The tournament starts shortly after the Torredembarra Open and a number of players, including the top seed Viktor Moskalenko, will continue the Circuit at the Centre Civic Sant Marti. In addition, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos of Mexico and a strong Cuban delegation are also participating.

Malcolm Pein looks at a nice finish from Wesley So against Viktor Laznicka.

The first prize in Albena is the impressive 8000 EUR, but what is even better for the chess enthusiasts, there are 30 prizes ranging from 1000 to 100 EUR for amateur chess players, and 16 prizes ranging from 500 to 100 EUR for youngsters. Exactly such prize distribution is very typical for the Super Opens and beneficial to the whole chess community.

A Versailles court has suspended the French Chess Federation’s disciplinary sanctions against Sebastien Feller and Arnaud Hauchard, due to a formal defect. The two grandmasters are allowed to play official chess games again, pending a ruling in a trial court on the merits of the case. The French cheating case seemed to have reached a [...]

Αύριο Κυριακή 3 Ιουλίου ξεκινάει το 39ο Πανελλήνιο Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα A’ Εθνικής Κατηγορίας, που θα διεξαχθεί στην Ερέτρια Ευβοίας. Διοργανωτές είναι η Ελληνική Σκακιστική Ομοσπονδία. Συν-διοργανωτές των αγώνων θα...

They're up to issue #9 now, and the ChessVibes Training newsletter has both changed enough and become sufficiently established to justify a follow-up post to my original review. The columns are the same: a somewhat informal game presentation by the young super-GM Anish Giri, a guess-the-move exercise by IM Merijn van Delft, a didactic section by IM Thomas Willemze on a randomly determined theme...

He didn't finish as strongly as he started, but with his 6.5/8 start Fabiano Caruana was able to absorb a loss and a draw in the last two rounds and still win by a full point ahead of Krishnan Sasikiran. It was a great result for the youngster, and that 2800 TPR will push him closer to the super-tournament circuit. Event website here.

South African 19th seed FM van der Nat Nicholas P surprised every one when he defeated a much higher rated IM Grover Sahaj in a well fought game to take sole lead at the 2011 Commonwealth and South African Open Chess Championships the after 9th round.

Και επειδή η ζωή δεν είναι μόνο σκάκι, απολαύστε την εκδήλωση του Δήμου Ζωγράφου “Ωδεία – Πλατείες” (21/6/11) στην οποία συμμετείχαν και μέλη του συλλόγου μας (μπράβο Άρτεμις, συγχαρητήρια Γιάννη) ! Παγκόσμια...

The World Junior No. 1 Caruana of Italy emerged winner with seven points in the double round-robin Category 17 tournament. His only loss in the 10-round event came in the ninth round against Viktor Laznicka. Sasikiran finished sole second with six points as he drew his final round against Women’s World champion Hou Yifan of China in Ruy Lopez Breyer where the Indian had black pieces.

This morning we sent issue #9 of our new PDF + PGN magazine ChessVibes Training to our subscribers. Interested in subscribing, but not sure yet? Today we make available for download more sample pages: IM Thomas Willemze’s middlegame column of issue #8. Go ahead and have a look! Want to improve your chess? See more [...]

Το αμερικάνικο ντουέτο Montana Skies (Jennifer Adams στο βιολοντσέλο και Jonathan Adams στην κιθάρα) παίζει το πασίγνωστο τραγούδι των Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall". Μία πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα μουσική προσέγγιση του τραγουδιού και πολύ καλή ερμηνεία...

Pavel Eljanov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Ernesto Inarkiev are the strongest players in the Turkish Isbank Chess League, which started this week in Konya, Turkey. WGM Anastasiya Karlovich is in Konya and sent us a first report. By Anastasiya Karlovich The Turkish Isbank Chess League takes place in the Konya-Hilton Garden Inn Hotel from [...]

Δυο σκακιστικές φωτογραφίες που έστειλε στο skakistiko ο Φώτης Αρμπής και τις τράβηξε ο ίδιος, σε πρόσφατο ταξίδι του στην πρωτεύουσα της Ουγγαρίας. Η πρώτη είναι από τουριστικό πλοίο στο Δούναβη, όπου μπορεί κανείς να...