Whilst researching the Blackburne incident I just happened to come across this nice Wilhelm Steinitz documentary on Youtube. Some nice work by the creator:

A return to the good old days is in prospect at a new tournament organised by the Association of Chess Players, the body which represents the interests of chess professionals. The ACP Golden Classic will be staged at Amsterdam University Science Park from July 14th to the 22nd and will include seven top flight GMs. The tournament will see a return to the days of adjourned games which ...

A return to the good old days is in prospect at a new tournament organised by the Association of Chess Players, the body which represents the interests of chess professionals. The ACP Golden Classic will be staged at Amsterdam University Science Park from July 14th to the 22nd and will include seven top flight GMs. The tournament will see a return to the days of adjourned games which ...

Η περίφημη Ουγγαρέζα Τζούντιτ Πόλγκαρ έπαιξε στο φετινό ελληνικό διασυλλογικό της Α’ Εθνικής και είχε τη δική της συμβολή στην κατάκτηση του πρωταθλήματος από την ΠΣ Περιστερίου. Και μαθηματικά κατέκτησε τον τίτλο...

The 20th Open Internacional de Ajedrez Ciutat de Montcada was organized by the El Club Unió Escacs Montcada y el Ayuntamiento de Montcada i Reixac from 25th June to 3rd July in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. 104 players competed in the Open A (for 2000 elo and higher) and 128 participated in the Open B [...]

Όσοι βρεθούν στην Ικαρία με αφορμή το τουρνουά, θα έχουν την ευκαιρία, εκτός από το να παίξουν σκάκι, να χαλαρώσουν και να απολαύσουν τις όμορφες παραλίες του νησιού, όπως αυτή του Άη-Γιώργη που φαίνεται στη φωτό (κοντά...

Live games with analysis

The 9th Annual Philadelphia International was held June 29-July 3 at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, PA. The tournament was won by GM Abhijeet Gupta, reigning Indian champion, who finished with an undefeated 7½/9. Gupta took home $2,000 for his efforts. IM Marani Venkatesh finished in 2nd place on [...]

Οι φήμες επιβεβαιώθηκαν και πλέον η FIDE (η παγκόσμια ομοσπονδία σκακιού) έκανε επίσημες τις βαθμολογίες ΕΛΟ στο γρήγορο σκάκι (Rapid) αλλά και στο πολύ γρήγορο σκάκι (Blitz). Αυτό είναι ένα πολύ μεγάλο βήμα προόδου και μια...

After my previous post someone kindly drew my attention to a lengthy analysis of the incident by Edward Winter. Wilhelm Steinitz’s depiction of the incident (in the November 1889 International Chess Magazine) is quite detailed and likely to be kind of accurate. But the pre-punch conversation is not included in any detail. ‘Dreckseele, by the way, is [...]

Igor Kurnosov is the winner of the semi finals of the World Rapid Chess Championship in Astana. Kurnosov took the lead in day 1 of the semi finals and with solid play finished with 6,5/9, half a point ahead of competition. Second place was shared by four players, but 2nd and 3rd on tiebreak were [...]

The Science Park in Amsterdam hosts a number of exciting events 14th-22nd July 2012. In addition to an open it hosts the ACP Golden Chess Classic with Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Jobava, Sasikiran. Le Quang Liem, Sutovsky and Anna Muzychuk where the old time control will be 40 moves in 2 and a half hours followed by adjournment. The Dutch Championship with Anish Giri, Ivan Sokolov, Jan Smeets etc also...

The Science Park in Amsterdam hosts a number of exciting events 14th-22nd July 2012. In addition to an open it hosts the ACP Golden Chess Classic with Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Jobava, Sasikiran. Le Quang Liem, Sutovsky and Anna Muzychuk where the old time control will be 40 moves in 2 and a half hours followed by adjournment. The Dutch Championship with Anish Giri, Ivan Sokolov, Jan Smeets etc also...

Magnus Carlsen recently topped the Fide July rating list with a personal best of 2837, just 14-points off of the all-time 2851 record set by Garry Kasparov – and the young Norwegian World No 1 could be on-course to break that record in London, as he now joins World Champion Vishy Anand in being the [...]

Με έλο 2775 (πίνακες Ιουλίου) είναι ο 8ος παίκτης στον κόσμο. Ο Ιταλός Φαμπιάνο Καρουάνα, ο οποίος γεννήθηκε και έμαθε σκάκι στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, αγωνίζεται με την Πνευματική Στέγη Περιστερίου στο φετινό διασυλλογικό...