Magnus Carlsen came close to winning the tournament and threatened Garry Kasparov's all-time rating record for a while, but in the end he was second on both counts. Wang Hao quickly defeated Anish Giri in a Gruenfeld, and then waited while Carlsen tried to grind Bacrot down in a Spanish torture. Bacrot held firm, and the result was that although Carlsen outscored Wang Hao on normal scoring (7 vs...

Νικητής στο 21ο ανοιχτό πρωτάθλημα της καβάλας, στο μεγάλο γκρουπ, με 7,5 βαθμούς σε 9 αγώνες και με επίδοση 2777 (!) είναι ο Ινδός Gupta Abhijeet. Στη δέκατη θέση της γενικής κατάταξης και πρώτο Έλληνα συναντάμε τον Γ. Παπαιωάνου...

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Live games with analysis

The Superfinal of Russian Chess Championships for men and women is taking place from 3rd to 13th August at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel in Moscow. Both events will be 10-players round robins. Men’s tournament: Sergey Karjakin (2785), World Rapid chess champion Alexander Grischuk (2763), World Blitz chess champion Peter Svidler (2749), Champion of Russia and [...]

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The World Junior Championships take place in Athens 2nd-9th July 2012. Top seed is Ding Liren (2695), Yu Yangyi, Yaroslav Zherebukh and Richard Rapport. Robin van Kampen represents the Netherlands, Conrad Holt the US and Zhou Yang-Fan England. ChessDom are producing the official site which is a model of clarity.

The 21st Kavala International Open Tournament was held from 25th July to 1st August in Kavala, Greece. The tournament is organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union. The players were divided in three groups – Open A for those rated above 1900, Open B for the U2000 participants and [...]

Stephen Gordon joined Gawain Jones in the lead on 6/7 at the British Championships, scoring his sixth win at the expense of Keith Arkell. David Howell was unable to unseat Jones with the white pieces, their game was a fairly quiet draw. Jonathan Hawkins joined Howell on 5.5 with this victory. Four games remain.

Stephen Gordon joined Gawain Jones in the lead on 6/7 at the British Championships, scoring his sixth win at the expense of Keith Arkell. David Howell was unable to unseat Jones with the white pieces, their game was a fairly quiet draw. Jonathan Hawkins joined Howell on 5.5 with this victory. Four games remain.

Μεταφορά του κλασικού μυθιστορήματος του Ντίκενς στη μεγάλη οθόνη, το 1948. Στο Λονδίνο του προπερασμένου αιώνα ένας ανήλικος ορφανός, ο Ολιβερ Τουίστ, αποδρά από το ορφανοτροφείο και εμπλέκεται σε μια συμμορία παιδιών...

With Larry Kaufman having been beaten by nine year old Awonder Liang it seems I must once again renew the armory of the older chess player. On today’s menu are brain foods which contain substances that enhance our mental acuity. A few months ago I started looking into this field and have made an effort [...]

The British Championship is nearing the finish, and with 9 rounds of 11 in the books it's a two-man race between Gawain Jones and Stephen Gordon. Both players have 7.5 points - Jones has given up three draws, while Gordon lost to Jones in round 4 and a draw with Matthew Turner. They lead their closest pursuers (David Howell and Daniel Gormally) by a point, and as both have White in round 10 they...

This was the setup round in Biel, and the best chance for someone not named "Magnus Carlsen" to win the tournament. Anish Giri was just a point behind Carlsen (remember, they're using 3-1-0 scoring) and had White against the Norwegian, but failed to achieve anything against the latter's unambitious but very solid line of the Queen's Indian. The pieces came off quickly, and by move 23 the only...