The 12th Bangkok Chess Club Open takes place 13th-19th April 2012. Nigel Short, Jan Gustafsson and Hou Yifan are the top seeds. I couldn't find any games.

The 12th Bangkok Chess Club Open takes place 13th-19th April 2012. Nigel Short, Jan Gustafsson and Hou Yifan are the top seeds. I couldn't find any games.

The women's world champion will battle for the top spot against strong rivals, including the tournament's highest-ranked player and longtime supporter of the BCC Open, GM Nigel Short.

The 2012 Iceland Chess Championship is organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation from 13th to 23rd April in Kópavogur. Twelve players compete in the round robin tournament. There are four Grandmasters in the field and the average elo is 2398. Top seeded is the 10-times national champion Hannes Stefansson. The last year champion GM Hedinn [...]

Ninety players competed in the 2012 Bolton Easter Congress, held at the Bolton Ukrainian Social club last weekend.

Σκάκι σε μια λέσχη Ευρωπαίων, στη νικήτρια ταινία με επτά Όσκαρ (στις έντεκα υποψηφιότητες) το 1985. Το «Πέρα από την Αφρική» σε σκηνοθεσία Σίντνεϊ Πόλακ είναι μια εξωτική ερωτική ιστορία, η οποία κεντρικό πρόσωπο έχει τη...

Οι αγωνιστικοί σκακιστές έχουν εξειδικευμένα βοηθήματα λογισμικού για την προπόνησή τους και την αρχειοθέτηση παρτίδων. Εγώ αγόρασα κάποτε το Fritz 11, της ChessBase, και είναι πιό αξιόλογο από όσο μπορώ να σας περιγράψω. (Το...

Φαντασμαγορικό θέαμα από μια εκπληκτική φωτογραφία! Μακάρινα δούμε και στην Ελλάδα κάτι παρόμοιο…

This interesting little film is one that’s worth watching. It’s a comedy featuring clips from the great international tournament of Moscow 1925, and the great Jose Raul Capablanca makes an appearance:

I was very sorry to hear yesterday about the passing of the Kent player, arbiter and organizer Peter Hannan. I was a lodger with the Hannan family when I moved to London in the early 1980s so got to know them well. Besides being a wonderful person to know, Peter was one of the unsung [...]

Ecuador has announced the men and women teams for the Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul. A total of 10 players form the official teams of Ecuador. The two teams are being led by IM/WGM Martha Fierro and GM Carlos Matamoros. Men team: GM Carlos Matamoros, FM Lenin Guerra, IM Bryan Macías, IM Daniel Mieles and [...]

The 2nd stage of the Grand-Prix 2012 of the French Chess Federation is scheduled to take place on 28-29th April in Nancy. Tournament hall: building of “Grand Nancy”, 22-24 Viaduc Kennedy, 54000 NANCY (at 200 meters from the Nancy-railway station) Organisation: IM Christophe Philippe Arbiter: Nadir Bounzou, International Arbiter, and assistant. Saturday 28 April 2012 [...]

With a last round win over Indonesian FIDE Master Pitra Andika, until then the surprise tournament leader, Grandmaster Dzhumaev Marat emerged as the champion of the Brunei Campomanes Memorial Grandmaster Open 2012. It was a good day for the Uzbekistan players as young International Master Jakhongir Vakhidov also won his last round encounter against fellow [...]

The Festival includes the 2012 Open Norwegian Championship and several other events.

GM Ante Brkic had some eventful games at the Zagreb Open. It was Karpov who first demonstrated that White could leave his king on e1 in this line and play for mate. An unusual puzzle at the end.