World champion Viswanathan Anand was unable to achieve much with the white pieces against Boris Gelfand in today's game 10. Anand decided to give the 3.f3 Gruenfeld a rest for the moment, and returned to 1.e4. Gelfand again offered the Sveshnikov rather than his erstwhile favorite, the Najdorf, but Anand varied from game 5 with 3.Bb5. It was the challenger who got off the first surprise, however...

            Έπειτα από πολυάριθμες βαρετές ισοπαλίες οι δύο μονομάχοι για το Π.Π. σκακιού φαίνεται ότι ξύπνησαν και έτσι προσφέρουν λίγο θέαμα και μάχες… Ξαφνικά δεν είδαμε ακόμη μια...

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Ένας αγώνας επίδειξης με ρομπότ αλλά και με έναν από τους κορυφαίους παίχτες του κόσμου τράβηξε το ενδιαφέρον όχι αρκετών Ρώσων, αλλά και ολόκληρου του κόσμου.             Το ρομπότ KUMA Monstr αφού...

Παρίσι, αρχές δεκαετίας του 1980.  Ένα διάλειμμα των γυρισμάτων της ταινίας Hunger και είναι ο Ντέιβιντ Μπάουι όταν η εποχή του glam-rock που ο κόσμος τον γνώριζε με την ανδρογυνική περσόνα του Ziggy Stardust ξεθώριαζε οριστικά και η...

Επειδή μπορεί να μην είσαστε όλοι εξοικειωμένοι με την δομή της ιστοσελίδας της Ελληνικής Σκακιστικής Ομοσπονδίας και επειδή μερικοί θα ψάχνουν την προκήρυξη από τα νεανικά, σκέφτηκα να κάνω την ζωή σας λίγο πιο...

Boris Gelfand held the upper hand throughout in the 9th game of his World Championship challenge against Vishwanathan Anand. Anand abandoned his 5…a6 Semi-Slav in favor of the solid Nimzo-Indian. White was better in the early middle game thanks to his bishop pair, but 19.c5 led to simplifications and a draw. Time is running out [...]

The World Chess Championship Game 9 was drawn in 49 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein Variation leaving the match tied at 4.5-4.5. Anand admitted that "Obviously I messed something up in the opening" and that "white just got the two bishops for my two knights and the only thing I did was to try and provoke this move 19. c5". Gelfand could have tried to exploit the two bishops with 19.Bg3 but...

The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing an international open chess tournament which will take place on June 15-25, 2012, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk. All interested chess players can participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament. GM Tigran Kotanjian was the consecutive winner of the 3rd and 4th Asrian Memorial. Karen Asrian passed away [...]

FIDE Treasurer/Executive Director, Nigel Freeman, FIDE CEO, Geoffrey Borg, and the Director of FIDE Moscow Office, Berik Balgabaev, met with IOC Winter Games and IF Relations Manager, Sports Department, Christian Wassmer, and IOC Project Officer Winter Games and IF Relations Sports Department, Damien Mollard. Many matters of mutual interest to FIDE and the IOC were [...]

The defending champion Vishy Anand is back in the match after an astonishing lapse from Boris Gelfand led to the challenger suffering defeat in the shortest decisive game in World Championship history. Gelfand resigned after 17 moves and under two hours play. After six draws, several of them rather dull, the match has erupted. The score is 4-4 with four to play. Only a brave man would...

The defending champion Vishy Anand is back in the match after an astonishing lapse from Boris Gelfand led to the challenger suffering defeat in the shortest decisive game in World Championship history. Gelfand resigned after 17 moves and under two hours play. After six draws, several of them rather dull, the match has erupted. The score is 4-4 with four to play. Only a brave man would...

Two unique chess matches involving robots took place on Saturday 19th of May in Moscow, on Strastniy Boulevard. In a special pavilion built for this occasion the World Cup finalist Alexander Grischuk and the two robots – KUKA Monstr (Germany) and CHESSka (Russia), faced off at the chessboard. First Grischuk tested himself in a fight [...]

Overnight sole leader G Akash of Tamilnadu outwitted fifth seed International Master Swayms Mishra of Odisha to extend his lead to full point in the ongoing 50th National Challengers Chess Championship.