The Husek Vienna Open 2012 is taking place on 13-19th August at the hippodrome Krieau, Trabrennstraße, 1020 Wien, Austria. The tournament is organized to mark the 40th anniversary of the Schachklub Husek Wien. The tournament has four playing groups, all being held over 7 rounds of Swiss system. The Group A has 170 participants from [...]

The six-way tie at the Russian Championship was settled by a round robin rapid tournament (15' + 10"), and it was won fairly comfortably by Dmitry Andreikin with 4/5, half a point ahead of Sergey Karjakin and a point in front of Peter Svidler. Andreikin won his first two games to take a half point lead over Karjakin and Svidler, and then drew the former in just eight moves with White in round 3...

The 65th Russian Chess Championships took place in Moscow 3rd to 13th August 2012. Defending Champion Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin were the favourites. The field became crunched following wins for Grischuk and Karjakin in Round 7. Then in the final round Peter Svidler played by far and away his best game defeating Alexander Grischuk setting up a 6 way playoff for the...

The 113th Annual United States Open Chess Championship was held on 4-12th August 2012 in Vancouver, Washington. The Championship was sponsored by the Vancouver USA Regional Tourism Office. 517 players competed in the merged tournament. Three players tied for first place with 8 points out of 9 games – Grandmaster Manuel Hoyes of Mexico, Grandmaster [...]

International Master Colin Crouch scored the crucial win in the last game to conclude, taking United Kingdom to the top of the table with 8 match points after the fourth round of the TATA 14th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the Blind 2012 at Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai here today. United Kingdom and Spain lead [...]

Με μεγάλη επιτυχία ολοκληρώθηκε το 2ο Ανοιχτό Καλοκαιρινό Τουρνουά Σκάκι "Καστοριά 2012" που διοργάνωσε ο Σκακιστικός Σύλλογος Καστοριάς στο διάστημα από 4 έως 12 Αυγούστου 2012. Οι αγώνες, που φιλοξενήθηκαν από...

The 2nd International Chess Festival Riga Technical University Open took place on August 6-12 at the main building of Riga Technical University located in the heart of Riga – the old town. The Festival was organized by the Riga Technical University and Latvian Chess Federation. The Tournament A was a 9-round Swiss event with 140 [...]

The 7th Annual Indianapolis Open will be held from August 17-19, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd (off I-465 & Airport Expwy), Indianapolis, Indiana. The event has a $16,000 projected prize with with $12,000 guaranteed. The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under [...]

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Διαδηλωτές παίζουν σκάκι στην Πλατεία Ταχρίρ, στην Αίγυπτο, στη διάρκεια της περσινής εξέγερσης για την ανατροπή του Μουμπάρακ. Χτες, στην αντεπίθεση πέρασε ο ισλαμιστής Αιγύπτιος πρόεδρος Μοχάμεντ Μούρσι...

Η Κυριακή είναι ημέρα για σκάκι. Το σκάκι είναι ένα πολύ ωραίο πνευματικό παιχνίδι για να ξεκινήσεις καλά την εβδομάδα σου!Έτσι μερικοί πρωτοκλασάτοι σκακιστές του Σ.Ι.Σ. συγκεντρώθηκαν σε καφετέρια στους αμπελόκηπους...

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Much to the viewers' Chigorin, the Chigorin and other 9th move mainlines will have to wait another week. After doing 30 shows on the Ruy, it seemed improper to skip over Black's 9th move options like 9..h6, 9...Qd7, 9...Be6, 9...Nd7 and 9...a5, so I didn't. This week's show also covers the Gajewski Gambit, the (ostensibly) "Improved" Gajewski Gambit, and two alternatives for White as well: 9.a3...

The crosstable for the Russian Championship was remarkable: 10 players, nine rounds, and six people tied for first. In the penultimate round there were five draws; in the last round there were four more, but Peter Svidler beat Alexander Grischuk with Black to catch five other players in a tie for first with identical 5/9 scores. (Grischuk had been in that tie, but as a result finished half a...

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