Ανοικτή Σκακιστική Γιορτή στο νέο δημαρχείο Θεσσαλονίκης.Σάββατο 24 και Κυριακή 25 Σεπτεμβρίου στις 6 μμ.Στους Ανοικτούς Χώρους του Δημαρχειου. Παιχνίδια για νήπια, παιδιά αλλά και ενήλικες.Διαγωνισμοί με έπαθλα...

Peter Svidler won the FIDE World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk and a cheque for $100,000 with a final game draw securing a 2.5-1.5 win against Alexander Grischuk. After a cautious opening Svidler suddenly seemed resolved to actively take the title and his energetic play which has typified his performance easily got him the draw required. Grischuk said that his opponent clearly played the best of anyone...

Peter Svidler won the FIDE World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk and a cheque for $96,000 with a final game draw securing a 2.5-1.5 win against Alexander Grischuk. After a cautious opening Svidler suddenly seemed resolved to actively take the title and his energetic play which has typified his performance easily got him the draw required. Grischuk said that his opponent clearly played the best of anyone...

The 2011 World Cup is over at last, and Peter Svidler is the champion. He drew quite comfortably with the white pieces against Alexander Grischuk, and could easily have pressed for a win if he wanted to. His 34th move let Grischuk escape the worst of it, but only at the cost of allowing the position to be completely drawn. With the draw Svidler won the match 2.5-1.5 and Grischuk took the second...

Finishing up on some other chess news before writing up the finale of the World Cup, two other events of note have just come to an end. Hou Yifan finished with a couple of draws to maintain her one-point lead over Anna Muzychuk (who also drew her last two games) to win the Women's Grand Prix in Shenzhen, China. She finished with 8/11 and a 2648 TPR; another good, solid result leading into her...

Με τη συμμετοχή 51 σκακιστών και σκακιστριών, εκ των οποίων 5 τιτλούχοι και 42 με διεθνές έλο, ξεκίνησε το 117ο Όπεν Αμπελοκήπων, που συνδιοργανώνουν ο Σ.Ο. Αμπελοκήπων και ο Σ.Ο. “Θωμάς Γεωργίου”. Οι αγώνες διεξάγονται...

Ενδιαφέρουσες σκακιστικές διαλέξεις διοργανώνει ο Σ.Π.Κ. Φυλής. Αναλυτικά το κείμενο που λάβαμε από τον δραστήριο σκακιστικό όμιλο:   Στα πλαίσια ανάπτυξης των σκακιστικών δραστηριοτήτων μας, προγραμματίζουμε...

Malcolm Pein looks at Peter Svidler's exploitation of his friend Alexander's time trouble in game one of the World Cup final. He also looks at a Hikaru Nakamura win from the Kings vs Queens event.

Malcolm Pein looks at Peter Svidler's exploitation of his friend Alexander's time trouble in game one of the World Cup final. He also looks at a Hikaru Nakamura win from the Kings vs Queens event.

From amongst the hypermodern thinkers and players, Aaron Nimzovitsch is often thought of as the one who is most worth studying. But I’d like to put in a word for Richard Reti whose elegant games and superb books (Modern Ideas in Chess and Masters of the Chess Board) offer wonderful insights into chess strategy. The [...]

Η συνέλευση της σκακιστικής ομάδας του Σ.Ο ΣΑΧ - Μικρόπολις που έγινε την Παρασκευή 16 Σεπτεμβρίου, πήρε τις ακόλουθες αποφάσεις για την αγωνιστική χρονιά 2011-2012.1.   Διοργάνωση Τουρνουά πουλ 6 ή 8 σκακιστών κάθε μήνα...

Here's an article on Magus Carlsen's split with Garry Kasparov (HT: Brian Karen). The split is old news, as the oxymoronic phrase goes, and that there was acrimony or at least tension is also reasonably well-known, thanks to the New Yorker profile of Carlsen earlier this year. The new article at least manages to fill in some details, and is also newsworthy for the information that while they're...

Last month was the centennial of Mikhail Botvinnik's birth, and there were various celebrations in Russia commemorating the life and contributions of the sixth world chess champion. There were chess tournaments, most notably the big rapid event with Anand, Kramnik, Aronian and Carlsen (to list the players in the order in which they finished - Kramnik and Aronian tied for second), and there was...

Peter Svidler just needs a draw with white against Alexander Grischuk in the final game of the World Cup final. This followed his first draw with black since round 3.1. Svidler avoided the temptation to try and finish things today by exploiting more lunatic clock handling from Grischuk. Likely this was the most professional and level-headed approach. In the 3rd-4th place playoff Vassily Ivanchuk...

Peter Svidler just needs a draw with white against Alexander Grischuk in the final game of the World Cup final. This followed his first draw with black since round 3.1. Svidler avoided the temptation to try and finish things today by exploiting more lunatic clock handling from Grischuk. Likely this was the most professional and level-headed approach. In the 3rd-4th place playoff Vassily Ivanchuk...