KAPPA-59 Round 5 on 2012/05/07 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 2 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3½ 3 Kostouros Alexandros 1 2 4 Vlahos Athanasios 3 3 Poulos Georgios 3 3 10 Fountas Panagiotis 2½ 2 Alexiou Dimitrios 9 4 8 Florakis Konstantinos 2 2 Galanis Dionysios 7 5 13 Spartinos Pantelis [...]

KAPPA-59 Round 4 on 2012/05/05 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 3 Poulos Georgios 3 0  -  1 2½ Sienczewski Zbigniew 2 2 11 Foutouhos Spyridon 2 0  -  1 2 Kostouros Alexandros 1 3 5 Touloupas Andreas 1½ 0  -  1 2 Vlahos Athanasios 4 4 7 Galanis Dionysios [...]

KAPPA-59 Round 4 on 2012/05/05 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 3 Poulos Georgios 3 2½ Sienczewski Zbigniew 2 2 11 Foutouhos Spyridon 2 2 Kostouros Alexandros 1 3 5 Touloupas Andreas 1½ 2 Vlahos Athanasios 4 4 7 Galanis Dionysios 1½ 1½ Spartinos Pantelis 13 5 9 Alexiou Dimitrios [...]

KAPPA-59 Round 3 on 2012/04/30 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 Kostouros Alexandros 2 0  -  1 2 Poulos Georgios 3 2 2 Sienczewski Zbigniew 1½ 1  -  0 1½ Touloupas Andreas 5 3 4 Vlahos Athanasios 1 1  -  0 1 Foutouhos Dimitrios 12 4 6 Syfantos Nikolaos [...]

KAPPA-59 Starting rank list SNo. Name NRtg IRtg FED Club 1 Kostouros Alexandros 0 2241 GRE G.S.PANELLHNIOS 2 Sienczewski Zbigniew 0 2131 POL ANAX PETROUPOLIS 3 Poulos Georgios 1845 2011 GRE S.O.KALLITHEAS 4 Vlahos Athanasios 1640 1867 GRE PEIRAIKOS O.S 5 Touloupas Andreas 1560 1853 GRE ANAKASAS 6 Syfantos Nikolaos 1505 1764 GRE S.O.PETRALONON 7 [...]

Από τις 14 έως τις 21 Ιουνίου θα διεξαχθεί το 10ο Φυσιολατρικό Όπεν. Στον Α’ όμιλο του τουρνουά ενσωματώθηκε το Ανοιχτό Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Αττικής 2012. Οι αγώνες θα γίνουν στο Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο του Δήμου Νίκαιας –Αγ...

Game 11 was another draw from a position in which Boris Gelfand had a slight edge. And I’m expecting yet another draw in the 12th and final game because Vishwanathan Anand is unlikely to chance his arm. The play off games are at a fast time limit and Anand probably has an edge at this [...]

Round 11 video by Vijay Kumar. All videos at http://blip.tv/chess

Occasioned by my receipt of a new book (or rather, a new translation of an old book) on the great Candidates Tournament in 1953, I've been browsing anew the games from that incredible event. Many of us are very familiar with David Bronstein's excellent book on that event, but three other participants - Max Euwe, Miguel Najdorf and Gideon Stahlberg - also wrote books on that tournament. It's...

Now that Hikaru Nakamura is well esconced in the world's top ten (currently number five), it's not surprising that someone would write a book on him - and someone has. Or rather, two someones: Fighting Chess With Hikaru Nakamura has been co-authored by GM Karsten Mueller and Raymond Stolze. The book isn't out yet, but already at least one critic is on the warpath: It is truly disgusting that...

Defending champion Vishy Anand is level with challenger Boris Gelfand at 5-5 as the World Chess Championship nears a conclusion at Moscow. Only two games remain and there is a real possibility the contest will go to a Rapid Chess tie break. The tenth game was a relatively sedate 25-move draw. Gelfand came close to victory in game nine and appears to have shaken off the effects of his...

Defending champion Vishy Anand is level with challenger Boris Gelfand at 5-5 as the World Chess Championship nears a conclusion at Moscow. Only two games remain and there is a real possibility the contest will go to a Rapid Chess tie break. The tenth game was a relatively sedate 25-move draw. Gelfand came close to victory in game nine and appears to have shaken off the effects of his...

The World Chess Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand in Moscow is tied at 5.5-5.5 with just one regulation game left on Monday before possible rapid and blitz play-offs on Wednesday. Anand deviated from the Nimzo-Indian in the 9th game with the old 8...Bd7 and completely surprised his opponent. Gelfand took around 35 minutes to reply and fell further behind on the...

Ο εκδρομικός ορειβατικός όμιλος Νίκαιας μας έστειλε την προκήρυξη του ανοιχτού ατομικού πρωταθλήματος Αττικής. Ακολουθεί η προκήρυξη.Ο Επιμελείται ο κ. Ορνιθόπουλος.25 Μαΐου...

The World Chess Championship game 11 of 12 takes place in Moscow on Saturday May 26th 2012. The TWIC live page will have the game, annotated version from Mark Crowther and Malcolm Pein, plus our tweets. This page will contain the report, photos etc on the game. Gelfand's last go with the white pieces before a potential play-off. Almost anything could happen today from a quick draw to huge drama...