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   2 Eftimakis Dimitros 2 2 6 Poulos [...]

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 2 on 2012/02/20 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 6 Poulos Georgios 1 1  -  0 1 Kostouros Alexandros 1 2 [...]

The 11th Aeroflot Open ended in a predictably tight finish, with victories at a premium throughout. The winning score was the relatively low 6.5/9. Mateusz Bartel of Poland was the surprise winner, edging out Anton Korobov and Pavel Eljanov on tie-break. Former FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman had his best result for years and ended 4th on tie break in the group of 5 players on...

Magnus Carlsen appeared on the prestigious news show "60 Minutes" which has run on CBS since 1968. Reporter Bob Simon profiled Carlsen in a segment that appeared Sunday February 19th 2012. You can now see this interview and much additional material. There is footage of Carlsen in Norway and playing at the London Chess Classic alongside the interview. Videos embedded in the body of the article...

The 2nd Ferdowsi International Chess Open Tournament was held from 9th to 20th February in Mashhad, Iran. The tournament was organized by the Chess Association of “Khorasan-Razavi” province on behalf of I.R.Iran Chess Federation and conducted over 11 rounds of Swiss system. Grandmaster Arman Pashikian took an early lead and maintained the position to become [...]

Maybe there haven't been any super-events of the Wijk aan Zee sort since, well, Wijk aan Zee finished, but there have been events with super-GMs in them. We've already discussed the Aeroflot Open, but upon its conclusion there was an enormously strong speed chess tournament. The Aeroflot Blitz Open was won by Sergey Karjakin, half a point ahead of Alexander Grischuk. The field included such stars...

The show was a little late getting posted, and I'm reporting it a bit later still because I was out of town playing in a tournament, but that's okay - it means those of you who wait for the notification on here will have two ChessVideos shows this week from me rather than just one! The topic for this show is again the Archangelsk Variation, but this time we cover the 7.d3 line that makes the...

Και ναι ήρθε η στιγμή που όλοιπεριμέναμε! Να δούμε αναλυμένη την καλύτερη παρτίδα του τέταρτου γύρου από τοΤουρνουά των Ιωαννίνων. Φυσικά, δεν θα μπορούσε να είναι άλλη, κατά την γνώμημου πάντα, από την αναμέτρηση...

4η νίκη για την ομάδα μας στο διασυλλογικό πρωτάθλημα του προκριματικού ομίλου Α΄ Εθνικής. Ο αγώνας ξεκίνησε στις 5 μ.μ. λόγω καρναβαλιού και μετά απο 4 ώρες έληξε με 6,5 – 3,5 υπέρ της ομάδας μας. Μπαλόκας, Νικολακόπουλος...

Even more from the dynamic duo!        

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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 rounds held on the second day were more peaceful compared to Saturday’s [...]

Δύσκολη αγωνιστική ημέρα η σημερινή για τη Σκακιστική Άνοιξη καθώς η ομάδα  είχε πάρα πολλές απουσίες, κυρίως λόγω ασθένειας. Αυτό είχε σαν αποτέλεσμα στο Κύπελλο Αττικής Φιλίας να αγωνιστούμε με μόνο 4παίκτες ...

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 2 on 2012/02/20 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 6 Poulos Georgios 1   1 Kostouros Alexandros 1 2 2 Eftimakis [...]

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 1 on 2012/02/17 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 13 Ntelis Polizois 0 0  -  1 0 Eftimakis Dimitros 2 2 [...]