Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has replied to the criticism of his visit to Libya saying "I am very satisfied that I saw that chess could play such a critical role in promoting peace at this time of crisis." and that "some people are trying to use this trip to wrongfully politicize the situation". However the situation is inherently political and Ilyumzhinov has pretty much been expressing support for...

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has replied to the criticism of his visit to Libya saying "I am very satisfied that I saw that chess could play such a critical role in promoting peace at this time of crisis." and that "some people are trying to use this trip to wrongfully politicize the situation". However the situation is inherently political and Ilyumzhinov has pretty much been expressing support for...

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Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων-Κορασίδων Ικαρίας θα οργανωθεί στον Άγιο Κήρυκο από 6 μέχρι και 8 Ιουλίου, δηλαδή το τριήμερο πριν από την έναρξη του Ανοιχτού Διεθνούς Πρωταθλήματος Αιγαίου «Ίκαρος 2001». Το Πρωτάθλημα...

Στο Κυπελλο τα Γιαννενα συναντησαν την ομαδα της Φλωρινας. Γνωριζοντας την ανωτεροτητα της στην 1η (Μαστροβασιλης) και 2η (Μαρκιδης) σκακιερα αποφασισαμε να κανουμε γκαμπι στην πρωτη σκακιερα και να χτυπησουμε την 3η...

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the only game of the day beating Vassily Ivanchuk in a Ruy Lopez Berlin where he exposed Ivanchuk's king and forced him into a losing ending. Nisipeanu converted after surviving terrible time trouble. Magnus Carlsen got less than nothing against Teimour Radjabov and flirted with danger in trying to keep some complexity in the game before the draw was agreed. Nakamura...

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the only game of the day beating Vassily Ivanchuk in a Ruy Lopez Berlin where he exposed Ivanchuk's king and forced him into a losing ending. Nisipeanu converted after surviving terrible time trouble. Magnus Carlsen got less than nothing against Teimour Radjabov and flirted with danger in trying to keep some complexity in the game before the draw was agreed. Nakamura...

There was a three way tie between Wesley So (name first in the official site twitter feed, I don't know if the fact he had most wins was significant), Anish Giri and Hans Tikkanen on 3/5. The final round saw just one decisive game where Jonny Hector lost to So on the white side of a French where he carved open black's king and forced it up the board but was nevertheless always losing after...

There was a three way tie between Wesley So (name first in the official site twitter feed, I don't know if the fact he had most wins was significant), Anish Giri and Hans Tikkanen on 3/5. The final round saw just one decisive game where Jonny Hector lost to So on the white side of a French where he carved open black's king and forced it up the board but was nevertheless always losing after...

All three games in the fourth round of the Kings’ Tournament in Medias, Romania ended peacefully today. Hikaru Nakamura had a pleasant advantage against Vassily Ivanchuk and even won a pawn, but the double rook ending endeed in a draw. Magnus Carlsen also won a pawn, with Black against Sergei Karjakin, who had enough activity [...]

At the King's Tournament the spectators were treated to a super-GM lesson on how to draw in a rook ending a pawn down. Karjakin did it against Carlsen and Ivanchuk did it against Nakamura. Meanwhile, the third game saw Radjabov take his old favorite Schliemann out of mothballs against Nisipeanu, and he drew without distress. The games may not have been scintillating and no one had any real...

Biel / Bienne 2011 will take place July 18 - 29 in Switzerland. The initially announced field was Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2815), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2731), Vugar Goshimov (AZE, 2760), Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2714) Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2694) and Yannick Pelletier (SUI, 2587).

In a press release, distributed to the biggest chess websites today, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov expresses his disappointment about how people have responded to his visit on Sunday to Libya’s leader Muammar Gadaffi. Ilyumzhinov writes that it’s “unfortunate that some people are trying to use this trip to wrongfully politicize the situation in FIDE”. On [...]

Με λένε "Chess Master". Παίζω με στοίχημα την κάθε μου παρτίδα. "Πελάτες" μου όλοι εσείς επίδοξοι του σκάκι μαχητές. Μα κι εγώ, "πελάτης" της ζωής και της καθημερινής σκληρής επιβίωσης, κι εκεί η "αρένα" δεν είναι μόνον τα 64...