The playoffs saw a minor surprise when Sam Shankland beat 2nd favourite Alexander Onischuk to go through. However Onischuk hadn't played well and he was on the worse side of the draw with white in game one, and even though he did get a nice position in game two he completely wrecked his position in time trouble in a misguided winning attempt. Anna Zatonskih as favourite for the women's event...

The playoffs saw a minor surprise when Sam Shankland beat 2nd favourite Alexander Onischuk to go through. However Onischuk hadn't played well and he was on the worse side of the draw with white in game one, and even though he did get a nice position in game two he completely wrecked his position in time trouble in a misguided winning attempt. Anna Zatonskih as favourite for the women's event...

Sam Shankland beat Alex Onischuk and Anna Zatonskih beat Samina Foisor. Watch the videos.

Sam Shankland beat Alex Onischuk and Anna Zatonskih beat Samina Foisor. Watch the videos.

Both games in the US Championship were a bit nervy, and as they finished in draws the tension will carry over into the second game of these two-game mini-matches. Speedy Sam Shankland, who can sometimes move a bit too quickly, got careless on move 12 when he castled, overlooking Gata Kamsky's simple but effective shot 12...Nxc5. Fortunately for Shankland, the damage wasn't too severe - he went...

The Doeberl Cup is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia and is held in Canberra over Easter each year attracting a field of over 200 players. The Premier tournament is being played over 9 Swiss rounds and has 68 players.

Η ακολουθη θεση που προεκυψε στην παρτιδα του κ. Μπασιου στο πρωταθλημα ΒΔ Ελλαδας ο οποιος ηταν μαυρος μπορει να συγκριθει με λουξ διαμερισμα, ευαερο, ευηλιο, απεραντων τετραγωνικων, με ολα τα κομφορ και τις ανεσεις...

The 17th Asian Cities Championship is taking place from 22nd to 28th April in Kartika Chandra, Jakarta, Indonesia. 24 teams from 17 countries compete, top seeded is Shi Jiazhuang from China with average rating of 2583. 18 Grandmasters and many titled players are attending the event.

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.

Tied after round-robin play, GM Alexander Onischuk and GM-elect Sam Shankland faced off for a spot in the semifinals, while IM Anna Zatonskih played WGM Sabina Foisor. Both matches were repeats of round seven, and when the two-game series ended, Shankland upset Onischuk and Zatonskih beat Foisor to advance.

A few years back I did a long series on the Sicilian Defense for ChessVideos.tv. The context was a request in the viewer question thread that I give an overview of the Sicilian, which was not exactly possible in that context - generally I spend no more than about 15 minutes on a given question there. So I joked about it, and then finally started the series, trying to present that opening in a...

Thanks, readers! Here are the pairings: in the Championship, it's Shankland - Kamsky and Hess - Shulman; in the Women's Championship it's Krush - Zatonskih and Abrahamyan - Baginskaite. As usual, it starts at 2 p.m. St. Louis time (= 3 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. CET). Each match will consist of two G/25' + 5" games followed by an Armageddon game, if necessary.

Λίγο καθυστερημένα τα παρουσιάζω (αλλά όσο και να περιμένει κανείς δεν αλλάζουν). Για το διάστημα 07/Φεβρουαρίου/2010 με 06/Φεβρουαρίου/2011 το εργαλείο Google Analytics έχει συλλέξει ένα πλήθος στοιχείων, από τα οποία παρουσιάζω...

IM Javier Moreno Ruiz had a fantastic tournament and never casted doubt into his overall victory. He eventually landed with 7.5 points, half a point clear ahead of the opposition. Four International Masters shared the second place with 7.0 points, among them is Misa Pap who earned a GM norm.

In just two weeks from now we’ll be launching our brand new, second PDF (+PGN) magazine ChessVibes Training. Our target audience is the average club player who wants to improve his/her chess. Today wanted to let your know that in the past week we have added multiple subscription options, iDEAL as a way of paying [...]