At last, the grand finale of the Quick Ruy series! The Breyer System (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8) is especially popular nowadays, and with high profile authors like Larry Kaufman and Boris Avrukh (forthcoming) advocating it, that is unlikely to change in the near future. So in this week's show I look at what several sources say, both pro and...

Botvinnik Memorial 2012 is forming to be one of the most exciting open competitions of the season. With a large field of 2600+ Grandmasters, the top positions are up for grabs after six rounds. GMs Alekseev, Areshchenko, Popov, Aleksandrov, Romanov, Bukavshin, Hovhannisyan, and IM Demchenko are leading the field after 6 rounds with 5,0/6. They [...]

When the first seed is paired against the fourth, it is a signal for hard-fought games and drama. In the match between the leaders of the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad, India overcame Poland 2,5-1,5 thanks to the wins with white on the first and third boards. Especially Gagare’s prosaic win on the white side [...]

The 2nd Metropolitan International was held from August 14th to August 18th, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA. 58 players competed in the 9-round Swiss open which was valid for FIDE title norms. Top seeded were GM Timur Gareev (USA), GM Robert Hess (USA) and GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA). GM Timur Gareev, new-comer to the [...]

Όσοι ενδιαφέρονται για το σεμινάριο προπονητών που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην Πάτρα, θα πρέπει να συμπληρώσουν την αίτηση που θα βρουν πατώντας εδώ και να την στείλουν στον ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο -> esspchess@gmail.com Η αίτηση...

Το 6ο όπεν του Σκακιστικού Ομίλου Ηρακλείου που αποτελεί και το 3ο τουρνουά του έτους με τη γενική ονομασία Grand Prix Chess Festival 2012 θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 11 έως 16 Σεπτεμβρίου στις εξαιρετικές εγκαταστάσεις του ξενοδοχείου...

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 3 started at 1pm local time on Thursday 30th August. Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official. Some key games Vachier beat Topalov which won France the match against Bulgaria, Aronian beat Vallejo in the only decisive game of the Armenian win over Spain, Kramnik drew with Shirov in Russia's narrow win against Latvia and Ivanchuk drew with Gelfand in...

From here on The Chess Improver will be changing with more authors and initially fewer posts per week. With more child care responsibilities coming up and books to write I’ll only be able to post once a week (on Mondays). But several people have kindly offered to contribute with Ashvin Chauhan having started already. Others [...]

Interview with GM Hao Wang, winner of Biel 2012 and member of the Chinese Olympic team.

Interview with GM Gupta about the Chess Olympiad 2012.

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 3 started at 1pm local time on Thursday 30th August. Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official. Leading pairings: SVK vs BIH, VEN vs USA, FAI vs AZE, FRA vs BUL, ENG vs CUB, UKR vs ISR, ARM vs ESP, SLO vs IND, IRI vs GER, ROU vs CHN, KAZ vs PHI, ARG vs CAN, RUS vs LAT and HUN vs SUI. Some key games Vachier-Topalov, Aronian-Vallejo, Kramnik-Shirov and...

(φωτ. Η Τάνια Σάτσντεβ κέρδισε με τα μαύρα την Γκαλογιάν και έδωσε τον “πόντο της νίκης” για την Ινδία στο ματς με την Αρμενία, στις γυναίκες). Δυο νίκες για τις ελληνικές ομάδες στον 3ο γύρο της Ολυμπιάδας της...

Chess Olympiad in Istanbul round 3 report

The coach of the women team of Russia, and ex coach of the men team of Russia from ETCC 2011, spoke to Anastasiya Karlovich and Chessdom.com journalists during the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Part 1 Part 2

Video report by Cheddom.com team member Vijay Kumar