Μια παρτίδα σκάκι (κλικ στη φωτογραφία για μεγέθυνση: το κάτω δεξί τετράγωνο μαύρο ακόμη μια φορά) στην ταινία παραγωγής 2009 Cairo Time, του Ρόμπερτ Νάντα. Μια Καναδή (Πατρίσια Κλάρκσον) φτάνει στην Αίγυπτο για να συναντήσει...

Ο Σύλλογος Ιωανντιών Σκακιστών προκηρύσσει τουρνουά Blitz την Κυριακή 28 Οκτωβρίου στις 12:00 το πρωί.

The NIT Grandmasters Open was organized by the Nagpur District Chess Association with the total prize money of INR 15, 00,000 (Approx 26,785 $). There were 17 GMs, 28 IMs, 2 WGMs, a WFM, 2 WIMs and 8 FMs among the 150 participants. The tournament was quite interesting and a bit funny as in the [...]

The 57th International Belgrade Book Fair is being held between October 21 and October 28, 2012, under the official slogan “From A to Z”, and hosts 478 publishers from the country and abroad. This year’s Guest of Honor Country is Hungary, known for its strong and diverse literary and publishing tradition. This is an ideal [...]

Hikaru Nakamura finished the first cycle of the Unive Crown Group in Hoogeveen with his second win in three games. Today he defeated Hou Yifan with the white pieces in a very sharp Schevingen line. After 5...e6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 Hou uncorked the new move 7...e5. It looks horrid at first sight, but in fact the concept is known from some similar positions (for example, on move 6). Nakamura went for a...

Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh won the title at the NIT International Grandmasters Open Chess Tournament, organised by Nagpur Improvement Trust at Naivedhyam Recreation Centre, Nagpur, today. Ziuar Rahman did not take any risk and settled for a quick draw with IM Ankit Rajpara of Maharashtra, to raise his tally to 9 points and collect a [...]

Meetings in Brussels, photos, and interview

4 player double round robin in Romania

The 2nd Mehr Open Tournament was held on 16-22th October in the Tournament hall of Iran Chess Federation in Teheran. 171 participants, including 123 rated and 4 titled, competed. Alireza Dalir obtained the first place with 7.5 points from nine rounds and better tiebreak than Also Hadi Lamei, Aryan Gholami and Behrooz Razaghi, who all [...]

Chess Educators is honored to organize the 2012 New York City Rapid Chess Challenge. Rosneft is sponsoring four events for junior chess players in the months of October and November of 2012. These events are taking place in London, New York City, Geneva and Beijing. London has already launched their event and now it’s time [...]

Την Κυριακή 21 Οκτωβρίου, τελείωσε το μεγαλύτερο και ισχυρότερο χειμερινό τουρνουά σκάκι της Δυτικής Ελλάδας. Πρώτος και αήττητος με 5,5 βαθμούς σε έξι αγώνες τερμάτισε ο Γ. Παπαγεωργίου. Στην δεύτερη και τρίτη θέση, με 4,5...

Thirteen Grandmasters, thirteen IMs, one WGM, including two former world under 16 champions and several world and continental category champions in the fray – still none of them won the Indian Premier & Zone 3.7 Championship, the most prestigious domestic event in India. The honour was bestowed upon on a talented upcoming and untitled sixteen [...]

I promised to tell a story this week about the time Rustam Kamsky invited me to live and train with him and Gata in Europe. It is a short story; there really isn’t much to tell. In March 1994, I happened to be spectating at the famous annual tournament in Linares, Spain. The first Category [...]

In the Unive Crown Group in Hoogeveen today, both games were drawn. Hou Yifan pushed Anish Giri, but not all the way off the cliff. Hikaru Nakamura had no trouble with the black pieces against Sergei Tiviakov, but that doesn't mean he was close to winning, either. So Nakamura remains at +1 after two rounds, Giri at -1 and the other players are at 50%. As for the GM tournament at the SPICE Cup...

Peruvian Grandmaster Julio Granda Zuniga was the big winner of the 7th American Continental Championship, not only winning the competition that was held in the auditorium of the Hotel Casino – which brought together around 200 players – but also managing to qualify for the next edition of the World Cup to be held in [...]