Live games with analysis

Live games from Leon with analysis

Ikaria derives its name from Ikaros, the son of Deadalus, who according to Greek mythology, was the first man to fly but he flew too high and too close to the sun so that his lax wings melted and he was drown into the sea that, since then, was named after him.The island of Ikaria is located at the east part of the Aegean Sea, close to Samos. It’s also known by the name Nikaria or by its...

Σκακιστικό πέρασμα στην ταινία του Όλιβερ Στόουν Natural Born Killers(γεννημένοι δολοφόνοι). Η ταινία γυρίστηκε το 1994 και έχει ήδη έκδηλα τα συνήθη στοιχεία του σκηνοθέτη. Οι εναλλακτικές, περίεργες και κάποιες φορές άβολες...

A topic that interests many people is how they should learn a new opening. How should one go about this process? Well missing out the important steps of whether or not we need a new opening and whether or not it is suitable, the simplest method is to play through some good annotated games in [...]

The Tal Memorial organizers came up with an interesting way of making the pairings. Generally the pairings in a round robin are determined randomly, who gets what pairing number. Not this time! In what we might call round 0 of the 2012 tournament, the players had a round robin blitz event, with the top five getting pairing numbers assuring them of an extra white game in the main tournament. Here...

The match polemics and post mortems continue. This time it's Nigel Short weighing in, stating that world champion Viswanathan Anand has become "cautious", "conservative", mentally old and so on. It's not quite as bad as it sounds, when you read the piece, but it isn't a paean of praise to the chess Anand is playing these days. (HT: Brian Karen)

Seven prominent countries (England, France, Georgia, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine and the USA) have been involved in recent lawsuits against FIDE (the International Chess Federation). One lawsuit challenged the legitimacy of FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov's ticket in the last election; the other challenged the legitimacy of Iljumzhinov's nominating five Vice Presidents when FIDE's own...

Here's part 1 of a ChessVibes interview with Boris Gelfand. Topics include his preparation, the specific games and the timing of the draws agreements.

The 25th Leon Masters goes ahead in spite of the financial crisis engulfing Spain. The organisers have done a truly great job keeping going for so long. Veselin Topalov and one of his former seconds Francisco Vallejo Pons play the 6 game rapid match starting 3:30pm BST each day Friday 8th - Sunday 10th June 2012. 2 games at 45m+15spm per day. Live coverage available.

Live games with analysis

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 7th to 19th June, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. The opening ceremony was held on 7th June at 18:00. Instead of the usual drawing of lots there was a blitz tournament to determine the starting numbers in the main event. The numbers are assigned according to the [...]

IM Malcolm Pein looks forward to the Tal Memorial Blitz and looks at Gabriel Sargissian's win in the Chicago Open.

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥΣε λίγες μέρες ολοκληρώνεται το 4ο και τελευταίο τουρνουά πουλ που διοργάνωσαν ο Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ και το Μικρόπολις κατά την αγωνιστική περίοδο 2011-2012.Λόγω των εκλογών που μας καθυστέρησαν στην έναρξη αλλά και των...

7th Mikhail Tal Memorial starts with a blitz tournament Thursday 7th June 2012. The organisers have come up with an incredibly clever idea (one which would only work in such a well financed event) of having a blitz tournament to decide the draw numbers of the players. News of this tournament will appear here. TWIC live coverage here. Pairings below. Starts 18:30 Moscow time, 15:30 UK time. Not...