Now that the Candidates Matches in Kazan are over, it’s time to look ahead and see what the future brings in top chess! We give information about the most important events in June and July: the Anand-Shirov match in León, the Sigeman tournament in Malmö, the Kings Tournament in Bazna/Medias, the Biel Chess Festival and [...]

The French Defence is a chess opening starting with 1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5. The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages. GM Henrik Danielsen shows how the Tarrasch Variation 3.Nd2 can almost always turn into a better pawn structure for white.

Με επιτυχία ολοκληρώθηκε χθες το απόγευμα το τουρνουά σκακιστικών ακαδημιών που διεξήχθη στο "μικρόπολις" από τον Σκακιστικό Όμιλο ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης. Συμμετείχαν συνολικά 9 ακαδημίες και νηκήτρια αναδείχθηκε η ομάδα...

Η πόλη Baguio στις Φιλιππίνες ιδρύθηκε το 1900 από Αμερικανούς. Το 1903 είχε σχεδιαστεί να είναι η καλοκαιρινή πρωτεύουσα της χώρας.Βρίσκεται στο βόρειο τμήμα των Φιλιππίνων και έχει πληθυσμό περίπου 300.000 κατοίκους...

Δεν γνωρίζω αν αυτό τον καιρό ο πολυπληθέστερος server για online σκάκι στο ίντερνετ είναι το ICC (Internet Chess Club) ή ο Playchess της ChessBase. Ωστόσο έχω την αίσθηση πως το ICC υπερέχει σε αριθμό GM και κυρίως στον εντοπισμό παικτών που...

The event is still finishing up, but GM Timur Gareev (of Uzbekistan, though he has lived in the U.S. the past five years) has clinched clear first place (and $10000) with 7.5/9. Going into the last round there was a four-way tie at 6.5 with Gareev, Pentelea Harikrishna, Tamaz Gelashvili and Alejandro Ramirez in the lead. In the last round Harikrishna - Ramirez was a tough draw, while Gareev won a...

The 20th Annual Chicago Open was held on 26-30th May at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, IL. The tournament was played with six rating groups: Open Section, U2100 Section, U1900 Section, U1700 Section, U1500 Section, U1200 Section.

Malcolm Pein takes a look at Hikaru Nakamura's final game win in the classical section of his match against Ruslan Ponomariov.

Malcolm Pein takes a look at Hikaru Nakamura's final game win in the classical section of his match against Ruslan Ponomariov.

While doing a little link surfing from the site of the last post, I came across this. Have any of you seen this movie? Not quite Academy Award material, but I'm amazed that it even existed.

It's not a new interview (and almost all the info was familiar), but it was new to me and may be to you as well. HT: Brian Karen

Russia's ambition is to defend the title which they won at the previous World Team in Bursa, Turkey. A training camp will be held from 2nd to 10th July, when the team is flying for Ningbo for acclimatization. The first round will be played on 17th July.

Following the meeting, the leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which FIDE and NGF will hold a preparatory event for the signing of the Agreement to promote chess in all 36 provinces of Nigeria. It is assumed that such Agreement will be signed in July this year.

  ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟ ΑΤΟΜΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ-ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ 2011 ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ αρ. πρ. ΔΣ40/2-5-2011  Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε. αρ. πρ. 80/ 25-5-2011 Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Κεντρικής Ελλάδας Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε. και ο Σ. Ο...

ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟ ΑΤΟΜΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ-ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ 2011 ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ αρ. πρ. ΔΣ40/2-5-2011  Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε. αρ. πρ. 80/ 25-5-2011 Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Κεντρικής Ελλάδας Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε. και ο Σ. Ο...