Ένας από τους πιο γνωστούς Ρώσους σκακιστές του 19ου αιώνα, ο Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov γεννήθηκε στις 12 Φεβρουαρίου του 1794. Η γνωστή άμυνα 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 (C42) φέρει το όνομά του, μετά από τις αναλύσεις που είχε κάνει με τον Carl Friedrich von...

GM Danielsen presents the "What if..." part of Game 4 of the Candidates matches. Both games Gelfand - Kamsky and Kramnik - Grischuk with analysis.

Βρισκόμαστε στο τέλος μιας μαύρης εβδομάδας. Τα γεγονότα των τελευταίων ημερών σε συνδυασμό με τα προβλήματα του blogger δεν μου επέτρεψαν γύρο προς γύρο σχολιασμό της ημιτελικής φάσης των ματς διεκδικητών. Σήμερα...

After the anthem, the microphone passed into the hands of Ioannis Aftsoglou, the third board of the Greek team, who honoured the winners by singing Katyusha and Kalinka beautifully. The corpulent veteran even danced kazachok! His performance was awarded with rounds of applause and marked the start of the party.

The tournament is sponsored by the Masterskill Education Group Berhad and organised by Polgar Chess Asia for the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA) under the auspices of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) and is registered and recognised by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) as an international title and rated tournament.

The Capablanca Memorial will be live daily on Chessdom.com. Vassily Ivanchuk, Leinier Dominguez, Lazaro Bruzon, David Navara, Le Quang Liem and Dmitry Andreikin play in the main Elite Group.

The 2nd blitz tournament in the SP Masters Series was held Tuesday, 10th May, at the Associação Brasileira "A Hebraica" in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Twelve players took part in the event with the time control 3min+2sec. GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian was the overall winner after defeating GM Gilberto Milos Jr. in the armageddon game in the final match.

Also on day 4 of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan, Russia both games ended in a draw. Gata Kamsky was well prepared in another 4.Bg5 Grünfeld and quickly equalized against Boris Gelfand. On the other board Vladimir Kramnik pushed hard and came close to a win, but Alexander Grischuk again managed to hold on. Tomorrow [...]

Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! –> IM Yochanan Afek’s Official Website S. Didukh 2008 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week J. Rusinek 2009 new [...]

Gelfand-Kamsky finished quickly, and without anyone missing any wins. They repeated the Gruenfeld line from their second game, and of course Kamsky varied first rather than walking into the same terrible bind. Mass exchanges soon followed, and by move 23 it was already time to call it a day. Kramnik-Grischuk was a far more complicated affair almost from move 1. Even labeling the opening is...

Ανοιχτό Πρωτάθλημα Αιγαίου 2011(9-17 Ιουλίου 2011, Άγιος Κήρυκος, Ικαρία) Χώρος: Άγιος Κήρυκος, Ικαρία, Αθλητικό Κέντρο Αγίου Κηρύκου.Ημερομηνίες: 9-17 Ιουλίου 2011.Σύστημα: Ελβετικό σύστημα εννέα (9) γύρων. Ισχύουν οι κανόνες...

Kamsky - Gelfand and Kramnik - Grischuk are the semi final matches of the Chandidates Matches 2011. Stay tuned with us for games commentary, video, and news from Kazan, the venue of the Candidates Matches 2011.

We haven't done this for a while, so I'll conclude this overly blogful evening with three puzzles for your solving pleasure. The first two are interesting studies recently published in Chess Today, and the third is the conclusion of a recent blitz game I won.   C. Bent, 1969: White to move and draw. P. Romanovsky: White to move and win. Monokroussos-NN: White to move and win. Solutions...

Jonathan Hilton and Dean Ippolito, Wojo's Weapons: Winning With White, Volume 2. (Mongoose Press, 2011). $29.95. 320 pp. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. It seems we're suffering from sequelitis here at The Chess Mind. Every day at the Candidates is Groundhog Day, and then it's volume 2 on the Hedgehog followed by more of Wojo's weapons! "Wojo", as many American readers will know and many...

The Calgary International Chess Classic will have a number of side events. There will be 5 Active Chess fundraiser events taking place from early March through mid May. This year we will also be organizing the Calgary International Blitz Championship. A lecture and simul will also be held.