KAPPA-51 TOURNAMENT                           Round 1 on 2011/03/21 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 IM Kamenets Anatolij 0 1  -  0 0 Ioannidis [...]

KAPPA-51 TOURNAMENT                           Round 1 on 2011/03/21 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 IM Kamenets Anatolij 0   0 Ioannidis Hristos 10 [...]

KAPPA-51 TOURNAMENT               Starting rank list                   SNo.   Name NRtg IRtg FED 1 IM Kamenets Anatolij 0 2261 UKR 2   Kostouros Alexandros 0 2223 GRE 3   Sienczewski Zbigniew 0 2218 POL 4   Kesoglou Konstantinos 0 2102 GRE [...]

(φωτ. Ένα από τα θύματα των εκπλήξεων στον πρώτο γύρο ήταν ο Ντμίτρι Γιακοβένκο- 2718 που ηττήθηκε από τον Σμιρνόφ-2425). Μπορεί να μη διαθέτει τη λάμψη του Αμπέρ (που διεξάγεται ταυτόχρονα αυτές τις μέρες στο Μονακό), όμως το...

Philip GlassΜε ένα απόπασμα από το έργο "Koyaanisqatsi" του Αμερικανού συνθέτη Philip Glass θα πορευθούμε μουσικά σήμερα. Με την ευχή να μην σταματήσουμε ποτέ να επιδιώκουμε την ουσιαστική ευτυχία!Καλημέρα!

Περισσότεροι από 27 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι έχουν αναγκαστεί να εγκαταλείψουν τις εστίες τους μέσα στην ίδια την χώρα τους, λόγω συγκρούσεων ή φυσικών καταστροφών, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα η γενική γραμματέας του νορβηγικού...

Malcolm Pein takes a look at the shocking news that Sebastien Feller, Arnaud Hauchard and Cyril Marzolo have been found guilty of cheating by their own Federation.

Malcolm Pein takes a look at the shocking news that Sebastien Feller, Arnaud Hauchard and Cyril Marzolo have been found guilty of cheating by their own Federation.

Levon Aronian retains his full point lead going into the final round after a somewhat fortunate blindfold win against Veselin Topalov. With that he also won the blindfold section leading with 8/10. Magnus Carlsen won game of the day and the rapid section by beating Alexander Grischuk in a Najdorf. Vladimir Kramnik commentated on his draw against Vassily Ivanchuk from their lively match...

Levon Aronian retains his full point lead going into the final round after a somewhat fortunate blindfold win against Veselin Topalov. With that he also won the blindfold section leading with 8/10. Magnus Carlsen won game of the day and the rapid section by beating Alexander Grischuk in a Najdorf. Vladimir Kramnik commentated on his draw against Vassily Ivanchuk from their lively match...

And by final, I mean final: the last round ever of the Amber Blindfold & Rapid tournaments, unless Joop van Oosterom changes his mind and funds future editions. If this is the end, as it seems to be, the winner will be either Levon Aronian or his closest pursuer, Magnus Carlsen. Aronian started the day a point ahead, and that's where he finished, too, after both players went 1.5/2. Aronian's...

Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, one of the greatest players of the 20th century (and even now a strong GM) and certainly one of the strongest players never to become world champion, is 80 years old today. His accomplishments as a chess player are staggering, both qualitatively and quantitatively, for his exceptionally long career. He twice lost world championship matches - once by a single point - and...

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GM Danielsen continues the series on the mythical Accelerated Dragon, with solid ideas for white and black in one of the most exciting and at the same time most complicated openings.

Ενοποιημένη Βαθμολογία μετά τον ένατο γύρο σε blind και rapid:Aronian 13Carlsen 12Ivanchuk, Anand, Grischuk 9.5Gashimov 9Nakamura, Topalov 8.5Karjakin, Gelfand 8Giri 6.5Kramnik 6BlindAronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0Το "καφενειακό" 8.g4 έχει παιχτεί από τον Topalov απέναντι στον Kasparov(!) στο Linares το...