Well Boris Gelfand was better in game 4, but somehow his edge slipped away at some point. Both 17.Qb2 and 21.Be3 look like interesting tries.

Διαδηλωτής με σκακιστική φορεσιά  μπροστά από αστυνομικούς στην Πουέρτα δελ Σολ της Μαδρίτης. Οι πλατείες και οι δρόμοι των ευρωπαϊκών μητροπόλεων πλημμύρισαν ξανά το Σάββατο από εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες διαδηλωτές...

Daniel Parmet writes in to announce that he's running a 10-board clock simul with English GM Michael Adams at the Downers Grove Chess Club (near Chicago) on May 23. Quoting Daniel: Perhaps people traveling for the Chicago Open might be interested in coming a day early to play Adams. The information is Entry: $90, Time control Game 90, 10 boards first come first serve (4 spots left), 7:30pm Weds...

At the Sigeman & Co. tournament in Malmo, Sweden, Nils Grandelius' slow, patient ascent to the summit met a setback. After a long chase he finally caught up with Fabiano Caruana heading into the penultimate round and was tied for first. The result: he played Caruana and lost. Caruana leads heading into the last round with 4.5/6; Peter Leko is in clear second with 4 points. Both Caruana and...

Europe-Echecs video report on the Round 4 draw between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand.

Europe-Echecs video report on the Round 4 draw between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand.

Boris Gelfand didn't achieve very much with white in repeating the opening from Game 2. Gelfand was the first to innovate with 10.Qc2 but slowed down after 16...Re8. Although Anand was slightly critical of his 24...Bd4 (24...Qb6) and 32.Rc6 should have been tried it didn't probably didn't change the assessment that black should draw if he exercises a reasonable amount of care and at the end Anand...

Boris Gelfand didn't achieve very much with white in repeating the opening from Game 2. Gelfand was the first to innovate with 10.Qc2 but slowed down after 16...Re8. Although Anand was slightly critical of his 24...Bd4 (24...Qb6 is better) and both players said 32.Rc6 could have been tried it probably didn't change the assessment that black should draw if he exercises a reasonable amount of care...

The World Chess Championship between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand is tied at 1-1 after game two was drawn in just 25 moves. Predictably enough, the opening was a Slav. Both players play the defence and the game followed Kasparov - Gelfand Linares 1991 where Gelfand lost. The challenger chose a different path with white but achieved only, what he described afterwards as : "'A slight...

The World Chess Championship between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand is tied at 1-1 after game two was drawn in just 25 moves. Predictably enough, the opening was a Slav. Both players play the defence and the game followed Kasparov - Gelfand Linares 1991 where Gelfand lost. The challenger chose a different path with white but achieved only, what he described afterwards as : "'A slight...

Europe-Echecs World Chess Championship video for round 3 with Robert Fontaine. Interviews of Gunina, Bologan and Timman. Shows the best moment of the press conference where Vishy missed a mate in 2 in his analyses ;)

Europe-Echecs World Chess Championship video for round 3 with Robert Fontaine. Interviews of Gunina, Bologan and Timman. Shows the best moment of the press conference where Vishy missed a mate in 2 in his analyses ;)

Ο πίνακας Les echecs (Το σκάκι) του Pablo Picasso.Μία δημιουργία από την κυβιστική περίοδο του κορυφαίου δυτικού ζωγράφου του 20ου αιώνα. Έργο του 1911, λάδι σε καμβά με διαστάσεις 33 x 41 εκ. Pablo Picasso (25/10/1881 - 8/4/1973)

The World Championship is tied 2-2 heading into the second rest day after champion Viswanathan Anand again used the Chebanenko Slav to achieve a fairly comfortable draw with the black pieces. Boris Gelfand varied from game 2 when he chose 10.Qc2 rather than 10.Rc1, but it was Anand who played the first novelty with 16...Re8. Gelfand used plenty of time the rest of the way, trying to eke out a...

Εσείς βαρεθήκατε να το διαβάζετε και εγώ βαρέθηκα να το γράφω, όμως μια ακόμη ισοπαλία στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα είναι γεγονός. Αλήθεια, τους έχεις πει κανένας ότι με την ισοπαλία μοιράζονται το μισό βαθμό και δεν θα...