the above title in 1947. I do have a couple of his books but that one I have never come across. Must we play chess? The thing is people mostly play chess because they feel an urge to do so. Sometimes it is for fun, sometimes to [...]

Under the auspices of the African Chess Union, Federation Tunisienne des Echecs (FTE) has the honor of inviting African Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2012 African Junior U20 Open Chess Championship and African Junior U20 Girls’ Chess Championship. The 2012 African Junior U20 Chess Championships will be held from the 23th December [...]

When we left off after the first two days of round 1's play in the Women's World Chess Championship, the top 12 seeds had already advanced without any need for tiebreaks. American Irina Krush needed tiebreaks to get past Li Ruofan, and she made it, albeit with a lot of difficulty. The first pair of tiebreak games proved inconclusive, as Krush won the first but lost the second. The same thing...

Have a look. (Part 1, in case you missed it earlier, is here.)

Brave Socko, Zhukova, Galliamova, and Pogonina change the course of the event