Απίστευτες είναι οι ανατροπές που μπορούμε να δούμε σε μια παρτίδα σκακιού αλλά και σε ένα ολόκληρο πρωτάθλημα! Θα ήταν φυσιολογικό να συμβαίνουν πολλές ανατροπές σε πρωταθλήματα ερασιτεχνών, όμως δεν βλέπουμε συχνά...

With both Gawain Jones and Stephen Gordon reaching 9/11 in the British Championship they will play off for the title this morning. Personally I believe that Jones is the favorite and that Gordon may live to regret the safety first approach he adopted against Jonathan Hawkins in round 11. But let’s see… Here meanwhile is [...]

16th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen. 250 participants, 44 titleholders. The topseeds are Maxim Turov (Russia, 2646), Surya Ganguly (Ind, 2629), Illya Nyzhnyk (Ukr, 2619) and Chanda Sandipan (Ind, 2611). Friday August 3rd saw 15-year old Illya Nyzhnyk give a simul in Vlissingen townhall. During the tournament Dutch champion Anish Giri will be special guest and he will give some...

16th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen. 250 participants, 44 titleholders. The topseeds are Maxim Turov (Russia, 2646), Surya Ganguly (Ind, 2629), Illya Nyzhnyk (Ukr, 2619) and Chanda Sandipan (Ind, 2611). Friday August 3rd saw 15-year old Illya Nyzhnyk give a simul in Vlissingen townhall. During the tournament Dutch champion Anish Giri will be special guest and he will give some...

Alexei Shirov and Viktor Laznicka play a 6 game in Novy Bor 2nd-8th August 2012. Live coverage and video.

The 65th Russian Chess Championships take place in Moscow 3rd to 13th July 2012. Defending Champion Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin should be the favourites but Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Adreikin were the only winners in the first round.

Gawain Jones regained the lead the British Championships with three to play and reach 7/8 with victory over IM Jonathan Hawkins. Stephen Gordon and David Howell drew and so the top three seeds have now played each other and will go all out for wins in their remaining games. Gordon is half a point behind Jones with Howell, Matthew Turner and Danny Gormally on 6/8.

Gawain Jones regained the lead the British Championships with three to play and reach 7/8 with victory over IM Jonathan Hawkins. Stephen Gordon and David Howell drew and so the top three seeds have now played each other and will go all out for wins in their remaining games. Gordon is half a point behind Jones with Howell, Matthew Turner and Danny Gormally on 6/8.

The 2nd round of the 2012 World Junior Chess Championships saw the first major upsets in the Open section as the top players started dropping the points. The former World U12 champion (won on the Greek soil in 2010) and World School Champion in 2008 (Thessaloniki, also Greece) Wei Yi from China (2418) stunned the [...]

Ο πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Ανατόλι Κάρποβ (αριστερά), συναντιέται με τον πρόεδρο της Χιλής Σεμπάστιαν Πινέρα στο προεδρικό μέγαρο του Σαντιάγο. Χτεσινή φωτογραφία του Reuters. Η χώρα της νότιας Αμερικής συγκλονίζεται...

The 5th Arad PAB Romania Open took place from 27th July to 2nd August in the Great Concert Hall of the Arad City Cultural Palace. The 9-round open Swiss tournament was valid for international titles and the FIDE elo List. Hungarian Grandmaster Imre Balog scored a victory in the last round to emerge a clear [...]

Μπορείτε να αναγνωρίσετε μερικά από τα πιτσιρίκια της πρώτης σειράς στη φωτογραφία του 1998; Κλικ πάνω στην εικόνα για μεγέθυνση.

(φωτ.) Η Ουκρανή Anastasia Bodnaruk (2414), έχει το υψηλότερο έλο στις νεάνιδες. Άρχισε στο ξενοδοχείο ΤΙΤΑΝΙΑ, Πανεπιστημίου 52, Αθήνα, το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα Νέων-Νεανίδων 2012. Από τον πρώτο κιόλας γύρο πολλές παρτίδες ήταν...

More from the British Championship and a brilliant win for Gawain Jones. The real problem in playing against Jones is his outstanding tactical ability which was certainly in evidence in the closing stages. The last round pairings promise an interesting finish. Steven Gordon has played a brilliant tournament and leads by half a point, but [...]

Multiple decisive games at the start