Αρχισε απο τον Μαρτιο και για τεσσερις μηνες επι 24 παρτιδες παρεμεινα αηττητος. Απο αυτες κερδισα περιπου τις μισες και οι αλλες εγιναν ισοπαλια.. Πρωτη φορα σπαω το προσωπικο μου ρεκορ το οποιο ηταν 15 συνεχομενες...

The young and energetic field, with an average age of just over 20 years but 2662 in Elo Ratings, produced some exciting games. The Indian duo, however, had a disappointing start with both Saskiran and Negi losing their games. Sasi lost to Wesley So in 38 moves before the time control while Negi went down to top seed and World Junior No. 1, Fabiano Caruana in 47 moves.

Ο Ρουμανος Gm Νισιπεανου φαινεται να ειναι ο κακος δαιμονας του Ιβαντσουκ. Απο οταν τον ειχε κερδισει στο Παγκοσμιο Πρωταθλημα και τον ειχε αποκλεισει ο Ιβαντσουκ φαινεται πως εχει ενα ψυχολογικο συνδρομο μαζι...

The inaugural Airports Authority of India Grandmaster chess tournament got off to a rousing start, as all three games ended in a decisive manner at the AAI Officer’s Institute on Wednesday.

Στην Αγγλία, από τον Σεπτέμβριο του 1979 ως τον Απρίλιο του 1981 κυκλοφορούσε το εβδομαδιαίο περιοδικό ποικίλης ύλης Now! στο οποίο διατηρούσε μια αξιόλογη και πρωτότυπη σκακιστική στήλη ο διεθνής μετρ Γουίλιαμ Χάρτστον, ...

The 25th International Open Tournament Pula 2011 is taking place from 18th to 25th June at the Hotel Histria in Pula, Croatia. The organizers, Croatian Chess Federation and Chess Club "Pula", have provided 11.000 EUR for the prize fund.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov underlined that the anniversary Ukrainian Chess Championship became one of the strongest chess national championships in the world (FIDE Category 17). Such results were achieved thanks to the fruitful work of the Viktor Kapustin, President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.

This year’s Cez Chess Trophy was a 6-game match between David Navara and Sergey Movsesian. The match was held June 13-19 in Prague and was won 3.5-2.5 by Navara. There were many side activities, including a simul by World Champion Vishy Anand, and Anatoly Karpov also paid a visit. Big pictorial report. The annual chess [...]

The day after the RAC simul, fortified by a substantial breakfast we waddled off to cheer on my 4NCL team manager Claire Summerscale in The London Marathon. Unfortunately we maintained the observational skills demonstrated in the Nice Technique post and she sped past us without our even noticing. We managed to track her down post-race [...]

Alec Getz handed Gregory Young his first loss in the U.S. Junior Closed Championship Tuesday, and Daniel Naroditsky won his game against Warren Harper to pull even with Young at 4 points.

O Καρλσεν μας εξηγει δυο φωνηεντα! Μια παρτιδα του Καρλσεν θα δειξουμε απο το προσφατο σουπερ τουρνουα στη Ρουμανια που κερδισε. Με 6.5 / 10 ισοβαθμησε με τον Καριακιν στην πρωτη θεση και τον ξεπερασε στα...

IM Malcolm Pein reports on Sergey Karjakin's win against Vasily Ivanchuk in a Pirc and reminds him of another game which is why he doesn't play this line.

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1. Ruslan Ponomariov made a very good impression on the audience in St. Louis during his recent match with Hikaru Nakamura, and so we, in conjunction with his many fans in Ukraine and elsewhere are pleased to see his success in the Ukranian Championship. Going into the last round he was in first, but by only half a point and facing his nearest challenger with the black pieces. He won that game...

Ruslan Ponomariov won the the Ukrainian Championship in Kiev convincingly. In his home town, the 27-year-old grandmaster scored 8.5/11 and a 2852 performance rating. Pavel Eljanov finished clear second with 7.5 points. General info The 80th Ukrainian Championship took place June 10-21 in the Ukrainian House in Kiev. With an average Elo of 2650.0 it [...]