Bazna Kings 2011 live games will be daily on Chessdom.com with the commentary of GM Naiditsch and GM Ipatov.

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GM Ipatov has just received his Grandmaster title, and to celebrate it he will be joining for live commentary for the first round and later for Bazna Kings. Round 2 will be with computer analysis starts at 14:00 CET. Expect daily live coverage and also updates at the Chess videos section of Chessdom.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced he held a two-hour meeting on Sunday in Tripoli with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is currently in a state of civil war, with NATO and allies engaged in bombing raids, and Gaddafi himself accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. By Colin McGourty We’ll start with what appears to be the [...]

Το 3ο Διεθνές Τουρνουά Λέρου “Artemis Cup” θα διεξαχθεί από τις 12 έως τις 19 Ιουλίου στο ξενοδοχείο Crithoni’s Paradise. Οι αγώνες θα γίνουν με ελβετικό σύστημα 9 γύρων. Γενικό παράβολο: 50 Ευρώ, Νέοι <18: 35 ευρώ. Το σύνολο των χρματικών...

Σκάκι με μπουκάλια αλκοόλ, στην ταινία του 1961 «Ο άνθρωπός μας στην Αβάνα» (Our Man in Havana), του Κάρολ Ριντ, με τον Άλεκ Γκίνες και τον Έρνι Κόβατς. Βασίζεται στο ομώνυμο μυθιστόρημα του Γκράχαμ Γκρην. Στην Κούβα, χώρα φτωχή και...

   Ξεκίνησε στην πόλη της Λαμίας  το πιο ισχυρό τουρνουά που έχει διοργανωθεί έως σήμερα στον Νομό Φθιώτιδας , με πρωτοφανή μεγάλη συμμετοχή και από όλες τις περιοχές ευθύνης  της Ένωσης Σκακιστικών Σωματείων...

Leaders Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen drew in 33 moves. Ivanchuk's quiet treatment of the Ruy Lopez was unlikely to disturb Carlsen and this proved to be the case. Teimour Radjabov achieved a blocked position where only he could take action and he probed on both sides of the board before playing the natural b5 where Sergey Karjakin had to be accurate in finding the correct defensive setup...

Leaders Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen drew in 33 moves. Ivanchuk's quiet treatment of the Ruy Lopez was unlikely to disturb Carlsen and this proved to be the case. Teimour Radjabov achieved a blocked position where only he could take action and he probed on both sides of the board before playing the natural b5 where Sergey Karjakin had to be accurate in finding the correct defensive setup...

Wesley So was perhaps overconfident against tail-ender Nils Grandelius and was punished for slapdash play by being mated in 31 moves. Anish Giri against Jonny Hector was a very complicated Slav Defence where Giri grabbed a pawn but was not much or at all better and this assessment remained into a drawn rook ending. Alexei Shirov was held by Hans Tikkanen in a Slav which was interesting but also...

Wesley So was perhaps overconfident against tail-ender Nils Grandelius and was punished for slapdash play by being mated in 31 moves. Anish Giri against Jonny Hector was a very complicated Slav Defence where Giri grabbed a pawn but was not much or at all better and this assessment remained into a drawn rook ending. Alexei Shirov was held by Hans Tikkanen in a Slav which was interesting but also...

Wesley So was perhaps overconfident against tail-ender Nils Grandelius and was punished for slapdash play by being mated in 31 moves. Anish Giri against Jonny Hector was a very complicated Slav Defence where Giri grabbed a pawn but was not much or at all better and this assessment remained into a drawn rook ending. Alexei Shirov was held by Hans Tikkanen in a Slav which was interesting but also...

Ivanchuk - Carlsen, video analysis by GM Henrik Danielsen in The Insight chess show.

Wesley So - Grandelius, video analysis by GM Henrik Danielsen.

Nakamura won the chess encounter against Nisipeanu from round 2 of the Chess Grand Slam. Analysis of the game by GM Henrik Danielsen in The Insight chess show.