The issue of chess retirement came up recently with Vishwanathan Anand’s claim that Garry Kasparov regrets quitting chess. Whether or not this is true I just don’t know, but it does seem hard for chess players to find anything to match the excitement of competitive chess. And I’m not being ironic when I say that, [...]

The 7th Tal Memorial round 6 saw the leader Alexander Morozevich play incredibly creatively against Hikarua Nakamura but eventually he blundered in time trouble with 38.Qd1? and lost. Round 6 Thur June 14th 3pm Moscow time 12pm BST Carlsen1/2Aronian Kramnik1-0Tomashevsky Grischuk1/2Radjabov Caruana1-0McShane Morozevich0-1Nakamura Vladimir Kramnik finally beat Evgeny Tomashevsky in an ending...

Today's round at the Tal Memorial was huge for the standings. Alexander Morozevich entered the round a point clear of the field, facing the winless Hikaru Nakamura with the white pieces. A good place to be, and when Nakamura overlooked Morozevich's idea of 22.c6 Nb8 23.f5 it looked like things were going the leader's way. Nakamura thought for a very long time - around 50 minutes - and found the...

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The Ukrainian GMs cleaned up at the e2e4 Open at Gatwick but there were fine performances from two young English players. Andrei Sumets and Yuri Vovk shared first on 7.5/9 as Martin Brown of St Helens and David Eggleston of Durham both made IM norms. The next e2e4 event is at Buxton, the weekend after next.

The Ukrainian GMs cleaned up at the e2e4 Open at Gatwick but there were fine performances from two young English players. Andrei Sumets and Yuri Vovk shared first on 7.5/9 as Martin Brown of St Helens and David Eggleston of Durham both made IM norms. The next e2e4 event is at Buxton, the weekend after next.

Από τις πενήντα πρώτες σελίδες του «έρωτα στα χρόνια της χολέρας»,  του Γκαμπριέλ Γκαρσία Μάρκες, ακολουθούν αποσπάσματα, στα οποία εμφανίζεται το σκάκι (ακόμη και ο Χοσέ Ραούλ Καπαμπλάνκα, για τον οποίο κάθε τόσο...

The 7th Tal Memorial round 6 sees the leader Alexander Morozevich play Hikarua Nakamura against whom he has a +1 score from their only meetings in Reggio Emilia. Magnus Carlsen plays Levon Aronian which even with the ups and downs of ratings is generally held to be the meeting of the current top two in the world. Coverage here throughout the afternoon. Round 6 Thur June 14th 3pm Moscow time...

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial started with its opening ceremony on Thursday 7th June 2012 which included a blitz tournament to decide the pairings.. Round start at 12pm UK time. High quality video and commentary Ian Rogers official video commentary in English . The event sees return to action of World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen after a long break in a super-strong field of Aronian, Kramnik, Radjabov...

Garry Kasparov really and truly doesn't like Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's "successes" as FIDE President, and although his attempt to help Anatoly Karpov win the presidency in 2010 failed, he wants to have another go at it in 2014, even if it means he himself will be the opposition candidate. Kasparov has done a lot for chess over the years with his fantastic play, and his charisma and energy brought...

Which will probably mean cancelled. This super-tournament in Medias, Romania, scheduled to go from June 23 to July 4, has been postponed due to financial difficulties; the organizers hope somehow to reschedule the event later in the year. The participants were to be (and maybe still will be, eventually) Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk and...

Live games with GM analysis

Kasparov states the motives for such a move in the chess world

Former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov made his first trip to Saint Louis, the home of the US Chess Championship, to play an exhibition match against Yasser Seirawan. 2 classical time control games on Sunday and Monday (both games drawn), 2 rapid games on Tuesday (both draw) were followed by 10 blitz games on Wednesday. Karpov won the match as he won the blitz 6-4 with Seirawan losing three...

Έξι γκραν μετρ και άλλοι εννέα σκακιστές και σκακίστριες με διεθνή τίτλο έσπευσαν να δηλώσουν συμμετοχή στο Ανοιχτό Διεθνές Πρωτάθλημα Αιγαίου «Ίκαρος 2012».  Οι 15 τιτλούχοι εκπροσωπούν 8 ξένες χώρες: Αζερμπαϊτζάν...