The tournament is only half over, but Vladimir Kramnik has to be a happy man at the moment. Going into the rest day, he leads with a spectacular 4.5/5, can boast of a spectacular 3087 TPR, and is near 2800 on the Live Rating list. Today's victory came over Anish Giri, who was comprehensively outplayed. (Kramnik should enjoy it while he can - I'm sure Giri will be a member of the 2800 club in the...

The lucky spectators got to enjoy three lively games today. The "boring" game was Vachier-Lagrave vs. Caruana, which ended in a draw by repetition after the Frenchman first sacrificed the exchange (refused) and then a piece. It's a pity the game couldn't continue, but it was contentful as far as it went. The most important result from a competitive standpoint was Carlsen's second victory over...

A long and excellent read, highly recommended.

After beating Anish Giri in the 5th round on Monday Vladimir Kramnik finished the first half of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund with a superb 4.5/5. Le Quang Liem is in clear second place after beating Ruslan Ponomariov. Georg Meier and Hikaru Nakamura drew a marathon game of 150 moves. More later. General info [...]

The 29th Andorra Chess Open was held from 16th to 24th July at the Hotel Sant Gothard, Ctra. d'Arinsal s/n. Erts (La Massana). The tournament was organized by Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra. The Andorra Chess Open is valid for the "VIIIè Circuit Català d'Oberts Internacionals".

Ο Έκτορας Αζής – Αζίζης  με 6 βαθμούς σε 6 αγώνες ήταν ο νικητής του προκριματικού τουρνουά Ίσθμια 2011 που πραγματοποιήθηκε το διάστημα 22-24 Ιουλίου στον Πολυχώρο Πολιτεία και κέρδισε την δωρεάν φιλοξενία του στο Διεθνές...

Armenia had their lead reduced to two points after drawing 2-2 with Azerbaijan in a lively match where Mamedyarov's win for Azerbaijan was equalised by Vladimir Akopian in the final game to finish. This means a draw against final round opponents Ukraine will give them the title, Ukraine in turn can catch them by beating them but only a 4-0 win will allow them to over-take. Closer are China who...

Armenia had their lead reduced to two points after drawing 2-2 with Azerbaijan in a lively match where Mamedyarov's win for Azerbaijan was equalised by Vladimir Akopian in the final game to finish. This means a draw against final round opponents Ukraine will give them the title, Ukraine in turn can catch them by beating them but only a 4-0 win will allow them to over-take. Closer are China who...

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Επιβεβαίωση συμμετοχών Σάββατο 3 Σεπτεμβρίου έως τις 13:00Κλήρωση 1ου Γύρου Σάββατο 3 Σεπτεμβρίου 14:00 ΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΣΚΕΨΗΣ: 90 λεπτά για 40 κινήσεις + 15 λεπτά για όλη την παρτίδα + 30 δευτερόλεπτα ανά κίνηση από την πρώτη κίνηση ...

Pirates of the Carribean!

   High way to the Danger Zone!

Magnus Carlsen started the second half of the Biel Chess Festival with a win against Yannick Pelletier. The Norwegian increased his lead in the standings to three points as both Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana and Morozevich vs Shirov ended in draws. More later. General info The 44th Biel Chess Festival takes place July 16-29 in Biel, [...]

"This is a very tough tournament. It may look easy because I led from the start. But we know that until the final round I was not sure of becoming champion," said So.