IM Malcolm Pein reports on Magnus Carlsen's TV interview and looks back at chess on TV in the UK.

The 10th Khazar International Chess Open Tournaments A (+2100), B (-2100), C (Women) & D (Youth U 14) will be held from 29th February to 7th March in Rasht, Iran. Chess Association of “Gilan” province on behalf of I.R.Iran Chess Federation has the honor to invite all players from national federations to participate in the [...]

Alexander Morozevich will join the famous club Economist SGSEU Saratov for the next season of team events. He should replace Chinese Grandmaster Ni Hua. Alexey Vetrov, the head of Economist, said that the contract will be signed at the beginning of March and Morozevich will be registered with the RCF for the upcoming Russian Team [...]

Gawain and his team are playing host this round. They are in last place in the league and need to win this weekend. Today they are up against Werder Bremen which is a formidable team (bottom board is GM Babula 2572). Here are the pairings 10th round: Saturday, 25th of February 2012, 2pm SC Remagen [...]

ΔΙΑΛΕΞΗ ΤΟΥ IM ΗΛIA ΚΟΥΡΚΟΥΝΑΚΗ ΣΤΙΣ 5/3   Φίλες και φίλοι Σε συνέχεια της πολύπτυχης δραστηριότητάς τους, o ΣO Παγκρατίου και ο ΣΜΑΟ Καισαριανής, σας καλούν σε διάλεξη που θα δώσει, την Δευτέρα 5 Mαρtίου, στις 8:30 μ.μ., ο...

During one of trawls for information on chess and the brain I found this article on how chess helps to show how the brain works during complex tasks. It gives a fascinating insight into how various areas are needed to work together in performing complex tasks: For chess players, color separation and spatial discrimination activate parts [...]

The Corsican Chess League has announced the calendar for 2012 with a number of important international competitions. The richest event in the terms of money prizes will be the 16th Corsican Circuit from 27th to 31st October in Bastia and Aiacciu. Finale du Grand Prix FFE is 60,000 EUR worth. But certainly the highlight of [...]

The 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga take place 25th and 26th of February 2012. Venues Wattenscheid, Hockenheim, Trier and Remagen.

IM Malcolm Pein press release: CSC is working with the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe on a political campaign to garner support for chess to be introduced to schools Europe-wide. The focus of the campaign is a written declaration which can be found here http://www.kcfe.eu/wd50 This was sponsored by 5 MEPS from the UK, Finland, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. Photos from the event

IM Malcolm Pein reports: FIDE's new promoter Andrew Paulson will consult with the governing body next week in Athens and his intention is to publish a long term calendar that includes Grand Prix tournaments, World Cups, Olympiads, Candidates tournaments and World Championship matches.

Dates: 31st of march to 7th of april 2012 Venue: Gros Xake Taldea. Anoeta passeig, 20. Donostia- San Sebastián (Frontón Karmelo Balda) Rounds: 9 Rate of Play: 90 minutes + 30 sec/move Entry fee: General: 35 €. U20: 25 €. GM, IM, WGM, WIM and rating > 2300 FREE Paying info:Bank transfer to: IBAN: ES [...]

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 4 on 2012/02/27 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 5 Vazelakis Dimitrios 3   3 Poulos Georgios 6 2 2 Eftimakis [...]

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 3 on 2012/02/24 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 5 Vazelakis Dimitrios 2 1  -  0 2 Eftimakis Dimitros 2 2 [...]

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As threatened earlier, I'll use my next two (maybe three) ChessVideos shows to show my games (or at least fragments and highlights thereof) from this past weekend's US Amateur Team Championship (Northern division). This week's show is up and includes my games from the first three rounds - the opening of round 1, a highlight from round 3, and all of round 2. Rounds 1 and 2 both feature the Ruy...