Στην εικόνα αποθανατίζονται οι αντιδράσεις μιας νεαρής σκακίστριας παίζοντας μια παρτίδα σκάκι… Φανταστική εικόνα, δεν συμφωνείτε;

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Κανένα περιθώριο αμφισβήτησης δεν έδωσε η Πνευματική Στέγη Περιστερίου κατακτώντας και φέτος πρωτάθλημα της Α Εθνικής Κατηγορίας στο σκάκι. Η Π.Σ. Περιστερίου έκανε εφτά βαθμούς σε εφτά αγώνες! (7/7). Φυσικά αυτή η...

(φωτ. η κλήρωση για το πρωτάθλημα μπλιτς) Αρχίζουν σήμερα στην Αστάνα του Καζακστάν  τα παγκόσμια πρωταθλήματα ράπιντ και μπλιτς. Οι αγώνες ξεκινούν στις 12 το μεσημέρι ώρα Ελλάδας. Η τελετή έναρξης έγινε χτες και...

Here are the full pairings of the 2012 World Rapid Chess Championship. Daily 5 rounds will be played, find all details about the championship here Live games here – July 6,7, and 8 at 11:00 CET Pairings Round 01 1 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas  - Carlsen, Magnus 2 Svidler, Peter  - Radjabov, Teimour 3 Kurnosov, Igor  - [...]

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It was nice to read that the 18 year old Kansas Champion, Conrad Holt, thinks it’s cool to say you’re a Grandmaster. His mum thinks it’s great that you can put ‘GM’ before your name. Is it cool? Well I guess so. Though after almost two decades as a GM I’ve yet to use it [...]

The Russia vs China Match in Saint Petersburg takes place 2nd-6th July for Classical games and 7th-8th for Rapid. A number of Russian players who might otherwise have played will go to Astana later in the week for the World Rapid and Blitz. Official live coverage at: http://online.russiachess.org/. 12pm BST start each day. Day 1 Men RUS 3.5-1.5 CHN. Women CHN 3-2 RUS. Day 2 Men RUS...

The 2nd Polugaevsky Memorial takes place in 5th-13th July 2012. Top seeds: Denis Khismatullin and Artem Timofeev.

The 2nd Polugaevsky Memorial takes place in 5th-13th July 2012. Top seeds: Denis Khismatullin and Artem Timofeev.

The Leiden Chess Tournament opened with a rapid match between Zhaoqin Peng and Bianca Muhren on 5th July which was drawn 1-1. The 9 round swiss takes place 6th-15th July 2012. Khenkin, Negi, Nikolic, Socko and Howell are the top seeds.

The Leiden Chess Tournament opened with a rapid match between Zhaoqin Peng and Bianca Muhren on 5th July which was drawn 1-1. The 9 round swiss takes place 6th-15th July 2012. Khenkin, Negi, Nikolic, Socko and Howell are the top seeds.

A while back I reported on a forthcoming book on American star Hikaru Nakamura; a book its subject found objectionable as a matter of principle (especially as a matter of principal). One commentator to the aforementioned post suggested that Nakamura write his own book, and that's just what he has decided to do. Most top players wait until they're either on the cusp of a world championship match...

The draw for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships has taken place in Astana on July 5th 2012. The Rapid Championship takes place 6th-8th July (5 Rounds per day) and Blitz 9th-10th july 2012 (15 Rounds per day). July saw FIDE's new Rapid and Blitz ratings but most of the players including Magnus Carlsen don't have ratings so the conventional ratings have been used. Play starts at 10am...

The draw for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships has taken place in Astana on July 5th 2012. The Rapid Championship takes place 6th-8th July (5 Rounds per day) and Blitz 9th-10th july 2012 (15 Rounds per day). July saw FIDE's new Rapid and Blitz ratings but most of the players including Magnus Carlsen don't have ratings so the conventional ratings have been used. Play starts at 10am...