World champion Viswanathan Anand defeated his sometime second, the former FIDE k.o. world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov, in a rapid match by a healthy 3.5-.5 score, but it wasn't quite as one-sided as the score would suggest. In the first game Kasimdzhanov outplayed Anand with Black and was better when the draw was agreed, while in game two Kasimdzhanov had a serious advantage before letting Anand...

Featuring the man of honor giving a simul prior to the celebratory dinner. Invitees included Garry Kasparov, Mark Taimanov and others. A picture report on the event (with a musical link) is here.

Seven rounds down, four to go at the European Chess Championship. Vladimir Potkin has drawn his last two games, but most of his closest pursuers have been in a drawing rut as well. As a result, while Potkin still leads alone in first, with 6/7, the chase pack has become huge: nineteen players are just half a point behind! This includes three of the 2700s (Francisco Vallejo Pons, Nikita Vitiugov...

GM Henrik Danielsen reveals the last secrets of the Accelerated Dragon with 8... a5 for black. It is an advanced video based on several previous lectures, as well as the practical game Hector - Danielsen.

The 12th European Individual Chess Championship is open to all players representing the Chess Federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.10) regardless of their title or rating. There is no limit of participants per federation.

Etienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Sebastian Feller, and Sebastian Maze have started a new initiative in the world of chess. The book is called Chess Evolution and is a collection of interesting games.

  Τελικά, στο Ελληνικό (δηλ. στους προκριματικούς της Νότιας Αθήνας) συμμετείχαν 15 παιδιά του ΣΟ Καλλιθέας και την πρόκριση πήραν μόνο δυο κορίτσια. Η Μακρίνα Περακάκη (Β΄ Δημ.) συγκέντρωσε, αήττητη, 4 β. και, μετά την...

Δείτε την τελική κατάταξη του 10ου Σχολικού Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Αττικής στις κατηγορίες Γυμνασίων και Λυκείων στον σύνδεσμο: http://essnachess.gr/files/sxolika/sxoliko11/omad_g_l_res.htm Οι τέσσερις πρώτες ομάδες της κατηγορίας Γυμνασίων...

Asian Zone 3.5 Chess Championships were held from 20th to 28th March in Tianjin, China. The Men's tournament is a qualifier for the 2011 World Chess Cup and top two finishers book tickets for Khanty-Mansiysk. 55 players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament.

Βαθμολογία μετά τον 7ο γύρο:1. Potkin 6/7 (2964)2. Vallejo Pons 5.5 (2936)3. Nisipeanu 5.5 (2829)4. Volokitin 5.5 (2816)5. Ragger 5.5 (2808)6. Khismatullin 5.5 (2806)7. Cheparinov 5.5 (2794)8. Zhigalko 5.5 (2785)9. Feller 5.5 (2781)10.Khairullin 5.5 (2780)11.Iordachescu 5.5 (2771)12.Vitiugov 5.5 (2762)13.Lupulescu 5.5 (2751)14.Parligras 5.5 (2738)15.Moiseenko 5.5...

Malcolm Pein reports on the final round of the 20th and final Amber tournament.

Malcolm Pein reports on the final round of the 20th and final Amber tournament.

The reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand and the 17th World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov played a four-game rapid match this Sunday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, immediately after the traditional Georgi Agzamov Memorial. The time control was 25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment per player.

      Όσο περνάει ο καιρός μπορείτε να την μαθαίνετε καλύτερα… Φυσικά μιλάω και πάλι για την Τζ. Πόλγκαρ. Θύμα της αυτή την φορά ήταν ο Γεωργιανός GM Pantsulaia Levan. Από τις πρώτες κιόλας κινήσεις τα μαύρα κάνουν...

Του Χρήστου ΖάκκαΟ Χώρος των αγώνων στο ξενοδοχείο "Ερμής"Με απόλυτη επιτυχία στέφθηκε η διοργάνωση των τελικών (final four) του ομαδικού διασυλλογικού πρωταθλήματος της Ένωσης Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Κεντρικής Ελλάδας...