Recall that the situation going into the final round of the 98th British Championship saw Michael Adams and Nigel Short tied for first with 8/10, half a point ahead of Gawain Jones and Jonathan Hawkins, with none of the four paired against any other member of that quartet. After four hard-fought games, that's just how things ended up as well. Adams had White and a nearly 300-point rating...

Michael Adams defeated Richard Palliser whilst Nigel Short was helf by Nick Pert in Round 9 of the British Championships. This gives Adams a half point lead with a couple of rounds to go. Malcolm Pein takes a look at the game P Wells against Yang Fan Zhou

Ηλικιωμένοι Πακιστανοί παίζουν σκάκι τη νύχτα της 29ης Ιουλίου 2011, σε δρόμο του πόλης Ραβαλπίντι, κατά τη διάρκεια γενικού μπλακ άουτ που έπληξε τη χώρα. Πρόκειται για την πόλη όπου η Μπεναζίρ Μπούτο έπεσε θύμα...

All participants of the 2011 Grand Slam Masters Final were confirmed today by the organizers: Vishy Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura and Francisco Vallejo Pons. Both Sergey Karjakin, who had qualified for the tournament, and Vladimir Kramnik, the winner last year, declined invitations. At the end of June the organizers wrote [...]

This marks the second time St. Louis has won this prestigious award, which recognizes the U.S. city that has done the most to promote and further the game of chess, both locally and nationally. St. Louis also won the award in 2009.

The International Livigno Chess Open, at 1900m above sea level is probably Europe's "highest" International Tournament. Livigno also offers many activities all year round, so it is the ideal place even for those who aren't interested in chess.

Σημαντική νίκη πέτυχε χθες ο Δ. Μαστροβασίλης επί του D. Svetushkin, με τα μαύρα και μπήκε στο γκρουπ των πρωτοπόρων. Σήμερα αγωνίζεται με τα λευκά εναντίων του S. Dragan.Οι άλλοι δύο Έλληνες, Γαλόπουλος και Σταθόπουλος δεν τα...

New in our shop: 888 Miniature Studies . Genrikh Kasparyan (1910-1995) was one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. His last book remained unfinished, but Genrikh’s son Sergey decided that this brilliant collection of miniature studies should be saved from oblivion. Please have look at Genrikh Kasparyan’s legacy .

It’s interview week! At the end of June we mentioned the first part of the interview with Levon Aronian at Crestbook. Recently the second part was added, and again it’s an entertaining read. “The first thing I look at is whether I can take anything for free. If I can’t then I get down to [...]

The World Junior Chess Championship will be daily with computer analysis at 14:00 local time (10:30 CET).

Hou Yifan moved a point clear of the field in the third round of the Rostov-on-Don FIDE Women's Grand Prix with a third consecutive win. This time she won as black against Alexandra Kosteniuk. Anna Muzychuk just bulldozed Kateryna Lahno in a Scotch and Nadezhda Kosintseva took a quick draw against her sister Tatiana. Nadezhda and Muzychuk are a point behind the leader. Elo favourite Humpy...

It's a big, long show, covering various (generally offbeat) opening lines like the Budapest Gambit (declined), the Tromp, and the Grand Prix Attack; there are some nice attacking games; and some useful endgame advice is dispensed as well. Something for everyone! The show is here, and can be watched for free, on-demand, for the next month or so. (Free registration is required.)

In round 10 (of 11), Michael Adams equalized with Black and a bit more against Nicholas Pert, but it finished as a draw. Thus, after Nigel Short defeated Peter Wells, the top two players in the tournament were once again the top two players on the tournament table. Both have 8 points. Jonathan Hawkins and Gawain Jones are half a point back, having both won their games. Jones beat Summerscale with...