Levon Aronian plays Vladimir Kramnik in a 6 game match in Zuerich 21st-28th April 2012 Kramnik organised the event and it was announced by Kramnik during the Wijk aan Zee tournament. This highly anticipated match was organised in part to help fill the gap in the schedule for these players created by the absence of the Linares and Amber tournaments and also as training for the Candidates...

The 2nd Chess Women Masters Tournament took place from 10th April to 19th April 2012 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Ten players competed in the round robin tournament for the prize fund of 215,000 Yuan. GM Zhao Xue took a clear first place by collecting 6.5/9 points. Her only loss came from the hands of the [...]

All Nigel Short needed was a draw to clinch clear first in the Bangkok Chess Club Open, and he got it. He finished with 8/9, good for a full-point margin over his closest competitors. A little icing on the cake is that it pulls his rating back over 2700 - not bad for a 46 year old, soon 47!

GM Nigel Short has played with passion and expertise in his fourth consecutive BCC Open tournament and has finally won it.

Here is the video R4 from Dubai by the renowned video producer Vijay Kumar. GM Ni Hua won his fourth gamne and is now the sole leader at 14th Dubai Open. A surprise casuality was Romanian Grandmaster Liviu Nisipeanu who blundered in the end game and lost to Indian International Master Swapnil Dhopade.Ni Hua is [...]

Έχουν περάσει λίγες δεκαετίες. Μια σπάνια φωτογραφία από διασκέδαση – πιστεύω σε σκακιστική ολυμπιάδα. Ποιο είναι το ωραίο χορευτικό ζευγάρι της φωτογραφίας; Η σκακίστρια είναι από βαλκανική χώρα, έχει αγωνιστεί...

This Bundesliga game, played just a few days ago, confirms Gelfand’s view that anyone can be beaten:

The world champion Vishy Anand suffered a morale sapping defeat on Saturday, playing for his German team Baden Baden in the final weekend of the Bundesliga. Anand won on Sunday, but this was hardly ideal preparation for his title contest in May. Anand's challenger Boris Gelfand is at a training camp in the Alps and must have been encouraged as Anand chose a dubious line of the Sicilian...

The Alexander the Great Open takes place in Neos Marmaras and of interest is the participation of London Chess Classic Director IM Malcolm Pein. Alongside is the World Amateur Championship.

After the 4th round of the 2012 FIDE World Amateur Championship, that is currently under way in Porto Carras, three players are leading with the perfect score – Haralambos Tsakiris and Georgios Kafetzis from Greece and Alexander Liberman from Russia. Results round 3 / Results round 4 / Standings round 4 Top round 5 pairings [...]

The “750 Years Melaka International Chess Festival” is scheduled to take place from 20th April to 1st May 2012 and it offers three major events – the Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship, the Historical Melaka International Chess Championship and the Historical Melaka Challenger Chess Championship with a total prize fund of more than [...]

On the threshold of the World Chess Championship Match, 64 Chess Review carried out a survey of the world’s leading chess players. The experts were asked two questions: 1. What do you expect of the forthcoming Anand–Gelfand match? 2. The match will take place in the Tretyakov Gallery. Andrei Filatov, the sponsor of the match, [...]

Το σκάκι… … είναι ένα ρομαντικό παιχνίδι: ο μαυροντυμένος Χάρος σκυμμένος πάνω από μια σκακιέρα με τον σταυροφόρο της «Έβδομης σφραγίδας» του Ίνγκμαρ Μπέργκμαν, η Αλίκη μέσα από τον καθρέφτη, ο πεισματάρης...

This is just a reminder, as it was originally announced back in February and posted here and elsewhere at the time. This six-game classical match between Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik (the world's #2 and 3 players, respectively) will take place in Zurich and go from the 21st through the 28th of April.

Πριν από λίγα δευτερόλεπτα έλαβα ένα e-mail από την διαφημιστική εταιρία IMAGE, η οποία προσφέρεται ναφιλοξενήσει μια δωρεάν ιστοσελίδα σε όλους τους φορείς της Ηπείρου που εκτελούνκοινωνικό...