In the FiveBooks Interview: Dominic Lawson on Chess former editor of The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph and writer of the Inner Game talks about chess and recommend five books. It is an interesting interview and his choice of books is very solid.

Among other Indians the results were mixed. Maharashtra boy Vidit Santosh Gujrathi playing in the top board went down to Grandmaster Salgado Lopez Ivan, while Delhi based International Master Sahaj Grover was held to a draw by FIDE Master Nicolai Getz of Norway. Orissa lad Debashis Das held top seed Grandmaster Maxim Matlakov, snatching a second draw in three rounds from the Russian.

Alexander Morozevich. Not too long ago he was the world’s number two player, but the last two years he almost disappeared from the chess radar. Then, out of nothing he participated in the Higher League of the Russian Championship, and won it. After another excellent result in Biel, the grandmaster from Moscow, Russia sat down [...]

Baku Open 2011 will take place 5-14 August in Azerbaijan. The tournament will be in “AF HOTEL” (near Caspian Sea, Novkhani), and will feature a prize fund of 50 000 EUR and is the newest to be categorized as a Super Open.

IM Malcolm Pein takes a close look at the meeting of the two favourites in round 8 of the British Chess Championships. Nigel Short had white against Michael Adams and kept a small advantage almost throughout that was insufficient for a win.

There is a three way tie after 6 rounds of the 15th HZ Open in Vlissingen. The leaders Konstantin Landa and Evgeny Postny drew with each other. Jan Smeets beat Evgeny Sveshnikov. Rd 7 pairs: Landa-Smeets and Seirawan-Postny. Below is an extremely rough translation of the Dutch press release.

The King’s Indian is hot again. While Garry Kasparov once said goodbye to his favourite opening, Hikaru Nakamura still plays it at the highest level. His last-round game in Dortmund against Vladimir Kramnik is the Game of the Week in this week’s ChessVibes Openings #135. But… is the King’s Indian in trouble? A GM game [...]

Αύριο στις 7:00 μ.μ. - 20 Αυγούστου στις 12:00 μ.μ. Τοποθεσία Κέρκυρα (πόλη) Οι νεαροί μαθητές των δύο τμημάτων του Συλλόγου Παικτών Ζατρικίου Κέρκυρας θα συναντηθούν για 2 μεγάλες αναμετρήσεις! Η ομάδα της Κέρκυρας...

Συναρπαστικές μάχες για την πρώτη θέση στο ανοιχτό πρωτάθλημα Ελλάδα γίνονται στην Καβάλα! Την κούρσα οδηγούν ο Δ. Μαστροβασίλης, ο Ν. Γαλόπουλος και η «έκπληξη» Ι. Σταθόπουλος με 4, ½  βαθμούς σε 6 αγώνες. Αν και...

Καλούνται οι εκπρόσωποι των σωματείων της ΕΣΣΠ σε Δ.Σ το Σάββατο 6 Αυγούστου 2011 στις 20:30μμ στα γραφεία της Ν.Ε.Π. για να συζητήθούν τα θέματα σχετικά με τα οδοιπορικά των σωματείων, το διασυλλογικό Ά τοπικής κατηγορίας...

Although officially on a sabbatical from chess, in between his poker events GM Loek van Wely does play some chess tournaments here and there. Recently he participated in the Curaçao open, won all his games and saw his live rating climb back to exactly 2700. The Curacao Chess Festival 2011 took place July 22-31 at [...]

On Tuesday, round 8 featured the big showdown between the two greatest players in British history, and the result was...a draw. Nigel Short had White and a serious advantage both on the board and the clock for most of the game. It wasn't enough though, as Michael Adams held on grimly and saved the game. That maintained the two-way tie at the top, but after today's round 9 (now yesterday's, for my...

This is the big one, the U-20 championship. Maxim Matlakov is the top seed - though he was held to a draw by an FM in round 1. If I've counted correctly, there are eighteen GMs in the field, and for my countrymen's benefit I'll note that the sixth seed is the U.S.'s Ray Robson. Tournament site here.

Originally here.