The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 5 takes place on Saturday 1st September. Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official. Olympiad Round 5 Leading Pairings: Sees the battle of the 4 remaining teams on 4 wins from 4. ARM-UKR, HUN-RUS. Other top pairings: GER-MNE, CRO-FRA, USA-CZE, CAN-AZE, IND-ENG (all 7 pts), POL (6pts) vs ARG (7). Women's Olympiad: RUS-FRA is the only match with...

Interview with Wesley So about the Philippines team in the Chess Olympiad, his joining of the SPICE team program, his recent successful tournaments, and his future events.

Ouch. Navy's problem, when it comes to football, is that they can't really beef up on the offensive and defensive line the way normal college teams can. So unless they're dominant at the so-called skill positions, they're going to have a tough time against major colleges. Anyway, Notre Dame has started the year off right, and will crush the Purdue Boilermakers next week.

The morning round of the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad has staged a very important match between two leaders, Russia and Iran. It was a tough battle which was decided by FM Chigaev’s stunning win against FM Kowsarinia. The loss of several tempi by White enabled Chigaev to achieve a winning position and he finished [...]

Chess Olympiad 2012 round 4 video report from Istanbul.

Interview with GM Carlsson during the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.

Ένα παιδικό υπαίθριο πάρτι πάνω από μια επιδαπέδια σκακιέρα σε ένα τοπίο που διακρίνεται στο βάθος και  ξεπερνά τα σκηνικά και τα εφέ των κινηματογραφικών ταινιών περιπέτειας, στα υψίπεδα των Άνδεων, στο...

Sorry folks (not really), but as the 2012 Notre Dame football season is about to start, it's time for your weekly updates to begin! Tomorrow - today for many of us, and for all of us in Europe - the season kicks off in Dublin, Ireland, of all places, with Notre Dame going up against the Navy Midshipmen. There's probably some clever NCAA marketing behind this, as the conceit that Notre Dame's...

The first round of the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul was all about blowouts. Some elite GMs were nicked for draws and, on rare occasions, for the full point. But it didn't matter at the team level: the heavy favorites won heavily. In round two grandmasters started to meet on a regular basis, but for the top teams this still wasn't too big a problem. Players rated 2750 and 2500 may both be...

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 4 took place on Friday 31st August. Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official. Leading Round 4 Results Men for Friday: USA 2-2 IND, RUS 3-1 CHN, AZE 2-2 GER, FRA 2-2 ENG, PHI 1.5-2.5 ARM, UKR 3-1 POL, SVK 1-3 HUN, CZE 4-0 NOR, CAN 2.5-1.5 MGL, ARG 2.5-1.5 MEX. Games by leading players to look out for in Round 4. Nakamura 1-0 Sasikiran, Harikrishna...

Άσχημο αποτέλεσμα για την ελληνική εθνική ομάδα των ανδρών: Μαυροβούνιο – Ελλάδα 3-1 (ισοπαλίες οι Παπαϊωάννου και Δ. Μαστροβασίλης, ηττήθηκαν Μπανίκας και Κοτρωνιάς). Στις γυναίκες: Καζακστάν- Ελλάδα 1,5-2,5 (ισοπαλία η...

After a couple of stressful weeks attempting to sort Sue’s visa situation we managed to get my passport sent to us on Thursday and I flew out very early Monday morning. Alas so far Sue has been unable to accompany me as the UK Border Agency still have her passport. New Zealand decided the risk [...]

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 4 started at 1pm local time on Friday 31st August. Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official. Leading Round 4 Pairings Men for Friday: USA vs IND, RUS vs CHN, AZE vs GER, FRA vs ENG, PHI vs ARM, UKR vs POL, SVK vs HUN, CZE vs NOR, CAN vs MGL, ARG vs MEX. Games by leading players to look out for in Round 4. Nakamura vs Sasikiran, Harikrishna vs...

Levon Aronian, in conversation with Chessdom.com editor-in-chief Goran Urosevic, shared his thoughts on the Armenian team at the Chess Olympiad. Aronian also praised Wesley So, saying “he is a talented player from a country with great chess culture”. See a previsions interview of Aronian with Chessdom here.

Press release: International chess Grandmaster Robert Fontaine has joined Agon Limited, the rights holder to the World Chess Championship cycle, as chief of staff to founder and chief executive Andrew Paulson. Mr Fontaine, the six-times under-20 youth champion for France, becomes a principal aide as Mr Paulson implements his strategy to organise and commercialise the [...]