The European Individual Women's Championships take place 6th-15th May 2011 in Tbilisi. Nadezhda Kosintseva, Elina Danielian, Viktorija Cmilyte and Bela Khotenashvili have started with 3/3.

The Capablanca Memorial takes place 10th-24th May 2011. Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Navara, Bruzon, Le and Andreikin play.

Malcolm Pein reports on the rapid play-offs in the quarter finals of the World Chess Championships Candidates.

The playoffs for the World Chess Championship Candidates took place on Monday. Alexander Grischuk eliminated the favourite Levon Aronian by winning the final rapid game. Vladimir Kramnik only advanced after four blitz games against Teimour Radjabov, he earlier had to win the second blitz game and did so after a break when the chess clock failed.

German Grandmaster Karsten Müller has been known for a long time as an endgame authority; indeed, one might call him the Yuri Averbakh of our generation. He has written some useful endgame books, and over the last few years he has released a series of DVDs with ChessBase covering the last phase of the game. The early volumes in the series focused on theoretical endings, while more ...

Sona Pertlova who was also a top-level athlete chose to aim her talents in chess in her teen-age. She soon became one of the best female players of the Czech Republic. Suddenly serious health problems occured during a tournament in the summer of 2008 and she had to cancel the tournament due to undurable pains. The physicians stated a rare and very dangerous form of cancer. Sona decided to fight...

Εξαιρετική εμφάνιση έκανε η Ελληνική Ομάδα Βετεράνων στο Ευρωπαϊκό Σκακιστικό Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Βετεράνων 2011 που έλαβε χώρα στο Λιτόχωρο Πιερίας από τις 3 έως και σήμερα 11 Μαΐου 2011. Υπήρξε μία πολύ καλή διοργάνωση...

After a couple of days off, the four semi-finalists will reenter the battlefield tomorrow. In one semi-final, Gata Kamsky and Boris Gelfand will reprise their 2007 Candidates match; in the other, Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk will battle for a place in the finals. Interestingly, almost every combination of matches not involving Grischuk the rest of the way will involve a rematch of some...

Bear vs Tiger Τι γινεται οταν παιζουν δυο παιχτες με τοσο διαφορετικο στυλ? Η τριτη παρτιδα του ματς μεταξυ Τοπαλοβ και Καμσκυ δινει τις απαντησεις.. Σε ολη την Παρτιδα ο Καμσκυ παιζει σουπερ ποζισιονελ και πηγαινει για...

The Capablanca Memorial will be live daily on Chessdom.com. In the first round the pairings are Ivanchuk - Navara, Leinier Dominguez - Le Quang Liem, and Andreikin - Bruzon.

The 5th edition of the International Chess Tournament Bazna Kings is going to take place 11th to 22nd of June 2011. Participants are Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov, and local hero Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.

H ΤΕΔ-ΕΣΣΝΑ αναζητάει διαιτητές για τις συνατήσεις του Κυπέλλου Αττικής της 15/5/2011 α) ΦΟΝ Ηρακλείου-Επικοινωνία  - Σ.Ο. Αιγάλεω β) ΣΟ Περιστερίου - ΣΑΣ Κορωπίου ΟΙ ενδιαφερόμενοι επικοινωνούν στο e-mail: tedessna@yahoo.gr  

A quick peace treaty with Austria in the last round of the European Senior Teams Championship handed the gold medal to the team of Russia. Congratulations! Russia had won six matches, tied three and collected a total of 15 match points.

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