Former British Champion and Olympiad gold medalist Matthew Sadler won the 13th Sants Open in Barcelona on Sunday with a score of 8.5/10. Playing his first long Swiss event in more than a decade, the English grandmaster defeated top seed Jan Smeets in the final round to finish half a point ahead of Eduardo Iturrizaga, [...]

Ένα καλό σκακιστικό πρόβλημα του εξαίρετου γιουγκοσλάβου επιστήμονα, GM σκακιστικού συνθέτη και ΙΜ σκακιστή Milan R. Vukcevich (11/3/1937 – 10/5/2003) το οποίο δημοσιεύθηκε στο Schach-Echo το 1976. Παίζουν τα λευκά και κάνουν ματ σε δύο...

Malcolm Pein looks at how Maxime Vachier-Lagrave drew against Etienne Bacrot in the final round of the French Championship which proved to be enough to win the title without the need for a playoff. He also looks at Bauer's win against Fressinet.

Malcolm Pein looks at how Maxime Vachier-Lagrave drew against Etienne Bacrot in the final round of the French Championship which proved to be enough to win the title without the need for a playoff. He also looks at Bauer's win against Fressinet.

Ο πρώτος γύρος σε κάθε σκακιστικό τουρνουά είναι λίγο περίεργος… Οι παίχτες δεν έχουν εγκλιματιστεί πλήρως και δεν δίνουν το 100 τις 100. Έτσι έγιναν αρκετές ισοπαλίες, χωρίς να λείψουν και οι εκπλήξεις!Ο Λέκο πίεσε πολύ...

In the biggest upset of the first day at the 2011 FIDE World Cup, Peter Leko of Hungary lost to American grandmaster Sam Shankland. Leko, a former World Championship contender, needs to win the second game with Black to stay in the competition. General info The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking [...]

Με την Σονάτα σε Λά μινόρε έργο.1, αρ.4 (HWV 362) του συνθέτη George Frideric Handel (23/2/1685 - 14/4/1759) θα ξεκινήσει μουσικά η ημέρα και η νέα εβδομάδα μας. Την σονάτα θα την ακούσουμε σε διασκευή γιά κιθάρα. Ερμηνεύει εξαιρετικά o κιθαριστής...

Some players, like Gata Kamsky and Vladimir Kramnik, are planning to retire relatively soon; others, like Yasser Seirawan and now Matthew Sadler, are at least creeping out of retirement. Sadler played successfully in a couple of minor events fairly recently (at least one of which was rapid chess), but now he has managed to win a reasonably strong, deep (25 GMs) open Swiss event. His score of...

Peter Leko's loss with white in the final game to finish against Sam Shankland was the big shock of the day, especially as it was he that was pressing most of the time. Wang Yue will need to beat Alexandr Fier with white after being well beaten. There were wins for amongst others Karjakin, Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov, Ponomariov, Gashimov, Grischuk, Radjabov, Kamsky, Jakovenko, Almasi, Vallejo, Navara...

Peter Leko's loss with white in the final game to finish against Sam Shankland was the big shock of the day, especially as it was he that was pressing most of the time. Wang Yue will need to beat Alexandr Fier with white after being well beaten. There were wins for amongst others Karjakin, Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov, Ponomariov, Gashimov, Grischuk, Radjabov, Kamsky, Jakovenko, Almasi, Vallejo, Navara...

Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! –> IM Yochanan Afek’s Official Website I. Aliev 2009 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week J. Timman 2010 new [...]

Given the pairing system, this round is set up to have the biggest mismatches, and most of the top boards were very efficient in polishing off their opponents. There were a few draws here and there, especially when the higher-rated player had Black, but only two of the 31 2700s were upset. The first one to finish was Brazilian GM Alexandr Fier's victory over Chinese GM Wang Yue (2709), and indeed...

Τελ Αβίβ, 14 Αυγούστου 2011. Ισραηλινοί έφηβοι, «αγανακτισμένοι», παίζουν μια παρτίδα σκάκι.  Κάποιοι μίλησαν για ένα  ”ισραηλινό καλοκαίρι” που έρχεται σε συνέχεια της “Αραβικής  Άνοιξης”, ελάχιστες ομοιότητες έχει...

Matthew Sadler beat David Larino Nieto in an interesting game from the 6th round of the Sants Open in Barcelona. Malcolm Pein also looks at: Angel Arribas Lopez - Alexander Ipatov. Also Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Ivan Cheparinov from Baku.

Matthew Sadler beat David Larino Nieto in an interesting game from the 6th round of the Sants Open in Barcelona. Malcolm Pein also looks at: Angel Arribas Lopez - Alexander Ipatov. Also Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Ivan Cheparinov from Baku.