There's a good summary article on the subject, here. (The basic background is this: at last year's chess olympiad, it is alleged by the French Chess Federation(!) that Sebastien Feller cheated in some of his games. Cyril Marzolo found the moves using his computer, and French Team Captain Arnaud Hauchard would signal them to Feller by standing behind certain boards to indicate the numbers and/or...

GM Simon Williams is playing in the French Team Championships Top 12 for Rueil Malmaison. Malcolm Pein looks at his excellent start.

GM Simon Williams is playing in the French Team Championships Top 12 for Rueil Malmaison. Malcolm Pein looks at his excellent start.

Hosting a World Candidates match implies a very high level of responsibility and financial cost. NM Will Stewart on the Candidates matches and the WCC 2012.

The National Chess Federation of the Philippines organized the Zone 3.3 Championships 2011 for Open and Women from 23 to 31 May 2011 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Both events were played over nine rounds of Swiss system.

Following the success of previous editions, Castilla y León television will provide extensive coverage, including live connections. Each player will have 45 minutes per game plus 30 seconds increment after each move.

They're up now.

For several months the site wasn't updated, but now that it has been - and there have been some major events worthy of note - it's time to have another look. Anand and Carlsen are still #s 1 and 2; they've been idle and the only player who could have caught them, Aronian, lost a few points in the Candidates. Ivanchuk and Kramnik are tied for 4th-5th (Ivanchuk "wins" on tiebreaks - the player with...

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                             Final Ranking                             Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Club Pts Fide 1 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 2295 UKR   6½ 27½ 2 5   KESOGLOU [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                             Round 7 on 2011/05/30 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 6 ½  -  ½ 4½ [...]

Παίζουν τα μαύρα. Ένα από τα πιο δυνατά όπλα που διαθέτουν οι σκακιστές είναι αυτό της διπλής απειλής! Ποτέ δεν πρέπει να το ξεχνάμε και πάντα πρέπει να ψάχνουμε για διπλές απειλές! Στην θέση του διαγράμματος τα μαύρα...

Το τηλεφώνημα ήρθε σήμερα στη μια το μεσημέρι και τα ‘σβησε όλα. Ο Σταύρος, ο  φίλος Σταύρος Ψωμιάδης από την Πολίχνη της Θεσσαλονίκης, η καλύτερη ψυχούλα, βρέθηκε σήμερα το πρωί νεκρός στο σπίτι του. Αναπάντεχα…...

Right after the Candidates matches a public debate on the system, coverage, and organization of the WCC cycle was opened. Many chess professionals and enthusiasts gave their opinion on the subject, we present you in chronological order the ones of Silvio Danailov, Georgios Makropoulos, Susan Polgar, Mark Crowther, and Kevin Spraggett.

Στο φημισμένο σκακιστικό τουρνουά "City of León Chess Masters Tournament" 2011 της πόλης León στην Ισπανία θα λάβει χώρα μία πολύ δυνατή αναμέτρηση έξι παρτίδων μεταξύ του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή Vishy Anand και του Alexey Shirov.Οι παρτίδες θα...

Russell Enterprises has published: Sacking the Citadel. This book by 1997 US Correspondence Chess Champion Jon Edwards chronicles the history, theory and practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice Bxh7+. It holds more than 300(!) annotated games and a 30 games quiz to test one of the most important skills of the royal game. Have fun [...]