(Always avoid alliteration!) The World Championship match had its first rest day, but the other three major ongoing events saw action. In the U.S. Championship saw the top seeds, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky, both draw and maintain clear first and second, respectively. Nakamura drew with Varuzhan Akobian while Kamsky drew with Yuri Shulman (who is tied for third and, like Nakamura and Kamsky...

Here’s a nice clear example of a pawn storm from a Queen’s Gambit Declined in which Black comes second. Note that White was a noted endgame specialist, so the game also contradicts those who think their ‘style’ means they shouldn’t have great expertise in other things too.

The 11th Asian Continental Individual Open Chess Championships were held on 4-14th May 2012 at The First Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi became the Asian champion despite the last round defeat against the inspired GM Salem Saleh from UAE. Negi finished on 7/9 points, same as China’s GM Yu [...]

Σε εξέλιξη βρίσκονται το Ομαδικό Κύπελλο Αττικής και τα ομαδικά νεανικά  Κύπελλα της ΕΣΣΝΑ στις ηλικίες έως 14 και έως 10 ετών.Στο Κύπελλο Αττικής (στις 29/4) δυστυχώς αποκλειστήκαμε πολύ νωρίς από τον ΦΟΝ...

I’m pleased to announce that Gawain is playing into XXXII Benasque Open held in Benasque, Spain from the 5th until the 14th of July. After conferring with his fellow grandmasters this was the winner this year but there are many summer tournaments this year including Leiden in the Netherlands and Rethymos in Crete, Greece, Benasque is [...]

Arrival of players, short resume of the game, press conference with the home prep of Vishy 17…Bf5, and small interviews of Joel lauder regarding this start of the match.

Arrival of players, short resume of the game, press conference with the home prep of Vishy 17…Bf5, and small interviews of Joel lauder regarding this start of the match.

ChessDom have daily videos by Henrik Danielsen on the World Chess Championship. Here is his of game 2.

ChessDom have daily videos by Henrik Danielsen on the World Chess Championship. Here is his of game 2.

FIDE Events Commission in cooperation with the German Chess Federation organized a FIDE IO Seminar in Gladenbach, Germany from 11th to 13th May 2012. Fifteen (15) participants from Germany and Belgium attended the seminar among them well known organizers and federations’ officials. The seminar consisted from the following topics: • Regulations Events Commission (Mission, Events [...]

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive episodes of the 14th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2012 on its DD Sports Channel. Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under: 1st Episode on 15th May 2012 from 2200 hrs to 2230 hrs / 2030 [...]

With his win today in round five over co-leader GM Gregory Kaidanov, local GM Hikaru Nakamura took control of the tournament.

Τις Κυριακές στα Γιάννενα παίζουμε σκάκι! Συνήθως παίζουμε παρτίδες γρήγορου σκακιού, με περιορισμένο χρόνο σκέψης, δηλαδή η κάθε παρτίδα κρατάει το πολύ δέκα λεπτά. Έτσι συμμετέχουν όλοι και όλοι μπορούν να...

Ο σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Keleti Pályaudvar στη Βουδαπέστη θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί αναμφισβήτητα ως "σκακιστικός" σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός. Μόνιμοι ντόπιοι ερασιτέχνες και "επαγγελματίες" παίκτες αλλά και τουρίστες...

Πίνακας ζωγραφικής με θέμα το σκάκι, φιλοτεχνημένος από τη ζωγράφο Ειρήνη Πέννα, την οποία ευχαριστώ που έστειλε τη φωτογραφία στο site μας. Η Ειρήνη Πέννα γεννήθηκε στον Πειραιά αλλά ζει και εργάζεται στην Κέρκυρα από...