Gata Kamsky and Boris Gelfand both maintained their leads by drawing their final games and progressing to the semi-finals of the World Chess Championship Candidates tournament in Kazan. Kamsky after an escape from a completely lost position. The matches Kramnik-Radjabov and Aronian-Grischuk will see playoffs on Monday.

Kamsky - Topalov Candidates matches.

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Houdini 1.5a leads with perfect score the TCEC computer super chess championship season 3 with 4,0/4. It defeated Boot 5.1, Sjeng c't 2010, Rybka 4.1, and Ivanhoe B47cB. Rybka 4.1 had a draw in round 2 against Spike 1.4. That paired the program against Houdini, and after losing the game Rybka 4.1 slipped to shared 6th in the standings with 2,5/4.

Στις 9 Νοεμβρίου 2008 η εφημερίδα της Ρίγα «Telegraph» δημοσίευσε συνέντευξη της Ζάνα Ταλ, κόρης του 7ου Παγκόσμιου Πρωταθλητή, του Μίσα Ταλ. Η Ζάνα ζει στη Γερμανία και μοιράζεται αναμνήσεις που διατηρεί από τον πατέρα της...

Με δραματικό τρόπο προκρίθηκε ο Αμερικανός Γκάτα Κάμσκι στα ημιτελικά των ματς των διεκδικητών. Ο Βούλγαρος Βεσελίν Τοπάλοβ απέκτησε νικηφόρο πλεονέκτημα στην πίεση χρόνου (+6 σύμφωνα με τις μηχανές), όμως ήταν η σειρά...

The 9th International youth tournament "Young Stars of the World" in memory of Vanya Somov takes place in Kirishi, 8th-19th of May, 2011. Twelve young players from four countries compete in the round robin tournament which is valid for the IM norm. Top seeded is Russian IM Alexei Goganov (2469).

Το μεγάλο δράμα σήμερα παίχτηκε στην παρτίδα Topalov-Kamsky, όπου μετά από τρομερή πίεση χρόνου του Kamsky, τα λευκά είχαν κατακερδισμένη θέση στην ανανέωση του χρόνου, αλλά περιέργως δεν κατάφεραν να τη μετατρέψουν. Έτσι ο Gata...

Mamedyarov Gelfand games commentary.

Grischuk - Aronian Candidates matches video.

Boris Gelfand and Gata Kamsky have reached the semi-finals of the FIDE Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia. Gelfand drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov today to win his mini-match 2.5-1.5. Kamsky survived a lost position against Veselin Topalov to win his match with the same score. Two draws in the other matches mean that tomorrow there will [...]

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 J. Rusinek 2009 White to play and draw Next week the solution. Solution last week Y. Afek 2008 new [...]

Entering the day's festivities Topalov and Mamedyarov were down a point to Kamsky and Gelfand, respectively, and you'd expect them to give it their all. The bad news for Mamedyarov is that he had Black, and his attempt to create a complicated position by choosing the Old Benoni wasn't even close to a success. Gelfand succeeded in killing Black's positive prospects in a hurry, and the game was...

Σε μια ανοιχτη θεση απο το κυπελλο ΒΔ Ελλαδας ο ιππος του Παπαγεωργιου ξαναχτυπησε! Αυτην τη φορα κυριαρχει επι ενος αξιωματικου σε ανοιχτη θεση! Ο αξιωματικος δεν εχει τετραγωνα για να σταματησει το πιονι!