Viktor Bologan, The Catalan: A Complete Repertoire For White! (ChessBase DVD.) Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. With at least three books on the Catalan published over the last 2-3 years, including Boris Avrukh's magisterial 1.d4! Volume 1, it's not too surprising that the opening is now being covered on a ChessBase DVD (also available by download). Of course a video series on the Catalan can't...

The Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open took place in Kuala Lumpur 18th-25th August 2011. Li Shilong won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Lu Shanglei and Wen Yang, the top six places were taken by Chinese players.

The Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open took place in Kuala Lumpur 18th-25th August 2011. Li Shilong won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Lu Shanglei and Wen Yang, the top six places were taken by Chinese players.

The French Chess Championship took place 14th-27th August 2011. There was a delay to the broadcast of the moves on the internet to help prevent the players cheating. Laurent Fressinet and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave shared the lead, half a point clear of the field on 6.5/10 going into Thursday's amazing final round. Vachier held Bacrot to finish on 7/11. Both Romain Edouard and Fressinet could have...

Steve Giddins reports on the UK's silver medal from the World Chess Solving Championships in Jesi, Italy. 2009-10 winners Poland won for the 3rd time in a row, just as the UK did in 2005-7.

Steve Giddins reports on the UK's silver medal from the World Chess Solving Championships in Jesi, Italy. 2009-10 winners Poland won for the 3rd time in a row, just as the UK did in 2005-7.

The final rounds of the British Land UK Chess Challenge took place in Loughborough 20th-21st August 2011. Live coverage of this premier UK junior event in Loughborough 20th-21st August 2011.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the French Championship on Thursday. The top seed finished clear first with 7/11, half a point ahead of Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet, Andrei Istratescu and Sebastien Feller. In the final round Vachier-Lagrave held Bacrot to a draw, while co-leader Fressinet lost to Bauer. General info The 86th French Championship took place August [...]

A really amazing finish! As it turned out (though it could easily have been otherwise), the game Bacrot - Vachier-Lagrave determined who would finish in clear first. If Bacrot won, the title would be his; if not, Vachier-Lagrave would be the champion. After a mind-boggling game that I wasn't just home prep by Black, the result was a perpetual check that left Vachier-Lagrave with the title. His...

Still another cheating scandal, though it appears so far that the only "penalty" the putative perpetrator paid was that he couldn't continue having his pen and briefcase at the board. This reminds me of something I noticed a few days ago but didn't comment on, but will now. If you watch the summary video on the Metropolitan Open site, you'll notice at :47 and 3:24 that FM Michael Lee, who...

So says Leontxo Garcia, though as in some recent years the tournament might be split with another country. It will be good to have the second super-tournament of the yearly calendar back in place, especially now that the Amber tournaments are no more. (Via WhyChess, with a hat tip to Brian Karen.)

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