With the first days of this year Alexei Shirov concluded the spell with the Spanish national team and moved back to his native Latvia. But the Spanish Chess Federation didn’t wait long before registering some of the foreign players that are already settled in the country. WGM/IM Anna Matnadze, long time active as a player, [...]

The Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba, is one of the great traditional events on the chess calendar, with this year marking the 47th edition of the tournament. (The great man himself died in 1946.) This year's lineup includes Vassily Ivanchuk, who is a regular at this tournament and a 5-time winner, along with Leinier Dominguez, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viktor Laznicka, Vladimir Potkin and Yuniesky...

This year’s Vienna Children Chess Festival was headlined by Veselin Topalov. The world champion of 2005 played a clock simul against the top U18 players from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It was a hard fought and close match, and after four hours Topalov came out victorious 5:3, but he had to concede [...]

The second Norsk Sjakkfestival (Norwegian Chess Festival) is taking place from 28th of April to 5th of May in Norway. GM Ramil Hasangatin and GM Salvador Gabriel are leading with 5,0/6. They are closely followed by GM Yuri Solodovnichenko, GM Leif E Johannessen, IM Timofey Galinskyi, GM Marc Narciso Dublan, GM Normunds Miezis, and GM [...]

The 119th Scottish Chess Championships promises to be one of the best ever, thanks to the donation of the anonymous benefactor. The target is to have 10 Grandmasters and 10 IMs taking part in the combined Championship and International Open. The Trades Hall in the centre of the Merchant City, Glasgow is confirmed as the [...]

The 2nd Metropolitan International will run from August 14th to August 18th, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Already several GMs are committed, including the likes of GM Loek van Wely (NED), GM Robert Hess (USA), GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA) and many more. The tournament should shortly hit 20 foreign players, making norm requirements lax. [...]

Δεν γινόταν να μην βάλω τις προσπάθειες της Τσέλσι να μάθει τις κινήσεις. Νομίζω ότι θα πάει καλά.

Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik ended honours even at 3-3 in their Classical Chess training match at Zurich. In game six, Aronian decided to test Kramnik's Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez with queens on the board rather than try to break down Black's position in the endgame, a setup he has adoped himself with black. Aronian played with rather more freedom in this friendly match than ...

Hello dear readers, Don’t worry the game of the month is on its way, but for now I’ll give a brief recap of my most recent tournament – the Italian Club Championships in Arvier, Val d’Aosta. This was my first time playing in the top division, Serie Master, and I made my debut for Chieti. [...]

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Αυτά τα δυο ολοστρόγγυλα ασημένια βραχιολάκια τα φοράνε συνήθως στα κακά παιδιά ή σε αυτούς που κάνουν μερικά παραστρατήματα Αυτό γίνεται στον κανονικό κόσμο που ζούμε αλλά και στο διαδίκτυο. Οι νόμοι που ισχύουν στον...

17 Απριλίου 2012 και ο φακός του δυτικού φωτογράφου συλλαμβάνει άνδρες να παίζουν σιάνγκτσι (κινέζικο σκάκι) σε ένα πάρκο της Σαγκάης.  Τρόπαιο των Εγγλέζων στα μέσα του 19ου αιώνα -στον Πρώτο Σινοβρετανικό Πόλεμο του...

I’ve often seen thinking protocols recommended as a way of playing better chess. So when a player has to decide upon a move he’ll go through a kind of organized internal dialogue. The best known example is the so called Blumenfeld rule which suggested that before you play a move you write it down (which [...]

The top ten on the new FIDE rating list is the same as the March edition, though some of the places changed. Sergey Karjakin gained 13 points to reach #6, and further down Viktor Bologan gained 29 points (and incredibly gained 16 more points this quarter that didn't get rated in time - what a colossal jump in two months!) to reach #28 in the world - #18 on the Live list. That's a remarkable...

The Italian Team Chess Championships for men and women concluded in Arvier, Aosta Valley. Obiettivo Risarcimeno – Padova with GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Kiril Georgiev, IM Duilio Collutiis, GM Igor Efimov, GM Michele Godena, and IM Fabio Bellini, won the title with 13,0/14 match points. Silver medals are for Scavolini Datagest Pesaro [...]