Ο 11χρονος πρωταθλητής Γαλλίας στα αγόρια κάτω των 12 στο σκάκι, Φαχίμ Αλάμ από το Μπαγκλαντές, απειλείται με απέλαση ως “λαθρομετανάστης”. Η υπόθεση θα επανεξεταστεί μετά από παρέμβαση του Γάλλου πρωθυπουργού...

Norm opportunities and high prize fund.

A few days ago Chessdom.com brought you the first information about the opening ceremony of the FIDE WCC 2012. Today in an press release, the organizing committe of the WCC confirms that the opening ceremony for the World Chess Championship match will be held in Moscow on 10 May 2012. The ceremony will mark the [...]

MAY 2012 TWIC is very good at keeping up to date with the latest tournaments on calendars, but there are some that are still missed. From now on, at the beginning of each month, I’ll include a list of up and coming tournaments that you should keep an eye out on. This will be mainly [...]

Live games with analysis

Ivanchuk, Dominguez , and Quesada with white pieces

Έγινε ένας διαδικτυακός διαγωνισμός λύσης σκακιστικών προβλημάτων από το Ζάγκρεμπ Κροατίας με την ευκαιρία της παγκόσμιας ημέρας άσθματος.Για προσωπικούς (οικογενειακούς) λόγους συμμετείχα, και τα αποτελέσματα...

Federation Royale Belge des Echecs has announced the lineups for the World Chess Olympiad, which will be held in August in Istanbul, Turkey. Men’s Team: Alexander Dgebuadze, International Grandmaster (ELO 2548) Luc Winants, International Grandmaster (2537) Bart Michiels, International Master (2502) and Belgian Champion Tanguy Ringoir, International Master (2413) Stephane Hautot...

Αναδημοσίευση ενδιαφέροντος άρθρου του δημοσιογράφου Ρούσσου Βρανά που γράφτηκε στη στήλη ΔΡΟΜΟΙ της εφημερίδας “Νέα”, 10/1/2004: Τον Μπόμπι Φίσερ… … όταν ήρθε πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο με τον Μπόρις Σπάσκι, το 1972...

Players often think that certain openings ‘suit their style’ but they are usually operating under a misapprehension. Every opening is open to a wide variety of interpretations as can be seen when you look at the wide variety of players who play them. In the following game we see a dramatic queen sacrifice in the [...]

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We move boldly on to part XXIV of our series on the "Quick" Ruy, which I hope to finish before receiving solicitations from AARP. (I remain optimistic!) We've been looking at the Archangelsk variations and are now 2/3 of the way through with the Neo-Archangelsk, which begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5. Last time we examined lines where White plays Nxe5 before Black...

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2012, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is taking place from 28th to 6th May at the Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation, Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation and SOCAR. GM Viorel Iordachescu from Moldova maintains [...]

The 50th India National Challengers (National B) Chess Championship 2012 will take place from 18th to 28th May 2012 at Ramaiah Kalyan Mandapam in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The Championship is organized by the Chittoor District Chess Association, on behalf of AICF and under the aegis of Andhra Pradesh Chess Association. Top 30 rankers of this [...]

Veselin Topalov won a clock simul against the top juniors of Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic 5:3. The Bulgarian conceded defeats in two King's Indians against his strongest opponent, Richard Rapport, and his youngest opponent, Martin Christian Huber, who is only 13. The clock match was part of the Vienna Children Chess Festival which was held at the Albertina, a museum, together...