The Final Masters came to a conclusion today, and Magnus Carlsen won - deservedly - against Fabiano Caruana in a blitz playoff. Both players finished with +3 scores, each losing only one game in the event - to each other. Caruana went +3 in the first cycle and even in the second, while it was the reverse for Carlsen. So why do I say Carlsen was the deserved winner, when both players had such...

Την Κυριακή, 14/10/12, ο Σκακιστικός Σύλλογος Ηλιούπολης, σε συνεργασία με το Δήμο Ηλιούπολης, διοργανώνει ανοιχτό Πρωτάθλημα Σκάκι, στην Κεντρική Πλατεία της Ηλιούπολης (Πλατεία Εθνικής Αντιστάσεως).Από τις 16:30 το...

Ένα κορίτσι ανάμεσα σε γιγαντιαίους πεσσούς κινέζικου σκακιού (σιάνγκτσι). Η σκακιέρα παρουσιάζει 2 βασίλεια, των Χαν και των Τσου, τα οποία χωρίζονται από ένα ποτάμι. Τα ίχνη του παιχνιδιού στην Κίνα ξεκινούν από το 650...

Jan Ehlvest was one of the world chess elite and is still an active chessplayer today. The 49-year old who has competed in numerous World Cup tournaments and who is also the author of many chess books still manages to maintain a high level of sporting performance. The holder of a Masters degree in Psychology [...]

Results and photo gallery

Last week the London Grand Prix came to a close and the closing ceremony was not as spectacular as the opening ceremony held  at Somerset House but nevertheless it was a nice affair. There were rumours that Mr. Stephen Fry was going to attend and present some awards but that didn’t materialize which was a pity as [...]

Coming into round 8 of the Final Masters (now in Bilbao; the first half was in Sao Paulo), Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen were tied for first, one point (on 3-1-0 scoring) ahead of Levon Aronian. With one round to go, the race has gone from three horses to two, thanks to the drama of round 9. First though, round 8. All three games were drawn. The best and most thrilling game was...

Two weeks ago I put forth the proposition that, in chess, it was “imperative” to swindle when presented the opportunity, as long as this is done with legal moves on the board and, in general, within the rules of the game. To be clear to our most impressionable readers, I am not saying that swindling is [...]

FIDE Executive Director Nigel Freeman is visiting the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, to attend the 7th American Continental Championship. “I am here for two reasons – one is to open the Continental Championship and the other is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Governor of Buenos Aires province regarding the project [...]

Live games with analysis

Today was the first of the three days with double rounds in the Indonesia Open Chess Championship. But it is still early days so fighting chess was again the order of the day – with such a strong and evenly matched field, it would seem that every point won and every half point saved would [...]

Να ενθαρρύνει την εφαρμογή και χρηματοδότηση του προγράμματος «Σκάκι στο σχολείο» καλεί την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο. Σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση του Κοινοβουλίου, η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή καλείται να...

An English team qualified for the Final of the ICCF Olympiad 16 Postal Tournament in 2009 with a 68% score in Section 2 of the Preliminaries, ahead of the Ukraine with 62% and the Czech Republic with 59%. Our four man team consisted of SIM Keith Kitson who scored 4.5/9 on Board 1 (Category 10), [...]

This month Webster University and the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) bring six of the best chess players in the world – including two Webster students – to Webster’s home campus. They’ll be competing in the category-18 SPICE Cup Invitational 2012, the highest-rated chess tournament of its kind in U.S. history. The tourney [...]

IM Tania Sachdev interview during Indonesia Open 2012