Vladimir Kramnik didn't get a lot with the white pieces, and it seemed that an early draw and a rapid game was in the spectators' future. He kept pressing, however, and the game grew increasingly interesting - though still ultimately even. So, after an (ultimately) entertaining draw, the match is now tied at 2.5-2.5 with one game remaining. (Note: that game starts two hours earlier, at 1300 local...

In this week's ChessVideos show, we continue our theoretical investigations in the Ruy, moving on to the Neo-Archangelsk variation that arises after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5. In this video, which is part one of three on the Neo-Archangelsk, I do three things. First, I compare this with the regular, old Archangelsk with 6...Bb7. In quite a few lines Black...

The Italian Team Chess Championship with Caruana, Nakamura and many top players will be live daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis. Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom

GM Kamil Miton will comment live round 5 of the “2800 match” Kramnik – Aronian live at 15:00 CET. Replay game 1 / Replay game 2 / Replay game 3 / Replay game 4 Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom

Το ΑΣΕΑΔ κοινοποίησε σήμερα στην Ελληνική Σκακιστική Ομοσπονδία μια σημαντική απόφαση η οποία έχει γενικότερο ενδιαφέρον για αθλητές που ζητούν μεταγραφή και η αίτησή τους δεν γίνεται δεκτή από το σωματείο τους...

It also includes Dubai Open, Austrian Bundesliga, and interview with Vallejo

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

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in Dortmund 13th-22nd July 2012. 10 players in a single round robin: Daniel Fridmannn Peter Leko, Fabiano Caruana, Georg Meier, Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik, Mateusz Bartel, Arkadij Naiditsch, Ruslan Ponomariov and Jan Gustafsson. There is a 2nd all-play-all and are a number of swiss open events alongside.

The Italian Team Championships take place in Arvier 27th April - 1st May 2012. The teams and the main players: Scavolini-Datagest – Pesaro (winner 2011, Sutovsky, S.Brunello, Marin). Obiettivo Risarcimento - Padova (2nd in 2011, Caruana, Nakamura, Kiril Georgiev, Godena) Libertas – Nereto (3rd in 2011, Antoniewsky), Chieti (Gwain Jones, Marie Sebag) Milanese – Milano (Alberto...

When I first saw this game I was utterly amazed and became a big fan of Akiba Rubinstein’s games. I went on to read Hans Kmoch’s book of Rubinstein’s games several times.

The JAPFA Chess Festival 2012 was organized by the PB. Percasi on 16-20th April at the Gedung Serba Guna Senayan – Jln.Manila, Pintu Senayan, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Festival consisted of the Women Closed, Women Open, Veteran, Open and a number of junior tournaments. The Women International Tournament was a six-player double round robin event. [...]

Yang-Fan Zhou. Britain's youngest IM, was selected to participate in Adidas "London - Take the stage", a pre-Olympic campaign where teenage talents in London's 32 boroughs are selected to be put on billboards. Yang-Fan's reward was a chance to meet British Number One Mickey Adams. The campaign website has one of the slickest chess videos I have ever seen.

The 8th World School Individual Chess Championship 2012 will take place in Iasi, Romania, from 27th April (Arrival) to 7th of May (Departure) 2012. The event is organized by the FIDE, the International School Chess Union and the Iasi County Chess Association. Entitled to participate are players (Boys & Girls) who shall not have reached [...]

The 4th Memorial Dejan Zivic was held on 26th April at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Nis, Serbia. The event also acted as the 4th stage of the Grand Prix Mediana. The blitz tournament was played over 11 rounds of Swiss pairings. IM Miroslav Miljkovic took a clear first place with 9.5 points, half [...]

The 2012 Sparkassen Chess-Meeting is set to take place on 13th-22nd July 2012, in Dortmund, Germany. Ten players will compete in the round robin tournament. The Week in Chess reports that the field has been completed. Four out of five German national players that took the gold medal at the recent European Team Chess Championship [...]