Youtube is a really wonderful resource if you dig around. Here’s some footage plus an interview of Alexander Alekhine, nicely put together with some music.

Levon Aronian defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a fine first game of the Zuerich Chess Challenge a six game match. Kramnik is an expert on both sides of the Moscow Variation of the Slav Defence and he had seen the game Gunina-Muzychuk that this game followed but he hadn't looked at it with a computer. For his part Aronian had expected the more aggressive 6.Bh4. Aronian said "When Vladimir went for...

The 30th Tournoi International de la Ville de Metz was held from 14th to 21st April at the gymnase d’Hannoncelles in Metz, France. The organizer is the chess club Metz Alekhine. The tournament format was 9-round Swiss and the players were divided in two playing Groups – Open A (rated 1900 and above) and Open [...]

Ένα ιστορικό ματς ξεκίνησε στηΖυρίχη μεταξύ του πρώην παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή Β. Κράμνικ και του Λ. Αρονιάν. Αυτοίοι δύο παίχτες κάλλιστα θα μπορούσαν να αγωνίζονται ως διεκδικητές για το παγκόσμιοπρωτάθλημα, ίσως και...

It was the best possible start for Levon Aronian, as he not only won game 1 of his six-game match with Vladimir Kramnik, he did so with the black pieces. Aronian played the Semi-Slav, but Kramnik declined the invitation for wild chess, opting instead for the solid Moscow Variation (5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6). The players followed the recent game Gunina-A. Muzychuk from the European Women's Championship...

As Kramnik will resign game one of the match with Aronian at any moment (full analysis forthcoming!), those needing another chess fix can tune into this week's ChessVideos show. We resume our exploration of the Ruy Lopez by concluding our coverage of the Archangelsk Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7). We've already looked at 7.c3 and examined 7.d3 as well...

Μπορείτε να δείτε την ζωντανή και δωρεάν μετάδοση, με σχόλιαστα αγγλικά, πατώντας εδώ.

Live games from Zurich with commentary by GM Arkadij Naiditsch.

Kramnik has White in game 1 of their 6-game match, which starts at the top of this hour: 3 p.m. local time in Zurich, Switzerland (= 9 a.m. ET).

Στα Ανώγεια της Κρήτης θα διεξαχθεί το 1ο Ανοιχτό Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά “Ιδαίον Άντρον”  από τις 30 Ιουλίου έως τις 3 Αυγούστου (ελβετικό 7 γύρων με 2 διπλούς γύρους). Τα συνολικά χρηματικά έπαθλα είναι 1.800 ευρώ (1ος...

The 2012 Serbian Chess Championship will take place from 23rd April to 5th May in Vrnjačka Banja. Fourteen players will compete in the round robin tournament. Defending champion Ivan Ivanišević is the top seeded player. GM Bojan Vučković and GM Mihajlo Stojanović canceled the participation, just like the last year. Players: 1 GM Ivan Ivanišević [...]

Υπάρχει γενικά η εντύπωση, στο ευρύκοινό, ότι το σκάκι είναι για λίγους, ότι είναι δύσκολο να παρακολουθήσει κάποιοςμια παρτίδα κ.α. Έτσι λοιπόν οι διοργανωτές των τουρνουά προσπαθούν να το κάνουνπιο απλό και προσιτό...

In the 7th round of the 2012 FIDE World Amateur Championship, that is currently under way in Porto Carras, Claus Riemann from Germany defeated until then perfectly performing Haralambos Tsakiris from Greece and took over the first place with 6.5 points. Oliver Johannesson from Iceland and Fernando Moscotes from Colombia won their games and joined [...]

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Λίγες ώρες πριν το σπουδαίο ντέρμπι Μπαρτσελόνα-Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης τα “Barca Toons” παρομοιάζουν τη μεγάλη αναμέτρηση με μια παρτίδα σκάκι. Οι καρτούν Τσάβι, Πουγιόλ, Κεϊτά, Πικέ, Σεσκ Φάμπρεγας, Βαλντές, Μασεράνο και Μέσι...