Έρχεται σύντομα ο τελικός τουΠαγκόσμιου Πρωταθλήματος Σκακιού! Θα διεξαχθεί στη Ρωσία από τις 10 έως τις 31 Μάιου.Οι καλύτεροι παίχτες του Κόσμου έναν μερικές δηλώσεις γι’ αυτό το ματς. Ο Sliber αρνήθηκενα πάρει θέση και...

It’s time for a few days of the legendary Bobby Fischer after I found a nice documentary about him: And here’s the game which first brought Fischer to the attention of the World, a brilliancy featuring a magnificent queen sacrifice:  

The Chinese Chess Championships take place 27th March - 7 April 2012. Both men's and women's events take place in Xinghua starting at 7:30am BST (1:30am for Rd11) with a rest day on 1st April. Wang Yue is top seed ahead of Bu Xiangzhi, Ding Liren and women's world champion Hou Yifan who is now rated above Ni Hua. Of especial interest will be Hou's performance as she has improved rapidly in 12...

The Chinese Chess Championships take place 27th March - 7 April 2012. Both men's and women's events take place in Xinghua starting at 7:30am BST (1:30am for Rd11) with a rest day on 1st April. Wang Yue is top seed ahead of Bu Xiangzhi, Ding Liren and women's world champion Hou Yifan who is now rated above Ni Hua. Of especial interest will be Hou's performance as she has improved rapidly in 12...

This is more whimsical than serious, but when I heard someone mentioned as a sure "hall of famer" in some sport or other last week, I started wondering about chess. If we were making a chess hall of fame for contemporary players, who would we include and who wouldn't we? For instance, it's a no-brainer that world champions like Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik get in, and on the first...

If you want to read some strong players make brutally honest remarks about the forthcoming Viswanathan Anand - Boris Gelfand world championship match, then this short piece, featuring the non-opinions of Peter Svidler, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov Yuri Averbakh and Viktor Korchnoi is not what you're after. Still, despite the interviewees' painfully boring neutrality, a couple of interesting...

The 2012 China Chess Championships for men and women will be held concurrently from 27th March to 7th April in the city of Xinghua. Both groups will be 12-players round robin tournaments. Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan will compete in the men’s section. Top seeded in the men’s championship is Wang Yue (2702 elo), who [...]

The Official website of the World Chess Championship in Moscow has been launched. The address is http://moscow2012.fide.com. Information on the rules and venue of the match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and his challenger Boris Gelfand 10th-31st May 2012 held in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The match general sponsor is Alexei Filatov. Report by Mark Glukhovsky Press...

Gawain Jones has started superbly at the European Individual Championships and leads a world class field after four rounds.

Gawain Jones has started superbly at the European Individual Championships and leads a world class field after four rounds.

Παιδιά και ενήλικες χαίρονται ένα απόγευμα το σκάκι στην παιδική γωνιά της διεθνούς έκθεσης βιβλίου της Μπραζίλια, της πρωτεύουσας της Βραζιλίας, η οποία γεννήθηκε στη ζούγκλα, δημιουργημένη εκ του μηδενός, το 1960...

The Official website of the World Chess Championship in Moscow has been launched. The address is http://moscow2012.fide.com. Information on the rules and venue of the match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and his challenger Boris Gelfand 10th-31st May 2012 held in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Report by Mark Glukhovsky Press Attache to the World Championship for the Russian...

Δυστυχώς λόγο του θεάτρου 3 διαγωνιζόμενοι δεν κατάφεραν να έρθουντην Κυριακή να παίξουν τα παιχνίδια τους και έτσι οι αγώνες τους έχουν αναβληθεί.Την Τρίτη παίζουν οι Καίσαρης – Μπενάτσης στις 17:00 το απόγευμα...

The World Chess Championship 2012 will be a match between the current world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the Candidates tournament. The match will take place on 10–31 May 2012 in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery, in Moscow. Chessdom.com and the Chess Evolution team headed [...]

Σύμφωνα με ένα ρωσικό μύθο κάποιος πρέπει να γνωρίζει 300 θέσεις για να γίνει γκρανμέτρ, κανείς όμως δεν ξέρει ποιες είναι αυτές οι θέσεις. Υπάρχει κάτι στον αριθμό 300 που μαγεύει τους συγγραφείς σκακιστικών βιβλίων. Ο...