The FIDE Grand Prix series 2012-13 starts in London 20th September with Sergey Karjakin (Teimour Rajdabov has been reallocated at his request), Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov as the top seeds. As expected Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand are not in the series (probably the top 4 earners in the game) but most of the rest of the leading...

Ruslan Ponomariov, Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik share the lead on 3.5/5 going into Wednesday's rest day. Round 3 saw all games drawn but Leko perhaps tired towards the end of a really complicated French Defence against an ambitious Fabiano Caruana. A great struggle. Leaders Vladimir Kramnik and Ruslan Ponomariov drew a Queen's Gambit Accepted where Kramnik could break down his solid...

Ruslan Ponomariov, Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik share the lead on 3.5/5 going into Wednesday's rest day. Round 3 saw all games drawn but Leko perhaps tired towards the end of a really complicated French Defence against an ambitious Fabiano Caruana. A great struggle. Leaders Vladimir Kramnik and Ruslan Ponomariov drew a Queen's Gambit Accepted where Kramnik could not break down his solid...

Here’s an unlikely match up. Actually I had no idea that Chaplin played chess before seeing this, Reshevsky of course was one of the most remarkable chess prodigies: Here are what are supposed to be the moves to one of the games, and it looks like the famous comedian was a reasonable player:

“After the successful 2nd edition of the tournament in 2011, which ended with triumph of the Russian IM Oleg Spirin, with great desire and passion we started the preparation for the next event which will take place 25-29th July, 2012.” Article by Alessandro Monaco We want to have another magnificent chess tournament this summer, and [...]

It's like Christmas in July for Ruy Lopez fans, as the "Quick Ruy" series moves on to episode 27. This time around we have a look at anti-Marshall variations, especially 8.a4, 8.d4 and 8.h3. Those lines (especially the first and last) have their drop of poison, so those who reach either side of an anti-Marshall will want to have a look. As always, the show is free - enjoy!

The race for first in the 2012 edition of Dortmund wasn't a blowout in any case, but now it's extremely tight. Co-leaders Vladimir Kramnik and Ruslan Ponomariov drew (Kramnik failed to obtain anything serious on the white side of a QGA), and they were caught by Sergey Karjakin, who won a nice positional squeeze against Daniel Fridman on the white side of a "Poisoned Pawn" Caro-Kann. To call that...

David Howell has won the Leiden Open with an unbeaten 7.5/9. The England international defeated three GMs in a row in rounds six to eight and drew with GM Praedrag Nikolic in the last round. the Indian junior GM Parimarjan Negi, who lost to Howell, was second.

David Howell has won the Leiden Open with an unbeaten 7.5/9. The England international defeated three GMs in a row in rounds six to eight and drew with GM Praedrag Nikolic in the last round. the Indian junior GM Parimarjan Negi, who lost to Howell, was second.

Μοναδική κινηματογραφική σκηνή με τον Μάρλον Μπράντο και μια σκακιέρα στο πλάι του, δεξιά, στην ταινία «Η ανταρσία του Μπάουντι» (Mutiny On The Bounty, 1962). Δεύτερη κινηματογραφική μεταφορά, του μυθιστορήματος των Τσαρλς...

Gashimov enters the competition instead of Kamsky

Επιμελείται ο κ. Μάνος Ναθαναήλ: Μετά από 10 μήνες, 75 Σχολικά Πρωταθλήματα και 5.000 συμμετοχές ολοκληρώθηκε σήμερα στο Εντευκτήριο του ΣΠΖΚερκύρας το Σχολικό Σκακιστικό Πρωτάθλημα Κέρκυρας. Εκεί έγινε ο Τελικός για την...

The following brilliant game was posted recently on Kevin Spraggett’s site but without it being replayable. As it’s a real gem, and one that isn’t well known (at least I hadn’t seen it before!), I thought it worth posting. White’s 18.Rhf1! is surely one of the most beautiful moves ever played on a chess board, [...]

The quantitative superiority of the young players at Ikaria this year (more than 50% of the participants were juniors!) transformed to a qualitative one with the 20-years old Hungarian GM Peter Prohaszka finishing clear first and undefeated at the Open Aegean Championship “Ikaros” 2012 with 7.5/9 (6 wins, 3 draws). The 2nd place was shared [...]

Saint Louis (July 16, 2012) – In the closing ceremony last night, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned International Master Marc Arnold, 19, of New York City, the 2012 U.S. Junior Chess Champion. The Junior Closed Championship is an invitation-only tournament that features the top chess players in the nation [...]