The AAI GM tournament in New Delhi takes place 22nd June - 2nd July 2011. Caruana, Laznicka, Sasikiran, Wesley So, Negi and Women's World Champion Hou Yifan play in this double round robin event with play at 9:30am British Summer Time.

The AAI GM tournament in New Delhi takes place 22nd June - 2nd July 2011. Caruana, Laznicka, Sasikiran, Wesley So, Negi and Women's World Champion Hou Yifan play in this double round robin event with play at 9:30am British Summer Time.

The European Individual School Chess Championship 2011 will take place 11th October (Arrival) to 19th October (Departure) in Antalya, Turkey. Each National Federation or School Association or Schools may enter an unlimited number of players in each of the 12 age groups.

ΕΝΩΣΗ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥΣΚΑΚΙΜέσα σε εγκάρδια σκακιστική ατμόσφαιρα, που βοήθησε να παιχτούν παρτίδες υψηλού επιπέδου, ολοκληρώθηκε την Κυριακή 19 Ιουνίου, στην πόλη της Λαμίας το ...

In the battle of the 1990ers vs. the field, it was a rout. Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, both born 11 years before the new millenium*, drew their game, tied for first, made progress on the rating list and left the rest of the field in their dust. Their game was a fairly uneventful Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian. Karjakin equalized as Black without much trouble, and the game was drawn at move 30...

IM Malcolm Pein reports on Magnus Carlsen's round 7 win against Vassily Ivanchuk in the Kings Tournament in Medias which took him back into the lead.

Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin finished top of the table at Bazna Kings Grand Slam tournament with equal score 6,5/10 games. Carlsen was declared winner, as both had equal number of wins (first tiebreak), equal direct score (second tiebreak), but Carlsen had better third tiebreak - Sonneborn-Berger.

Co-leaders Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin drew their last-round game on Tuesday at the King’s Tournament in Medias, Romania. It was Carlsen who finished first on tie-break, and so the Norwegian retained his Kings’ title from last year. Vassily Ivanchuk finished with an excellent victory against Hikaru Nakamura while Teimour Radjabov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ended [...]

Eduard Gufeld Δύο πολύ ενδιαφέροντα βίντεο θα παρακολουθήσουμε σήμερα. Ο Ρώσος Γκραν μαιτρ Eduard Gufeld (19/3/1936 - 23/9/2002) αναλύει με πολύ διδακτικό τρόπο την παρτίδα του με αντίπαλο τον Γιουγκοσλάβο Γκραν μαιτρ Bozidar Ivanovic (24/8/1946)...

Sanan Sjugirov is in sole first place after 6 rounds at the ‘Higher League’ of the Russian Championship. The 18-year-old Russian grandmaster scored 5/6 and is followed by Artyom Timofeev who is the only player with 4.5 points. The tournament is a qualifier for the main championship later this year. A banner in a Taganrog [...]

Μέσα στο ζοφερό “σοφρωνιστικό” σύστημα της χώρας φαίνονται, αραιά και που, κάποιες αχτίδες, συνήθως με πρωτοβουλία μη κρατικών φορέων.  Το Δελτίο Τύπου έφτασε στο email μου από την ΕΣΘ που ως σύλλογος, διοργανώνει...

Πολύ σκληρή είναι η μάχη στο king’s tournament. Έναν γύρο πριν το τέλος και ο Κάρλσεν ισοβαθμεί με τον Καριάκιν στην πρώτη θέση με 6 βαθμούς σε 9 αγώνες. Στον τελευταίο γύρο, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί σήμερα, οι δύο αντίπαλοι...

Το πολύ όμορφο έργο "Variations on a theme of Scriabin" γιά σόλο κιθάρα του Πολωνού συνθέτη και πιανίστα Alexandre Tansman (12/6/1897 - 15/11/1986) θα ακούσουμε τούτο το πρωινό. Ερμηνεύει υπέροχα η Ρωσίδα κιθαρίστρια Irina Kulikova σε ρεσιτάλ της που έδωσε στο...

Karjakin defeats Ivanchuk in Austrian attack (Pirc), video analysis.

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.