Ο GM  Ί. Σμίρνοβ δημιούργησε ένα δωρεάν βίντεο αναλύοντας τις καλύτερες στιγμές από το πρόσφατο παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα σκακιού. Μπορείτε να το απολαύσετε παρακάτω.Το βίντεο είναι στα Αγγλικά. Μπορείτε να δείτε τις...

Τους κορυφαίους παίχτες του κόσμου θα συγκεντρώσει και φέτος το κορυφαίο τουρνουά Tal memorial. Όλα θα ξεκινήσουν αύριο, στις 8 Ιουνίου και θα ολοκληρωθούν στις 19 του ίδιου μήνα.             Η επίσημη...

At times like this I think it’s worth considering the origins of chess in the East and how it might be used as a form of meditation and self improvement. Here’s a great piece on this other side of chess which is a welcome break from the egotism and anger we often find on the [...]

Keeping up with theory is a thankless task: there's so much to learn, and what's worse is that “helpful” chess publishers support your side today before rearming your opponent tomorrow. It hardly seems fair, but that's our plight. As long as we play chess, we must make our peace with the situation and decide what to do. When we're young and ambitious, we're ready, willing and able to...

Andrew Paulson under the commercial banner of "World Chess" has outlined his plans for the future of the World Chess Championship now he has tied up his deal with FIDE and its President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Whilst very much in his honeymoon period Paulson has made a good initial impression with the chess press. His is using a big PR agency Mission PR, has been in personal touch with many...

Luke McShane has travelled to Moscow for the 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial which starts tomorrow. The England number two was voted in as the tenth player on a poll conducted on the Russian Chess Federation website. On the basis of the live rating list, the field includes seven of the world's top ten players. Vishy Anand lost rating points defending his title against Boris Gelfand and has ...

England, USA, France, Georgia, Ukraine, Germany, and Switzerland remain without principals for the Olympiad

The French Team Championship Top 12 (although only 11 teams compete) takes place 31st May to 10th June 2012.

The e2e4 London Diamond Jubilee Congress takes place 2nd-6th June 2012. Andrey Sumets and Yuri Vovk lead on 6/7 going into the final day.

The World Women Rapid and Blitz Championship took place 31st May to 6th June 2012. Antoaneta Stefanova took clear first in the rapid event with 8.5/11. The blitz tournament took place 4th-5th June 2012. Valentina Gunina won. I have collected some games from the blitz live coverage which I can try and rescue but so far there is no official file to match the excellent rapid one.

The Bronshoj GM and IM events took place 1st-5th June 2012. Nikolaj Mikkelsen won the GM group with 6.5/9.

The 1st Grand Europe Open takes place in Golden Sands 4th-12th June 2012. Vladimir Akopian, Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, Ivan Cheparinov and Tigran Petrosian are the leading players.

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial starts with its opening ceremony on Thursday 7th June 2012. They've 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. The top 5 finishers will have more whites than black. 15:30 start UK time. We're promised high quality video and commentary so it...

Here’s an interesting interview with the new US Champion, Hikaru Nakamura. I certainly wouldn’t recommend drinking heavily before a key game, though this may beat worrying too much about it.