I mentioned several posts ago that I played this past weekend. The event was the US Amateur Team Championship - the Northern division. It was a successful event, but not quite successful enough - we took second on tiebreak, and I took second in the tournament amongst players on first board. (My score was 4.5/5; GM Alex Shabalov went 5-0.) I didn't play my very best chess, but my play was both...

The Chebanenko Memorial Rapid took place Sat 18th Feb 2012 - Sun 19th Feb 2012. The event was an open on the first day and an 8 player knockout on the second. Viktor Bologan edged out Arkadij Naiditsch in a final sudden death game in the final. Games from the final day's KO are now available. Further details. - Photos.

The 2012 Central Serbia Open Chess Championship was held from 13th to 19th February in Pozarevac. 70 players competed over nine rounds of Swiss system. The highlight of the tournament was the come-back of GM Miroslav Markovic, 1998 Yugoslav champion and world top-100 player in 1999, who convincingly won the competition by collecting 7.5 points [...]

The 2012 Romanian Chess Championships for men and women took place from 13th to 21st February at the Great Hall of the Hotel Casino in Sarata Monteoru. The start of the competitions was delayed for two days due to heavy snow and blocked roads. Men’s championship was played over 11 rounds of Swiss system, while [...]

1 φωτογραφία 1000 λέξεις… Μπορείτε να δείτε τις πολυάριθμεςφωτογραφίες από το σχολικό πρωτάθλημα που έγινε στα Δωδωναία Εκπαιδευτήρια. Γιανα φορτώνουν πιο γρήγορα έχω χωρίσει την ανάρτηση σε δύο...

The 1st Fiji International Open Chess Championship, to be held May 5-12, 2012, is set to become the biggest tournament in Fiji chess history. With airfares to Fiji with both http://www.airpacific.com/ and http://www.virginaustralia.com at historic lows, big turnouts are expected from Fiji’s neighbours in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. In addition, all Fiji’s top players [...]

IM Malcolm Pein makes some comments about his own experience of the Bunratty Masters where he finished on a good score of 4/6.

1 φωτογραφία 1000 λέξεις… Μπορείτε να δείτε τις πολυάριθμεςφωτογραφίες από το σχολικό πρωτάθλημα που έγινε στα Δωδωναία Εκπαιδευτήρια. Γιανα φορτώνουν πιο γρήγορα έχω χωρίσει την ανάρτηση σε δύο...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Am9gfAzQM Μουσικό κλιπ όπου κυριαρχεί μια σκακιέρα (με το δεξί τετράγωνο μαύρο, φυσικά!) από τους Playmen, ένα δίδυμο μουσικών παραγωγών που το αποτελούν ο Παύλος Μανώλης και ο Λευτέρης Ξενάκης. Έγιναν γνωστοί...

Επειδή μας αρέσει η πρωτοπορία είμαστεστην ευχάριστη θέση να σας παρουσιάσουμε μια σειρά από σκακιστικά ανέκδοτα! Ευχαριστώτον κ. Διονύση για την βοήθεια.Η φωνή…Ένας γκρανμέτρ πέθανε και έπειτα απόμερικές ημέρες...

Some more from this amazing series:        

Here's the main clip from this weekend's 60 Minutes show: Next, some extra material. First, a clip where he allegedly explains how his mind works: Here's Frederic Friedel of ChessBase fame offering some laudatory remarks about the youngster: Finally, here's GM Danny King about chess as a brutal game: Enjoy!    

The ACP Women Cup is under way in Tbilisi, Georgia and will continue until 21st of February. Round robin tournament with twelve participants is played with the time control of 20 minutes per game with an increment of five seconds per move. Three more rounds were played on the third day of the competition. Anna [...]

Abierto IRT Internacional “Triple Frontera de America” was organized by Juan Antonio Bella on 16-19th February in Monte Caseros, Argentina. The 7-round Swiss tournament gathered 60 players and among them five Grandmasters. Uruguayan Grandmaster Andres Rodriguez Vila took a clear first place with 6.0 points, half a point clear of Cuban-Colombian GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez [...]

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from February 22nd to 26th of 2012. This tournament is the 16th in its series and is being held in Suite C1002 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament is organized by Ankit Gupta, FA, [...]