The Russian Cup takes place throughout the year. They have a final event amongst the best performers which is currently a knock-out event. 16 players in the men's section (4 rounds) and the women's 8 players (3 rounds) in Magnitogorsk 13th-20th November 2011.

The Russian Cup takes place throughout the year. They have a final event amongst the best performers which is currently a knock-out event. 16 players in the men's section (4 rounds) and the women's 8 players (3 rounds) in Magnitogorsk 13th-20th November 2011.

In these days of computer based preparation and constant yearning after so-called ‘edges’ or ‘equality’ it’s easy to forget these wise words of Savielly Tartakover. Given that there are only three outcomes to a chess game (win for White, draw or win for Black) does an edge for one side mean a win or a [...]

The Tal Memorial takes place in Moscow Wednesday 16th - Friday 25th November 2011. The exciting field commemorating the 75th birthday of Mikhail Tal stars Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand and Ian Nepomniachtchi. There can be significant changes at the top of the rating list.

World champion Hou Yifan had a very difficult time today against Humpy Koneru. With White, the challenger enjoyed a serious initiative for a long time in an Open Catalan, but couldn't quite push the champ over the edge. Only a draw, but it was still a psychologically promising start for the Indian grandmaster. Official site here, game (with my light notes) here.

The semi-finals of the U.S. Chess League are underway, with New York taking on Manhattan and Chicago battling Los Angeles. (New York and Chicago have draw odds in their matches, and will advance to the finals in case their matches end in a 2-2 tie.) You can watch the action live on the Internet Chess Club.

We rode on opium tires from the colossal airport chess game at dawn, new from glass in the broken night…   Μεταφερθήκαμε σε οπιούχους τροχούς από το γιγαντιαίο αεροδρόμιο το παιχνίδι του σκακιού την αυγή, καινούργια αντανάκλαση στη σπασμένη νύχτα Προσγείωση...

Σκακιέρα σε ακτή της Ταϊτής, τοποθετημένη με το κάτω δεξί τετράγωνο μαύρο. Ο ζωγράφος Πωλ Γκωγκέν έζησε στην Ταϊτή με την ιθαγενή Παχούρα κατά τη δεκαετία του 1890, υποστήριζε πως βίωνε ένα θαύμα ζωής και μιλούσε με θέρμη...

The first game of the Women's World Chess Championship in Tirana, Albania ended in a draw. It looked like Hou Yifan would completely equalise early at one stage but in the end she had to exercise some care and take a rook and pawn ending where Koneru had an extra pawn on the kingside but where the draw was pure technique.

The first game of the Women's World Chess Championship in Tirana, Albania ended in a draw. It looked like Hou Yifan would completely equalise early at one stage but in the end she had to exercise some care and take a rook and pawn ending where Koneru had an extra pawn on the kingside but where the draw was pure technique.

Eric van Reem sends a press release for Round 1 of the Euwe Memorial where there were three draws. Stuart Conquest didn't manage to make it due to trying to travel from England on the day of the event (if I'd been invited to an event I think I would have rather forgone playing the 4NCL on Sunday rather than try to do this) and running into fog. Although his opponent KetevanArakhamia-Grant also...

Eric van Reem sends a press release for Round 1 of the Euwe Memorial where there were three draws. Stuart Conquest didn't manage to make it due to trying to travel from England on the day of the event (if I'd been invited to an event I think I would have rather forgone playing the 4NCL on Sunday rather than try to do this) and running into fog. Although his opponent Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant also...

IM Malcolm Pein reports on Germany's remarkable victory in the European Team Championship. He also reports on England's disappointing performance but one not without reason nor compensation with Michael Adams and Gawain Jones having successful events. He looks at a game from each of them.

IM Malcolm Pein reports on Germany's remarkable victory in the European Team Championship. He also reports on England's disappointing performance but one not without reason nor compensation with Michael Adams and Gawain Jones having successful events. He looks at a game from each of them.

KAPPA-54 TOURNAMENT                         Round 4 on 2011/11/18 at 18:00                         Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 6 Vazelakis Dimitrios 2½   3 Arben Gjergaj 12 2 7 Samartzis Mihail 2 [...]