The Icelandic Chess Championship was organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation from 13th to 23rd April in Kópavogur, the second largest city in Reykjavik. The championship was the strongest that has been held this century, with four Grandmasters and an average rating of 2398. Twelve players competed in the round robin tournament. Top seeded was [...]

Ολοκληρώθηκε την Κυριακή 22/4/12 η προκριματική φάση του νεανικού ατομικού πρωταθλήματος σκάκι της ΕΣΣΠ. Η Ένωση Σκακιστών Αιγιαλείας, παρούσα με τους μικρούς σκακιστές της, για μια ακόμα φορά, συμμετείχε με 6 αθλητές...

Perhaps still smarting from yesterday's defeat, Levon Aronian didn't undertake too much against Vladimir Kramnik's Berlin Defense and the game was drawn fairly quickly and comfortably by Black. That leaves the match tied 2-2, and after the rest day tomorrow they'll finish with games on Friday and Saturday. The players decided before the match that in case of a draw lasting fewer than three hours...

Συνεργασία του Κώστα Τσαρουχά  Για πολλοστή φορά  βρεθήκαμε στην Τουρκία, μιας και οι γείτονές μας φροντίζουν την κάθε τους γιορτή να την συνδυάζουν με σκακιστικές (και όχι μόνο) διοργανώσεις.  Σε μια χώρα που η...

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

Γράφει ο κ. Κοσμάς ΚέφαλοςΤοπική Επιτροπή Σκακιστικών Σωματείων ΑιγαίουΔελτίο Τύπου 25 Απριλίου 2012Πρωταθλήματα για τη Λέρο - Κύπελλο για την Ικαρία Με την ομάδα του Μορφωτικού Πολιτιστικού Συλλόγου Νέων...

«Δεν μπορεί να φτάσει κάποιος στη Φώτιση αν απαλλαγεί από την υπερηφάνεια. Το νερό δεν στέκεται στην κορυφή του βουνού αλλά κυλάει στα χαμηλότερα μέρη…»Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, 1836-1886, Ινδός θρησκευτικός ηγέτηςΤο καλό με...

Πρωταθλήματα για τη Λέρο - Κύπελλο για την ΙκαρίαΜε την ομάδα του Μορφωτικού Πολιτιστικού Συλλόγου Νέων Λέρου «Άρτεμη» να πρωτεύει σε τρία πρωταθλήματα (Ομαδικό Αιγαίου, Παίδων-Κορασίδων, Ομαδικό Ράπιντ) και να...

Πραγματοποιήθηκε χθες το βράδυ στα γραφεία της ΕΣΣΠ η κλήρωση του 1ου γύρου για την διοργάνωση του κυπέλλου της ΕΣΣΠ στην οποία δήλωσαν συμμετοχή 14 ομάδες. Οι αγώνες ξεκινούν την επόμενη Κυριακή 29/4 στις 11.00. Η...

In an earlier post I published the game Rossolimo – Romanenko. Here’s a second brilliancy by Rossolimo in his favorite 3.Bb5 Sicilian.

Precise calculation allowed Vladimir Kramnik to repulse early aggression from an Levon Aronian and level their match at 1.5-1.5 in the Zuerich Chess Challenge. Kramnik played 1.e4 which came as no surprise to his opponent. Aronian played the unusual 5...Bc5 against the Scotch Four Knights a move that Kramnik had looked at some time ago. Aronian sacrificed his queen and seemed to get a...

The 7th International Chess Open UNED Guadalajara was held on 22nd April at the Hotel Tryp in Guadalajara, Spain. The tournament was organized by the Club UNED and supported by Guadalajara city, Guadalajara region, UNED Guadalajara associated center, Hotel Tryp, Equigoma, Hotel Alcarria and Bar Las Vegas. The tournament format was 8 rounds Swiss with [...]

Your correspondent played an international open tournament for the first time in nearly 15 years and took part in the Alexander the Great Open in Porto Carras, a Greek holiday resort. I have played in 4NCL team tournaments, but the last major event I participated in was the British Championships at Hove in 1997. Nothing much seems to have changed in that at Hove I won six lost four and...

After a dry pair of games in the Levon Aronian-Vladimir Kramnik match, today's battle was incredibly complicated - thanks to Aronian. Kramnik played 1.e4 for the first time in a long time, but not as a prelude to anything interesting; rather, he trotted out the disgustingly dull Scotch Four Knights. (The motto of the Scotch Four Knights player: "Not everyone's brave enough to play the London...

The 47th Capablanca in Memoriam International Chess Tournament will be held from 3rd to 14th May, 2012, at the Hotel Habana Riviera, in La Habana, Cuba. The main Elite Group will once again be a six-player double round robin. The field includes past winners of the Capablanca Memorial – GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2764) of Ukraine, [...]