Malcolm Pein reports on another successful event in the series organised by e2e4.

Malcolm Pein reports on another successful event in the series organised by e2e4.

The chess legend Bobby Fischer hit the main page Google news via Fast Flip. The article on "Bobby Fischer against the world" by Wall Street Journal was selected as the main of the day on the Fast Flip international system.

Many chess fans and experts seem to believe that an alternative design of the Candidates Matches would better achieve the goal of selecting the “best” challenger for a match against the current World Champion. David H. Krantz, Professor of Psychology and Statistics at Columbia University in New York, sent us an essay with “some probabilistic [...]

Με απόφαση του ΔΣ τηε ΕΣΣΝΑ το Ανοικτό Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Αττικής και το Ανοικτό Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών Αττικής εντάσσονται στο 9ο Φυσιολατρικό Όπεν( Α' Όμιλος) το οποίο θα διεξαχθεί από 16 έως 23 Ιουνίου στη Νίκαια.

Jaideep Undurti is a long-time reader of and commentor to this blog, and is himself a writer on chess, at least on occasion. He has written a profile article on Boris Gelfand for IndiaExpress.com, which you can read here (with some abridgement), or you can read the unabridged version below (and be sure to thank him for supplying it for us!):     THE PROFESSOR TAKES CHARGE - ...

ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΟ ΓΕΡΑΚΙΜια γιορτη διοργανωνει ο πολιτιστικος συλλογος Γερακιου αφου τελιωσε επιτυχημενα η πρωτη χρονια εκμαθησης σκακι σε νεαρους φιλοδοξους σκακιστες ηλικιας απο πεντε εως δωδεκα...

The teams of Clichy, Mulhouse Philidor and Marseille Echecs have won all of their first seven matches at the French Team Championship. More big names are now playing in Mulhouse, like Michael Adams, Dmitry Jakovenko and Fabiano Caruana. Going through the games, we noticed that the Queen’s Gambit Declined seems to be more drawish than [...]

Kasimdzhanov is a welcome addition to the existing squad. He is Viswanathan Anand's trusted second and has greatly contributed to Vishy's victories in the World Championship matches in 2008 in Bonn and in 2010 in Sofia. Kasimdzhanov lives with his family for many years in Germany and speaks fluent German.

Παίζουν τα λευκά. Στην θέση του διαγράμματος δύο κομμάτια του λευκού κρέμονται. Ο αξιωματικός στο ε6 και το άλογο στο η5. Πώς τα κατάφεραν έτσι τα λευκά; Ε το σκάκι θέλει και λίγη φαντασία… Η ερώτηση είναι η εξής. Παίζουν...

18:00 η ώρα στο Σύλλογο Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών θα ξεκινήσει ένα τουρνουά Blitz. Ο χρόνος σκέψης θα είναι πέντε λεπτά (5’) για ολόκληρη την παρτίδα. Παράλληλά με το τουρνουά θα γίνει και η απονομή του εσωτερικού τουρνουά. Όσοι...

It's coming, or at least that's what TWIC strongly suggests. First Kasparov-Karpov, now Kasparov-Short. Is Kasparov-Anand next?

The world champion will be playing in his first event since Amber, and we'll see if new dad Viswanathan Anand can overcome a little rust and the sleeplessness of being a new parent when he takes on Alexei Shirov starting on Friday. It's a 6 game rapid match with two games a day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; the time control is g/45, with 30 second increments after each move. (Awfully slow for...

The Ovens Valley is surrounded by the Alps on the north and on the south by the Carnian of the Dolomites Mountains of Friuli, which last year was declared World Heritage location. Forni di Sopra is also part of Authentic villages: the houses still retain the typical architecture carnica, evoking the atmosphere of a storybook.

The starting lineup is led by the fearless GM Alexei Shirov, who is traveling north immediately after the rapid match with World Champion Vishy Anand. Last year's winner, 16-year-old Anish Giri, will be defending his title, and the 17-year-old Philippine player Wesley So, one of the new rising stars in chess, is also participating.