It has been republished a bunch of places, but I'll send you to the point of origin, Chessdom. Worth a read.

A nice job - but where was this last week? Five down, five to go (including the bowl game). Next week's victim: Wake Forest. Go Irish!

Friday morning I had White against Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov. I again used the repertoire in my How to Beat the Sicilian. We actually followed a line from the first game in the entire book! He deviated at move nine but I followed the same plan. I reached a position with more space and a [...]

Στο πλαίσιο της ανάληψης της θέσης του προπονητή των νεαρών σκακιστών της ΕΣ Αιγιαλείας από τον κ. Δημήτρη Μπαλόκα, διοργανώθηκε αγώνας επίδειξης σιμουλτανέ με στόχο την καλύτερη γνωριμία των νεαρών σκακιστών  με...

Γεννήθηκε στη Βιέννη το Νοέμβριο του 1893. Έχασε το ένα του πόδι σε νηπιακή ηλικία και έτσι, σε συνδυασμό με τη φτώχεια της οικογένειάς του στερήθηκε τις περισσότερες απολαύσεις της παιδικής ηλικίας και της εφηβείας...

Αποσπάσματα από μακροσκελέστατη συνέντευξη που έδωσε ο Γιώργος Μακρόπουλος στον Βλαντ Τκατσίεβ για λογαριασμό του whychess.org και δημοσιεύτηκε στις 27 Οκτωβρίου. Ο Μακρόπουλος μιλάει για το toiletgate στην Ελίστα απαντώντας...

Something I’ll never understand is why FIDE made the fascistic decision to ban English Descriptive chess notation, thus condemning it to obsolescence. There are so many great books written with this notation which are now difficult for younger players to access. It’s also a very easy and logical form for people to understand when they’re [...]

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and 2nd seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov meet in the final of the Corsica Masters Knockout which moves from Bastia to Ajaccio on Monday 31st October.. Earlier rounds and the main open all took place in Bastica. Krishnan Sasikiran finished on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gawain Jones in the open. Games and results section.

Our "quick" series on the Ruy Lopez continues as we sneak up on the Open Variation. In fact, this episode takes an early look at the Open, albeit at the interesting but somewhat dubious Riga sideline. Along the way we have a quick look at 5.Nc3 as well as d4 on move 5 and 6. Neither is terribly threatening, but Black should know a little something about them before getting surprised at the board...

Viswanathan Anand and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov star in the rapidplay that takes place 28th-31st October 2011. The final will take place in Ajaccio. The rest of the events have been in Bastia. The main open saw Krishnan Sasikiran finish on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gawain Jones. Games and results section.

Viswanathan Anand and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov star in the rapidplay that takes place 28th-31st October 2011. The final will take place in Ajaccio. The rest of the events have been in Bastia. Games and results section.

Malcolm Pein reports on the 37th Guernsey International Open.

Κάνοντας κλικ εδώ μπορείτε να βλέπετε τις συμμετοχές στο "1ο OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT ME ΔΙΕΘΝH ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗ U2200 – ΛΑΡΙΣΑ 2011"

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Continuing my miniatures theme I did a Chessbase search for games which ended in a quick mate in less than 22 moves, and between players with 2600 ratings or more. I didn’t come up with much, and the opening was rather too complex to be of instructive value for the level of players who most [...]