The 40th Chess Olympiad takes place in Istanbul, Turkey 27th August (Opening 28th R1) to 9th September 2012. Play starts 15:00 local time, 13:00 BST. Elo favourites Russia haven't won the title since 2002, defending champions Ukraine and Armenia are all close to full strength. World number 1 Magnus Carlsen will not be playing and rather shockingly the 2014 hosts Norway can't find the money to...

The 40th Chess Olympiad takes place in Istanbul, Turkey 27th August (Opening 28th R1) to 9th September 2012. Play starts 15:00 local time, 13:00 BST. Elo favourites Russia haven't won the title since 2002, defending champions Ukraine and Armenia are all close to full strength. World number 1 Magnus Carlsen will not be playing and rather shockingly the 2014 hosts Norway can't find the money to...

Ολοκληρώθηκε το διεθνές όπεν «Ίσθμια 2012» με νικητή το Μολδαβό Σβετούσκιν (7 β/ 9 αγ.), δεύτερο τον τον Καναδό Χάνσεν (7/9) και τρίτο τον Ινδό Σιάμ (7/9).  Στα «Ίσθμια» είχαν ενταχθεί το 22ο Ανοιχτό Πρωτάθλημα Ελλάδας και το...

The French Chess Championships for men and women took place in Pau 13th to 25th August 2012. Romain Edouard, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Etienne Bacrot and Christian Bauer all had 7/10 going into the final round. However then there was the shock news of the death of Christian Bauer's 4 month old child. On the proposal of the players the 11th and final round was cancelled. Edouard, Vachier and...

The French Chess Championships for men and women took place in Pau 13th to 25th August 2012. Romain Edouard, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Etienne Bacrot and Christian Bauer all had 7/10 going into the final round. However then there was the shock news of the death of Christian Bauer's 4 month old child. On the proposal of the players the 11th and final round was cancelled. Edouard, Vachier and...

Η δραστήρια Σκακιστική Πολιτιστική Κίνηση Φυλής θα διοργανώσει το 5ο ΦΥΛΗκό Ατομικό Ανοιχτό Τουρνουά σκακιού που θα διεξαχθεί από 15/9/2012 έως και 27/10/2012.Καλή επιτυχία στην διοργάνωση αυτή! Ακολουθεί η προκήρυξη του...

The recent death of Svetozar Gligoric was a sad loss to the chess World. I never met him personally but he had many friends and admirers. A taste of his gentlemanly personality comes through in this video clip from the Master Game. What can be learned from Gligoric? In my opinion a number of things. [...]

Μέσα στα πλαίσια των εκδηλώσεων του Δήμου μας για την 68η  επέτειο από το ΜΠΛΟΚΟ  ΤΗΣ ΚΟΚΚΙΝΙΑΣ Δήμος Νίκαιας σε συνεργασία με την Ε.Σ.Ο. και τον Ε.Ο.Α.Ο. ΦΥΣΙΟΛΑΤΡΗ Νίκαιας διοργανώνει το 32ο ανοικτό τουρνουά...

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has been found not guilty of "unlawful protest" in a court appearance on 24th August just a week after his arrest whilst being interviewed outside the Pussy Riot trial on Friday 17th August, Ilya Mouzykantskii @ilyamuz Summer Contributing Reporter with @nytimes in Moscow was in court tweeting during the verdict. He initially reported a guilty verdict as...

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has been found not guilty of "unlawful protest" in a court appearance on 24th August just a week after his arrest whilst being interviewed outside the Pussy Riot trial on Friday 17th August, Ilya Mouzykantskii @ilyamuz Summer Contributing Reporter with @nytimes in Moscow was in court tweeting during the verdict. He initially reported a guilty verdict as...

Μία παλαιά φωτογραφία από το 1907 περίπου, του γνωστού Αμερικανού φωτογράφου Alfred Stieglitz, που δείχνει τον φημισμένο Ιρλανδό θεατρικό συγγραφέα George Bernard Shaw και την σύζυγό του Charlotte Payne-Townshend μπροστά από μία σκακιέρα.Ο Bernard Shaw...

Ένας γέρος ξυπνάει από έναν παρατεταμένο λήθαργο (hibernation) νομίζει ότι είναι ακόμη 34 χρονών ενώ είναι 117 ! Πιστεύει ότι ζει στο 2009 ενώ είναι στο 2092. Δηλαδή στη χρονιά που (κατά το σκηνοθέτη) θα ‘ρθει το τέλος της...

Μία πρόσφατη φωτογραφία με την Παγκόσμια Πρωταθλήτρια γυναικών Hou Yifan να αφήνει μία ανθοδέσμη στον τάφο του Bobby Fischer στο Ρέικιαβικ της Ισλανδίας.

Sergey Karjakin is not the first super-GM to obtain a sponsor, but the more this happens, the better for our game. So congratulations to him, and hopefull congratulations to all of us down the road.

I’m not sure I can call this a come back exactly, though last Sunday I played my third tournament of the year in Red Bank, New Jersey. I came first equal with Tom Bartell and Vladimir Lipman, all of us scoring 3.5/4. The following effort was my key game from the tournament in which I [...]