Malcolm Pein reports on the start of the Tal Memorial with one of the strongest fields ever assembled. He gives a Tal win and the end of Ian Nepomniachtchi's win against Vladimir Kramnik.

Aside from Anand's boring draw with Nepomniachtchi, it was a tremendous third round at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. Kramnik-Carlsen was the day's only other draw, but it was an adventure. Kramnik had great winning chances early on, with Carlsen's pieces almost all finding their way back to their starting positions. Somehow he managed to defend, and later it seemed that Kramnik might have had some...

The 4th and 5th round of the Schachbundesliga take place 19th-20th November 2011. There are matches at the venues Hockenheim, Dortmund, Solingen and Berlin-Tegel. The top match of the weekend will take place in Solingen where the hosts will meet the German champion of the last six years, OSG Baden-Baden. Baden-Baden lost one match at the beginning of the season against Muelheim and is surely not...

The 4th and 5th round of the Schachbundesliga take place 19th-20th November 2011. There are matches at the venues Hockenheim, Dortmund, Solingen and Berlin-Tegel. The top match of the weekend will take place in Solingen where the hosts will meet the German champion of the last six years, OSG Baden-Baden. Baden-Baden lost one match at the beginning of the season against Muelheim and is surely not...

Richard Réti (28/5/1889 – 6/6/1929)Ένα πολύ γνωστό σκακιστικό πρόβλημα του Richard Réti θα παρακολουθήσουμε σήμερα.Παίζει ο λευκός και κάνει ισοπαλία.

Σειρά σκακιστικών εκδηλώσεων στη μνήμη του Σταύρου Ψωμιάδη διοργανώνουν συλλογικά, τα σωματεία με τα οποία αγωνίστηκε όλα αυτά τα χρόνια. Συνοπτικά προβλέπονται να πραγματοποιηθούν τρεις σκακιστικές εκδηλώσεις...

Σειρά σκακιστικών εκδηλώσεων στη μνήμη του Σταύρου Ψωμιάδη διοργανώνουν συλλογικά, τα σωματεία με τα οποία αγωνίστηκε όλα αυτά τα χρόνια. Συνοπτικά προβλέπονται να πραγματοποιηθούν τρεις σκακιστικές εκδηλώσεις προς...

This game was one of the most exciting ever featured on The Master Game. Miguel Quinteros came within a whisker of winning after his imaginative attacking play, but Browne just held on with his great defence. Here’s the second part:

(φωτ. Στα κορυφαία τουρνουά δεν υπάρχουν εκπλήξεις, ωστόσο κάθε ήττα του Βλαντιμίρ Κράμνικ με τα λευκά κομμάτια αποτελεί είδηση. Στον πρώτο γύρο ηττήθηκε από τον Ιάν Νεπομνιάτσι – το τσαγερό που έχει μαζί του στους...

Hou Yifan took an early lead in the defence of her Women's World Chess Champion title by winning game three of her match against Humpy Koneru. Hou allowed Koneru's rook into her king position whilst she took queenside pawns and almost complete charge of the light squares which proved to be Koneru's downfall in the end. A very interesting and impressive win.

Hou Yifan took an early lead in the defence of her Women's World Chess Champion title by winning game three of her match against Humpy Koneru. Hou allowed Koneru's rook into her king position whilst she took queenside pawns and almost complete charge of the light squares which proved to be Koneru's downfall in the end. A very interesting and impressive win.

Alas, I'm too busy at the moment to keep up with the Tal Memorial and the Women's World Championship, except to say that Hou Yifan won game 3 today and leads 2-1, while Vassily Ivanchuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen share the lead the Tal Memorial with each scoring 1.5/2. Hopefully this intrusion of "real life" won't interfere too much longer, but for a while I won't be able to post as...

Magnus Carslen scored his first win by beating Boris Gelfand in Round 2 of the Tal Memorial in Moscow. Carlsen's 13.Qc2 probably won't get many supporters but it did bring about double edged play. Gelfand should have played 26...Bxg3+ with a likely draw. Time trouble and a deteriorating position led to his resignation in 38 moves. The remaining games were drawn. Vassily Ivanchuk had some...

Magnus Carslen scored his first win by beating Boris Gelfand in Round 2 of the Tal Memorial in Moscow. Carlsen's 13.Qc2 probably won't get many supporters but it did bring about double edged play. Gelfand should have played 26...Bxg3+ with a likely draw. Time trouble and a deteriorating position led to his resignation in 38 moves. The remaining games were drawn. Vassily Ivanchuk had some...

Καταρχήν, πρέπει να επιστρέψουμε στο χθεσινό φινάλε Kramnik-Nepomniachtchi. Ο δρόμος προς την ισοπαλία υπήρχε αρκεί ο λευκός την κατάλληλη στιγμή να επιτεθεί στο μαύρο δίδυμο των πιονιών από πίσω. Έτσι, 39.f5! a5 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. Bxg6 b4 42. Bf7 a4...