Vijay Kumar brings an exclusive video of the final day of Vishy Anand in Moscow, from his arrival to the playing venue, to the four rapid games and the media interest in the end of the day. In just a few hours a long story on the WCC will be published here. All videos from [...]

Με το ύφος του ειδικού και με τη σοβαρότητα που απαιτεί ο ρόλος κάποιου, ο οποίος  φιλοδοξεί να μεταδώσει τις γνώσεις του πλησίασα μια παρέα παιδιών που είχαν μπροστά τους πλακίδια ντόμινο. «Θα σας δείξω», είπα γεμάτος...

Despite the randomness inherent in so few games, Vishwanathan Anand won the play off against Boris Gelfand to retain his World Championship title. After winning the second game of this four game mini match he managed to draw the last two. Gelfand certainly had his chances and might have won the third, so it was [...]

Μόλις ανακοινώθηκαν λεπτομερείς πληροφορίες για τους νεανικούς πανελλήνιους αγώνες. Ακολουθεί η προκήρυξη των αγώνων.Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες επισκεφθείτε την επίσημη σελίδα της Ελληνικής Σκακιστικής...

ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΑ ΑΤΟΜΙΚΑ ΝΕΑΝΙΚΑ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ 2012  - ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ Οι σκακιστές και οι σκακίστριες των σωματείων της Αττικής που θα αγωνιστούν στα  Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα 2012 (Ρίο Πάτρας 24/6-29/6/2012 ) πρέπει:Να δηλώσουν...

For some reason the relay conked out, and at least as of several minutes ago I couldn't find the correct score on the official site or anywhere else. For those watching on ICC, their relayer gave an absurdly wrong reconstruction of the end of the game. So here, based on watching the actual board from the video stream, is the correct game score: Gelfand,Boris (2727) - Anand,Viswanathan (2791)...

Anand defends his title after 8,5-7,5 win over Gelfand

The odds were against the challenger in the fourth tiebreak game, as he needed a win with Black to force blitz games against the champion. A tall order, but Boris Gelfand managed to achieve a playable and superior position out of the opening. As usual, Viswanathan Anand defended very actively, and when Gelfand failed to swap a pair of rooks (e.g. with 21...Bd8) White took advantage. Anand's...

Επιμελείται ο κ.  Ευάγγελος ΒιδάληςΑγαπητοί φίλοι,Πριν δύο εβδομάδες εστάλη στο Δ.Σ. της ΕΣΟ η παρακάτω επιστολή.Εως και σήμερα δεν έχουμε λάβει κάποια απάντηση.Θεωρούμε πως έχουμε υποχρέωση να ενημερώσουμε τη...

Analyzed games: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4 / Game 5 / Game 6 / Game 7 / Game 8 / Game 9 / Game 10 / Game 11 / Game 12 Rapid games: Game 1 (1/2-1/2) / Game 2 (1-0) / Game 3 (1/2-1/2) Videos: http://blip.tv/chess More: Ананд – [...]

Someone will need to put Boris Gelfand on suicide watch if he doesn't manage to come back and win game 4. He completely outplayed Viswanathan Anand with the white pieces, and could have won a piece and the game with 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.dxe5, when the bishop on b8 is lost. Black's central pawns aren't any real factor, as his king is too exposed for him to achieve any real counterplay. That was bad...

Μετά και την ισοπαλία στην ενδιαφέρουσα όπως εξελίχθηκε 12η παρτίδα του μάτς σήμερα θα αρχίσει το Tie Break το οποίο και θα αναδείξει τον νικητή του μάτς και άρα τον επόμενο Παγκόσμιο Πρωταθλητή. Ο Wiswanathan Anand θεωρείται από...

Oh my goodness, what a painful game for Boris Gelfand! He was in huge trouble in the opening (a repeat of game 10, but Viswanathan Anand varied with 8.Nxc6), but then outplayed the champion, took over the initiative and rejected drawing continuations fighting for more. He was in serious time trouble, however, and every time things started looking good for him an imprecise move would push him...

Tiebreak 1 was a draw, Anand wins game 2 of the rapid.

Tiebreak games live from the WCC 2012 Anand - Gelfand