GM Norm holder Vidit Santosh Gujrathi showed that he is fine nick, as he overcame Grandmaster Sasa Martinovic of Croatia in 45 moves. Indian medal hopes rest with GM Adhiban Baskaran at 8.0 points in the Open section, while WGM Padmini Rout has an outside chance to match her bronze medal result from the world junior 2010.

Russian Championship. As it was after round 1, so it is again after round 5: Peter Svidler is again in clear first. Svidler defeated Artyom Timofeev with the black pieces, thanks largely, it seems, to Timofeev's time trouble. After 29 moves, Timofeev was at least equal, but then started sliding downhill from that point, falling completely off the cliff with his last move, 34.Ng4?? self-mating his...

FM Christoph Natsidis was given a two-year ban for cheating at this year's German Championship (the old smartphone in the bathroom trick, as Agent 86 might put it). A sad tale, but at least the 23-year-old law student(!) immediately came clean after getting caught - not that there was anything obvious he could do to dispute it! More info here.

Peter Svidler has excellent chances to win his 6th Russian title. With two rounds to go, the grandmaster from St. Petersburg is a full point ahead of the rest of the field. In the 5th round he beat Artyom Timofeev, while co-leader Alexander Morozevich lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi. More later. General info The Super Final [...]

“The addition of Anatoly Karpov to this already impressive field will only serve to heighten the intensity of this battle,” said Tony Rich, the executive director of the CCSCSL. “It will be an honor to welcome Karpov to the club.”

Δελτίο Τύπου Σ.Ο. Λαμίας. «1ο OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT- ΚΑΡΠΕΝΗΣΙ 2011». Στο πανέμορφο Καρπενήσι στις 1-2-3-4 Σεπτέμβρη 2011 είναι το επόμενο σκακιστικό ραντεβού.Ελβετικό σύστημα κληρώσεων 6 γύρων,  χρόνος σκέψης 75΄ για την ολοκλήρωση της...

Woman Grandmaster from Peru Cori Tello Deysi maintained her stay on top, holding Ozturk Kubra of Turkey to a draw. The Peruvian girl pressed for victory and stretched herself as the game went into a knight versus three pawns ending. Kubra defended accurately, as the marathon game concluded after 75 moves.

FM Christoph Natsidis, who was caught cheating at this year’s German Championship, was sentenced a two-year ban by the German Chess Federation. The 23-year-old player from Bannewitz, Germany used a chess program on his smartphone during a game and afterwards admitted that he cheated. Christoph Natsidis | Photo © official website One June 4th, 2011 [...]

Hou Yifan is well on her way to win the first Women Grand Prix tournament in the 2011-2012 series. In Rostov, Russia the Chinese GM has a two-point lead, with three rounds to play. Hou Yifan and Tatiana Kosintseva at the round 8 press conference | Photo © FIDE General info The FIDE Women Grand [...]

Μόλις βγήκε το νέο διαφημιστικό βίντεο!Πατήστε εδώ για να δείτε περισσότερες πληροφορίες. :)

1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2524 - WGM Ruan Lufei 2479 12 2 GM Koneru Humpy 2614 - GM Hou Yifan 2575 11 3 IM Galliamova Alisa 2492 - GM Lahno Kateryna 2536 10 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2497 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2557 9 5 IM Muzychuk Anna 2538 - IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2427 8 6 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 - GM Danielian Elina 2521 7

Η άσκηση είναι από την χθεσινή παρτίδα της stefanova.Τα μαύρα κομμάτια δεν συνεργάζονται. Αυτό συμβαίνει, συνήθως, όταν προσπαθούν να κερδίσουν υλικό σε χειρότερη θέση. Τα λευκά εκμεταλλεύονται την αδυναμία στην τελευταία...

ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΛΑΜΙΑΣΜ. ΜΠΟΤΣΑΡΗ & ΔΡΟΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΥΛΑΜΙΑ 351 00ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝΛαμία, αρ. πρωτ. ΣΟΛ 240 / 8-8-2011, ΕΣΟ 89340/8-8-2011Ο ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ, προκηρύσσει το «1ο OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT- ΚΑΡΠΕΝΗΣΙ 2011», με διεθνή αξιολόγηση.1...

Malcolm Pein looks at the odd goings on surrounding the announcement of Moscow as the venue for Viswanathan Anand's defence of his title against Boris Gelfand in May 2012.

This week's show should be useful on a number of levels. One benefit to viewers is that you get to see a small trap that's pretty easy for White to fall into, and in this particular blitz game, the fish - me - was hooked. That was the beginning of the story. The next part was figuring out what to do then, and more generally, figuring out how to respond to an unpleasant surprise. If I reacted...