All three games were drawn in the third round of the 19th Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmo. Alexei Shirov played the Bishop's Opening against Anish Giri and the game simplified to an ending where he had an extra d-pawn. He didn't seem to make the best of this and the game was drawn on move 40. Hans Tikkanen drew a Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation against Wesley So in 30 moves. Nils Grandelius...

The Quebec Open 2011 will take place July 23 to July 30 in Montreal, Canada. It features five sections plus a closed tournament for a total guaranteed prize fund of 18 000$.

The King's Tournament in Medias which is near Bazna in Romania had a lively first round. Vassily Ivanchuk's unusual treatment of the Averbakh Variation of the King's Indian with 7.f4 and the new 9.Bf3 clearly surprised Teimour Radjabov. After 20 moves black's position was a wreck and Ivanchuk brought home the full point. Magnus Carlsen got a very powerful position from the Queen's Gambit with...

The King's Tournament in Medias which is near Bazna in Romania had a lively first round. Vassily Ivanchuk's unusual treatment of the Averbakh Variation of the King's Indian with 7.f4 and the new 9.Bf3 clearly surprised Teimour Radjabov. After 20 moves black's position was a wreck and Ivanchuk brought home the full point. Magnus Carlsen got a very powerful position from the Queen's Gambit with...

Του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη η ραψ. α’ εδώ η ραψ. β’ εδώ η ραψ. γ’ εδώ η ραψ. δ’ εδώ η ραψ. ε’ εδώ η ραψ. ζ’ εδώ η ραψ. η’ εδώ η ραψ. θ’ εδώ η ραψ. ι’ εδώ η ραψ. κ’ εδώ Από τις σκέψεις μου με έβγαλε απροσδόκητα μια μπούφλα. Μου...

Σε μια μεταγραφική κίνηση προχώρησε η Ένωση Σκακιστών Αιγιαλείας κλείνοντας την WIM Bulmaga Irina για τη γυναικεία σκακιέρα αφού η ομάδα παρουσιάζει κενό σ΄αυτή τη θέση.Η Irina είναι μόλις 18 ετών και καταγεται απο τη Ρουμανία...

Tikkanen-So was a pretty easy draw for Black, but in the other games the weaker side had to suffer before sharing the point. Shirov enjoyed some edge against Giri with the Bishop's Opening, but couldn't make anything of an extra pawn. Finally, Grandelius-Hector was a complicated game that eventually reached an ending where White had a rook and f-pawn against bishop, knight and h-pawn. It seemed...

Δύο είναι τα σημαντικά τουρνουά που διεξάγονται αυτές τις μέρες στο εξωτερικό. Στο Μάλμε της Σουηδίας έχουμε την 19η έκδοση του Sigeman με τους Shirov, Giri, So, Hector, Grandelius και Tikkanen (μέσος όρος ΕΛΟ 2622). Ο Wesley So, o Anish Giri και ο Hans Tikkanen...

Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk both won their first white game at the Kings Tournament in Medias, Romania. Today Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura in a Queen’s Gambit Declined, while Ivanchuk beat Teimour Radjabov in a King’s Indian. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Sergey Karjakin drew their game quickly. Later more. General info The Kings Tournament takes place [...]

The first round of the 5th King's Tournament got off to a very good start with two wins in the three games. Perhaps the start of the start wasn't so great, as Nisipeanu-Karjakin was a quick draw that may have been in both players' computers years ago. The other two games were much more exciting. Ivanchuk-Radjabov was an Averbakh King's Indian with the rare 9.Bf3. Radjabov didn't seem very...

Τελικά αποτελέσματα στο μπλιτς στη μνήμη Αλεκπέρ Σαχταχτίνσκι:1 Goumas Georgios GRE 2310 8.02 IM Kalesis Nikolaos GRE 2476 7.53 Giomemo Enton ALB 1909 6.54 Psaras Stilianos GRE 2098 5.55 IM Kamenets Anatolij UKR 2295 5.56 Dounis Alexandros GRE 2252 5.07 Michelakos Panagiotis GRE 2098 4.58 Kampitsis Vasilios GRE 1836 3.59 Papargyriou...

We’re currently in Malmö, Sweden where last Thursday the Sigeman Chess Tournament started. After two of the five rounds Anish Giri, Wesley So and Hans Tikkanen are sharing the lead with 1.5/2, followed by Alexei Shirov (1), Johnny Hector (0.5) and Nils Grandelius (0). In a few days we’ll be travelling to the Kings Tournament, [...]

Anish Giri vs Grandelius was one of the most exciting chess games from the Sigeman chess tournament. Anish Giri got opening advantage and converted it to a win. Analysis by GM Henrik Danielsen.

Sigeman chess tournament continues in Sweden. In one of the most exciting encounters of the day Wesley So defeated Alexei Shirov. Analysis by GM Henrik Danielsen.

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