A dreadfully dull game left the world championship match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand tied 2.5-2.5 at Moscow. Game 5 saw Anand play white and he switched to 1.e4 perhaps in an attempt to sharpen the play. For the second time in the match the challenger wrong-footed the champion by playing a defence not previously in his repertoire and Anand was left somewhat unprepared. Gelfand...

A dreadfully dull game left the world championship match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand tied 2.5-2.5 at Moscow. Game 5 saw Anand play white and he switched to 1.e4 perhaps in an attempt to sharpen the play. For the second time in the match the challenger wrong-footed the champion by playing a defence not previously in his repertoire and Anand was left somewhat unprepared. Gelfand...

The 9th edition of Deltalift Open was held on 17-19th May in Halmstad, Sweden. The tournament was organzied by the Harplinge Schacksällskap and offered 4100 EUR in prizes. 130 players competed in the Swiss event with 8 rounds. First four rounds were quickplay with 45 minutes per player, while the remaining four were played with [...]

The battle all chess fans waited to see at the 2012 U.S. Championship did not disappoint. GM Hikaru Nakamura beat GM Gata Kamsky for the first time ever in classical chess to take over the lead by one-half point with one game to go. Nakamura has 7.5 points to Kamsky's seven.

Parallel to the World Championship in Moscow, a World Chess Battle is taking place at Chessity. Last week the first episode of the saga was concluded, with interesting results and all day exciting play. Due to the success of the first event, Chessity is ready to give again nice prizes and Sunday May 20th and [...]

Δημοσιεύεται το πρακτικό του Δ.Σ της ΕΣΣΠ που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 10 Απριλίου με θέματα σχετικά με τα Νεανικά, τον απολογισμό του σεμιναρίου διαιτησίας, την έκθεση διαιτησίας των σχολικών, τις προτάσεις του προέδρου...

Ένα ενδιαφέρον ντοκιμαντέρ σε τρείς συνέχειες που παρουσιάζει την ιστορία του σκακιού στην Πολωνία καθώς και την ζωή και την σκακιστική σταδιοδρομία του Akiba Rubinstein θα παρακολουθήσουμε σήμερα. Στο πρώτο απόσπασμα...

Δημοσιεύεται το πρακτικό του Δ.Σ της ΕΣΣΠ που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 24 Μαρτίου με θέματα σχετικά με τον απολογισμό των σχολικών πρωταθλημάτων, το σεμινάριο διαιτησίας και την συμπληρωματική προκήρυξη των νεανικών και...

Δημοσιεύεται το πρακτικό του Δ.Σ της ΕΣΣΠ που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 11 Μαρτίου με θέματα σχετικά με την διοργάνωση του Νεανικού Πρωταθλήματος, του Κυπέλλου της ΕΣΣΠ, του σεμιναρίου διαιτησίας και των σχολικών...

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Game 6 of the World Championship featured another 5…a6 Semi-Slav and another draw. Once again Vishwanathan Anand defended very well with an excellent pawn sacrifice on his 14th move. Lagging behind in development White was obliged to return the pawn and the game fizzled out to equality. I still think the match could come to [...]

FIDE and AGON are pleased to announce the full details of the new Grand Prix cycle 2012/2013. Regulations for the Series as well as Players contracts can be found below. Each player will be assigned to play in four of the six cities and his best three results will be accumulated for his / her [...]

The penultimate round of the 2012 U.S. Championship was dramatic. Gata Kamsky had seized the lead with an impressive win in the previous round, while Hikaru Nakamura, who had a long and probably somewhat disappointing draw, was half a point behind. They were paired and Kamsky had White, which would seem to put him in the catbird seat for his third championship title in a row. So one would think...