Matthew Sadler has obviously got a taste for chess again as he plays the Oslo Chess International 2nd-9th October 2011. He is 2nd seed, Sergei Tiviakov is the top.

Matthew Sadler has obviously got a taste for chess again as he plays the Oslo Chess International 2nd-9th October 2011. He is 2nd seed, Sergei Tiviakov is the top.

The 1st Qin Huangdao Open is yet another new Chinese event 30th September - 7th October 2011. I'm hoping for an archive of games to emerge as live coverage is the only source and round 1 wasn't caught by anyone and round 2 has a number of incomplete games.

The 1st Qin Huangdao Open is yet another new Chinese event 30th September - 7th October 2011. I'm hoping for an archive of games to emerge as live coverage is the only source and round 1 wasn't caught by anyone and round 2 has a number of incomplete games.

Veselin Topalov went to Dublin on October 3rd 2011. He played a clock simul against the Irish Men's Team (GM Alex Baburin, IM Sam Collins, IM Alex Lopez and IM Mark Quinn). Topalov lost to Alex Baburin, drew with Sam Collins and Alex Lopez and beat Mark Quinn. So the match was drawn 2-2. Games now available.

Malcolm Pein looks at the end of Carlsen's win against Ivanchuk in the 5th round of the 4th Final Masters. This marked the half way point. The players travel from Sao Paulo to Bilbao for the second half.

Just to finish things up from the previous post, the games from Veselin Topalov's drawn simul against the Irish team can be found here (but still not on the event's live games page). On to bigger and better things: the Karpov tournament in Poikovsky (Russia) started today, and with six 2700s in the field of ten it's very strong. (Further, at least 3 of the other 4 have been 2700, if recollection...

Αυτή την  Τετάρτη 5/10 στις 7 μμ θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην Πετρούπολη εκδήλωση με θέμα  "Σκάκι και Εκπαίδευση". Ομιλητής θα είναι ο Ηλίας Κουρκουνάκης, σκακιστικός συγγραφέας και προπονητής. Η εκδήλωση θα γίνει στο...

Here’s a nice win by the creative Levon Aronian in the Sao Paulo Masters. He sacrifices a pawn in the opening and wins in flowing attacking style. Aronian is currently one of my favorite players, largely because of his creative and original style. He’s forever looking for the initiative and finds some highly original ways [...]

Ηλικιωμένοι σκακιστές παίζουν το αγαπημένο τους παιχνίδι. Φθινοπωρινό μεσημέρι στο στην Άπω Ανατολή, στο μυθικό  Βλαδιβοστόκ, το μεγάλο λιμάνι της Ρωσίας στον Ειρηνικό Ωκεανό που αποτέλεσε μέρος της Κινεζικής και της...

Garry Kasparov recently played (and defeated) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a two-game blitz match; now he's getting ready to face off against Nigel Short on this coming Sunday, October 9. According to Mark Crowther of TWIC, it will be an 8-game blitz match with a time control of five minutes per game (per player) with a two second increment after each move. In his heyday, one of Kasparov's best and...

Veselin Topalov comes to Dublin on October 3rd 2011. He plays a clock simul against the Irish Men's Team (GM Alex Baburin, IM Sam Collins, IM Alex Lopez and IM Mark Quinn).

(Εισαγωγή - http://chessnewsgr.blogspot.com/2011/04/20.html)(Korchnoi-Sax - http://chessnewsgr.blogspot.com/2011/04/20-korchnoi-sax.html)(Yusupov-Dolmatov - http://chessnewsgr.blogspot.com/2011/04/20-yusupov-dolmatov.html)(Anand-Dreev - http://chessnewsgr.blogspot.com/2011/05/20-anand-dreev.html)Gelfand B. 2700 Urs 5.5Nikolic P. 2620 Yug 4.5Ο Gelfand είναι χωρίς...

I’ve just returned home from Galway. I believe the last time I played was in 2007 according to the trophy – I managed a win that time too I arrived in Galway on Thursday and played an 18 board simultaneous display at the Galway Bridge club. As is customary in simuls, I had White on [...]

The Your Next Move Press Release of 3rd October 2011 which announces the Garry Kasparov vs Nigel Short Blitz Chess Match. There will be commentary from Genna Sosonko and live streaming at: www.exqisport.be.