The Magistral Casino Barcelona tournament takes place 12th-20th October 2011. The continued return of Yasser Seirawan is probably the biggest interest. Sadly GM Eduardo Iturrizaga had a nasty car accident on the way to the airport (he's more or less fine but the car is a write-off) and had to withdraw. So the event goes ahead with just 9 players. Yasser didn't get to play until round 2.

The Magistral Casino Barcelona tournament takes place 12th-20th October 2011. The continued return of Yasser Seirawan is probably the biggest interest. Sadly GM Eduardo Iturrizaga had a nasty car accident on the way to the airport (he's more or less fine but the car is a write-off) and had to withdraw. So the event goes ahead with just 9 players. Yasser didn't get to play until round 2.

The Schachbundesliga 2011-12 takes place 14th October 2011 - 15th April 2011. 15 rounds with possible tie-breaks 27th-29th April 2012. There has been a slight change in format with the rather odd split round 9 being ended. Instead the event kicks off with a triple round at one venue Muelheim Nord 14th - 16th October 2011.

IM Malcolm Pein looks at Round 9 of the 4th Final Masters saw Levon Aronian beat World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen break through with an attack against Vassily Ivanchuk and Hikaru Nakamura gift Vallejo Pons the full points.

IM Malcolm Pein looks at Round 9 of the 4th Final Masters saw Levon Aronian beat World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen break through with an attack against Vassily Ivanchuk and Hikaru Nakamura gift Vallejo Pons the full points.

Υπάρχουν αρκετά μαθήματα που ίσως σας ενδιέφεραν. Σκάκι, Flass, λογιστικά θέματα, υγεία τροφίμων κ.α.Η κλήρωση του διαγωνισμού θα γίνει στις 22.00 ώρα Ελλάδας την 04/11/2011.Κάθε ενδιαφερόμενος μπορεί να συμμετέχει με έναν ή και...

The blitz match between Gary Kasparov and Nigel Short produced some entertaining chess. Kasparov probably chose the Black openings he did (1.e4 e5 plus the Modern Defence) because he hasn’t been playing much lately and no doubt wanted to avoid things that are too topical. Nigel Short’s response was to play some old fashioned lines [...]

"Ας λήξουν"Ποίηση-ΑπαγγελίαΜανόλης ΠολένταςΑς λήξουνας λήξουν τώραοι ερμηνείες όλεςτώρα ας λήξουνας λήξουν τώραοι δυνάστες του στείρου λόγουτώρα ας λήξουνας καταλήξουνοι στεριανοίοι ασυνήθιστοι εις τα θαλάσσια...

I've reviewed quite a few issues of the Informant for this site, so many of you will know the general story already, even if you've never seen a copy before. The Informant is published three times a year, and the meat of each issue comprises several hundred games and game fragments played during the relevant four month period. (There are 301 such games and fragments in issue 111, which covers...

We arrived back in England earlier today and, after a slight delay at the airport picking up an errant scarf, I travelled home and Sue off to work. We were both rather exhausted as we managed less than five hours sleep last night (in search of the errant Northern Lights but Sue will expand on [...]

Malcolm Pein looks at Matthew Sadler's win against Victor Mikhalevski on the way to winning the Oslo Open.

Malcolm Pein looks at Matthew Sadler's win against Victor Mikhalevski on the way to winning the Oslo Open.

Aside from the Sao Paulo/Bilbao super-tournament that just finished, two other high caliber events are well underway. One is the Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky, Russia, and the other is the Governor's Cup in Saratov - also in Russia. Both events have had a disappointingly high percentage of draws, and in the case of the Poikovsky tournament, short draws. In eight rounds (forty games) in Poikovsky...

KAPPA-53 TOURNAMENT                         Round 3 on 2011/10/14 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 Kostouros Alexandros 2   2 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3 2 2 Kesoglou Konstantinos [...]

KAPPA-53 TOURNAMENT                         Round 2 on 2011/10/10 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 5 Vazelakis Dimitrios 1 0  -  1 1 Kostouros Alexandros 1 2 8 [...]