Magnus Carlsen has again won the Tal Memorial after a dramatic final round. He outplayed Luke McShane who himself could have won the event if he had won this game and the other results had remained the same. McShane's solid opening allowed Carlsen to equalise quite easily and then he subsided in time trouble after missing the key move 21...a5 in his calculations. Fabiano Caruana misplayed a...

The 2nd International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra takes place from June 16th to 23rd, 2012, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. Following the tremendous success of the inaugural event in 2011, which was won by GM Carlos Matamoros, Accademia [...]

In the fantastic turn of the events in the final round of the 2012 Tal Memorial, Magnus Carlsen defeated Luke McShane and took the winner’s trophy, repeating the success from the last year’s edition. He did get a little help from Levon Aronian who won against Fabiano Caruana, preventing the Italian star from achieving probably [...]

I’m pleased to announce that after flying in from our Wedding week in South Africa, Gawain beat GM Robert Hess in their head-to-head with a score of 17.5-13.5. The match started off shaky for Ga but he managed to bounce back with the faster time control to score a decisive victory. Ga would be the [...]

Alexander Morozevich performed what has become his almost traditional act of self destruction at high level tournaments, and in his own words: " found a very imaginative way to lose" to Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth round of the Tal Memorial. The Russian was leading the tournament before he blundered after playing some typically creative chess. Vladimir Kramnik's 83 move win over Evgeny ...

Alexander Morozevich performed what has become his almost traditional act of self destruction at high level tournaments, and in his own words: " found a very imaginative way to lose" to Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth round of the Tal Memorial. The Russian was leading the tournament before he blundered after playing some typically creative chess. Vladimir Kramnik's 83 move win over Evgeny ...

Fabiano Caruana just needs a draw to win the 7th Tal Memorial. He faces Levon Aronian with black who has played the Gruenfeld. Luke McShane has played the exchange Ruy Lopez against Magnus Carlsen in the hope that his opponent will try too hard to get the win he needs. Hikaru Nakamura has played a Sicilian sideline against Teimour Radjabov. Tomashevsky-Grischuk is a sort of Benoni...

Σκακιστική σκηνή στην ταινία του 2000 «All the Pretty Horses». Νότιο Τέξας, τέλη του 40. Όταν η μητέρα του Τζον Γκρέιντι πουλά το ράντσο όπου μεγάλωσε, εκείνος εγκαταλείπει τον τόπο του σε αναζήτηση της μεγάλης περιπέτειας, παρέα με...

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The European School Chess Championship continues in Kallithea, Greece. Andrey Esipenko in the U11 Open group and Wassel Bousmaha in the U7 sections are the only players with perfect score at the championship. Photo gallery here After six rounds the U13, U15, and U17 groups all leads are shared with 5,5/6. In the U17 Open [...]

Έπειτα από μεγάλες μάχες αναδείχθηκαν τελικά οι νικητές από όλα τα γκρουπ, των αγώνων πουλ που διοργάνωσε ο Σ.Ο.ΣΑΧ.Οι νικητές ανά όμιλο ήταν:1 όμιλος: Χρυσομάλλης Θεόδωρος του ΟΜΙΛΟΥ ΦΙΛΩΝ ΣΚΑΚΙΟΥ ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ με 3,5β/5αγ.Ο...

Αν και οι εκλογές λειτούργησαν ως ανασταλτικός παράγοντας το 1ο Διεθνές τουρνουά της Παλαίρου διεξάγετε κανονικά με περισσότερες από εξήντα συμμετοχές.            Μπορείτε να δείτε τις...

There have been many exciting games and interesting rounds at he Tal Memorial this year, but round 8 was probably the craziest. Five players entered the round tied for first, but four fell back. Alexander Morozevich started the event on fire with 4/5, and it could have been 4.5 or even a perfect 5/5. In rounds 6 and 7 he suffered completely unnecessary losses, but in round 8 a resurgent Luke...

I heard yesterday that Nathan Divinsky has died at the age of 87. I met him during the World Championship in London in 1986 and remember him as a warm hearted and fun person who was a wonderful ambassador for the game. One of the highlights of his London visit was when he pretty much [...]