Τα Πανελλήνια Σχολικά του 2011 (23ο Ατομικό Πανελλήνιο Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα και 9ο Πανελλήνιο Ομαδικό Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα, καθώς και το παράλληλο Ανοικτό Σχολικό Κύπελλο) έγιναν στην Ερέτρια το διάστημα 16-18 Απριλίου...

1o Ομαδικό Ανοικτό Εαρινό Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά Ακαδημιών Σ.Ο.ΣΑΧ – ΜΙΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣΑπό 28 έως 30 Μαΐου 2011 ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ: ΣΟ.ΣΑΧ – ΜΙΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ σε συνεργασία με την ΕΣΣΝΘ-ΧΧΩΡΟΣ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ : Κοινωνικός Χώρος «Μικρόπολις»...

After round 4 there are 4 players sharing the leading position - Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain), Zolatan Almasi (Hungary), Sergay Volkov (Russia), and Ivan Sokolov (Bosna and Herzegovina). They are facing each other in direct battles today, here is the latest information, photos, and more from the top open tournament of April.

Το γλυκό, ανθρώπινο και θερμό χαμόγελο ενός μεγάλου σκακιστή. Ο Vasily Smyslov ήταν ένας ευγενέστατος, ήπιων τόνων και ευαίσθητος άνθρωπος. Καλλιτεχνική φυσιογνωμία με πάθος γιά το κλασικό τραγούδι (υπήρξε πολύ καλός...

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Hou Yifan won the first ‘Women Masters’ tournament held in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. The reigning Women’s World Champion finished clear first, a full point ahead of Sheng Yang and Ju Wenjun. Tournament winner Hou Yifan on the podium | Photo © Photos by Wang Yan The first Chinese Women Chess Masters Tournament took place from [...]

Με 106 συμμετοχές ξεκίνησε το 4ο Εαρινό Τουρνουά της Τριανδρίας, που φέτος είναι αφιερωμένο στον αείμνηστο Βασίλη Σεβαστόπουλο. Διεξάγεται στο Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Τούμπας σε ένα εξαιρετικό χώρο, που μπορεί να αναδειχτεί...

It seems the good folks at the St. Louis Chess Club are determined to keep their audience entertained, so we have not just two matches - the finals for the championship and the women's championship - but four, as the semi-final losers in each bracket face off to settle the third and fourth places. In the match that really counts, Gata Kamsky ended Yuri Shulman's long undefeated streak, pulling...

Μια σειρά από ατομικά τουρνουά σε όλη την Ελλάδα άρχισαν τη Δευτέρα και χτες, Τρίτη. Τα πιο πολλά ολοκληρώνονται την Πρωτομαγιά. * Θεσσαλονίκη: Στο ισχυρό διεθνές όπεν “Μέγας Αλέξανδρος” συμμετέχουν 103 σκακιστές...

The 1st Chinese Women Chess Masters Tournament was held from 16th April to 26th April 2011 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Ten players competed in the round robin tournament. This competition concludes a strenuous row of five events that were played in China within month and a half.

The 5th Annual Philadelphia Open was held as usual over the Easter weekend from April 20-24, 2011, at the upscale, luxury Loews Philadelphia Hotel, rated Four Diamonds by AAA, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia.

The 2011 U.S. Chess Championship and 2011 U.S. Women's Championship are taking place April 13-28 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL). Daily live games with computer analysis are available on the Chessbomb platform.

The 15th Neckar Open was won by Arkadij Naiditsch. The German grandmaster scored a very convincing 8.5/9 in Deizisau, Germany. This year the tournament might well have been the biggest open in the world, with 753 participants. One of them, French top GM Etienne Bacrot, managed to lose 19 rating points in five days. The [...]

This is the next super-tournament on the schedule, and takes place from June 11-22. It's a ways off yet, but to whet your appetite you can watch a very brief preview here. It includes a short video which (starting at about 1:15) recaps a Carlsen crush over Radjabov from the 2009 tournament. HT: "svej"

This very strong team event just finished, and there's a nice write-up with a couple of annotated games and links to the rest of them, here.