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 V. Kovalenko 2009 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week D. Gurgendize 2009 new [...]

Le Quang - Giri and Meier - Ponomariov were relatively easygoing draws, so the drama du jour fell fully upon the Kramnik - Nakamura game. Normally one would expect both players to be happy with a quick draw: Nakamura had the black pieces and would probably like to put an end to a bad tournament, while Kramnik had achieved what he needed to and could put a relaxed end to a great event. Didn't...

Χθες ξεκίνησε το καλοκαιρινό τουρνουά της Καβάλας. Γενικά λένε πολλοί ότι η Καβάλα είναι μόνο για σκάκι και συνήθως η σκακιστές δεν απολαμβάνουν την θάλασσα ή της διακοπές τους… Φυσικά δεν συμφωνώ με αυτή την άποψη...

The 37th Open Internacional d'Escacs Vila de Sitges was held from 22nd to 30th July at the Saló Teatre del Casino Prado in Sitges, Spain. The tournament was played in two rating groups and is part of the Catalan Chess Circuit.

Εάν έχετε απορίες για το τι είναι μια σιμουλτανε επίδειξη μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε το παρακάτω βίντεο! Είναι από τις εκδηλώσεις από την Πρέβεζα και έχει ανέβει από το κανάλι pamepreveza.Θα ήθελα σας παρακαλώ να προσέξετε...

The 2011 Turkish Youth Chess Championships took place in Istanbul from July 23rd till July 28th. The tournaments were played under the Swiss system, 7 rounds, U-13 till U-18 age categories among boys and girls.

The 15th HZ Open takes place in Vlissingen stars Arkadij Naiditsch and the newly active Yasser Seirawan.

The 15th HZ Open takes place in Vlissingen stars Arkadij Naiditsch and the newly active Yasser Seirawan.

Both Michael Adams and Nigel Short had to work hard to win their games, but they pulled it off, while Gawain Jones had a breezier path to the (shared) lead: Jones (2606) - Bates (2373), British Championship Round 6: 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Qe1 c4 8. dxc4 Qb6+ 9. Kh1 Bxb2 10. Bxb2 Qxb2 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qb4 13. Rb1 Qxc4 14. Rxb7 Nd4 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rxa7...

Vladimir Kramnik secured his 10th Dortmund tournament win with a 28 move draw against Anish Giri. To win such a strong event even once is a great achievement but 10 times is astonishing. Hikaru Nakamura scored his first win when his opponent Georg Meier missed a simple trick after which he just had to resign. Ponomariov-Le Quang Liem was an uneventful draw. Final Round 10 Sun 31st July 12pm UK...

Vladimir Kramnik secured his 10th Dortmund tournament win with a 28 move draw against Anish Giri. To win such a strong event even once is a great achievement but 10 times is astonishing. Hikaru Nakamura scored his first win when his opponent Georg Meier missed a simple trick after which he just had to resign. Ponomariov-Le Quang Liem was an uneventful draw. Final Round 10 Sun 31st July 12pm UK...

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Vladimir Kramnik came into the day needing only a draw (or a non-win from Le Quang Liem) to clinch clear first and win his 10th Dortmund crown, and he got it without too much sweat against Anish Giri. If the times on ICC are right, Kramnik needed just over eight minutes to make 27 moves and accept a draw on the 28th - and it wasn't even in a Petroff. Even without the draw, he had insurance as Le...

It was a close vote, but Magnus Carlsen won the 2010 Chess "Oscar"; Viswanathan Anand came in second. Normally, winning a world championship match results in an Oscar, but this time it was close but not quite. (Of course, it should also be noted that in many past years the world champion was also the dominant figure in the chess world, as was clearly the case with Karpov and Kasparov during their...

David Howell leads the British Chess Championships with 4/4 after beating Stephen Gordon. IM Malcolm Pein reports.