A topic worth serious consideration is in how brilliant games misrepresent how most games are played. People love such games and rightly so, but is having them as your staple diet good for your chess? My take is that they can be very damaging unless tempered by some longer games. Brilliancies are all very well [...]

Hikaru Nakamura made a surprise appearance in the Grand Pacific Open in Victoria BC and won with 6/6. Only a very few games are available currently.

Hikaru Nakamura made a surprise appearance in the Grand Pacific Open in Victoria BC and won with 6/6. Only a very few games are available currently.

Τέσσερις μαθηματικοί που δεν γνωρίζονται μεταξύ τους, καλούνται από ένα άγνωστο πρόσωπο, σε μία συνάντηση κορυφής με το πρόσχημα της επίλυσης ενός μεγάλου αινίγματος. Το δωμάτιο στο οποίο συναντώνται, αποδεικνύεται...

The Romanian Youth Chess Championship 2012 took place 2-8 April in Calimanesti-Caciulata. Over 400 players participated in the event, which was held in 14 different groups. The event is one of the major chess tournaments in Romania for the year and will be followed by a massive rapid tournament. Just in a month an already [...]

Rapid chess in Romania is gaining popularity among young players. The Romanian Rapid Chess Championship will take place 10-11 April, 2012, in Calimanesti-Caciulata. A total of 275 boys and 150 girls participate in this years edition of the tournament. The event is following the Classical chess championship where over 40 medalists were awarded.  You can [...]

Weekend 4 of the 4NCL was staged at the Barcelo Hotel in Hinckley Island and saw divisions one and two split into two pools. Some teams will contest the divisional title and others will battle to avoid relegation. Teams carry forward their scores and will not play the same opponents twice.

Weekend 4 of the 4NCL was staged at the Barcelo Hotel in Hinckley Island and saw divisions one and two split into two pools. Some teams will contest the divisional title and others will battle to avoid relegation. Teams carry forward their scores and will not play the same opponents twice.

The 6th Annual Philadelphia Open was held over the Easter week from April 4-8, 2012, at the upscale, luxury Loews Philadelphia Hotel, rated Four Diamonds by AAA, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia. The event had 8 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200 and Under 1000. GM Magesh Panchanathan [...]

The 5th Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2012 was organized by the Federación Insular de Ajedrez de Gran Canaria on 2-8th April at the Hotel Avenida de Canarias, Ateneo Municipal de Vecindario. C/ Colón, s/n (Vecindario). Spanish Grandmasters Salvador Del Rio De Angelis and Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo shared the first place with 7/9 points each. Del [...]

Σημαντικές επιτυχίες για τους Πατρινούς αθλητές στην τελική φάση των Πανελληνίων Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων που πραγματοποιήθηκε στην Χαλκιδική. Μεγάλη επιτυχία  για τον  Κωνσταντίνο Τριάντο που για δεύτερη χρονιά...

The Russian Team Chess Championship 2012 takes place 8-16 April. Here are round 1 pairings. More information Live games / Participants / RTCC 2012 (Russian) / RTCC 2012 (Spanish)   Pairings ShSM-64, Moscow - EGU-Perspektiva, Lipetsk Caruana, Fabiano - Sjugirov, Sanan Wang, Hao - Kovalenko, Igor Giri, Anish - Zontakh, Andrey Riazantsev, Alexander - Papin, [...]

Four players shared the first place in the Premier Tournament with 7/9 points each: GM Adam Horvath (Hungary), GM Gergely Szabo, GM Levente Vajda (both Romania) and Rathnakaran K (India).

The Russian Team Chess Championship 2012takes place 8-16 April. Here are round 1 pairings of the women section of the Russian Team Chess Championship. Information about the Open section Live games / Participants / RTCC 2012 (Russian) / RTCC 2012 (Spanish)   Pairings Yamal, YNAO - Udmurtia, Izhevsk Paikidze, Nazi - Severiukhina, Zoja Goryachkina, Aleksandra [...]