Due to its pristine environment and superb facilities, the Subic Bay Freeport is now emerging as a favorite venue for sports events, as well as a training center for professional athletes. The Subic Bay Freeport blends white sand beaches, clear bay watersand tropical forests with a progressive business area making it a perfect model of development in harmony with nature.

IM Vladimir Okhotnik from France defeated the local Candidate Master Daniel Hartl, who earlier caused some major upsets in the tournament, in the final round to catch GM Viesturs Meijers on the shared first place. The two players have collected 7.5 points each.

Over 100 players, of which more than 15 titled players, have signed in advance for the 10th Rochefort Open tournament, which is set to take place on 19th-25th February 2011. Next year, the huge Cappelle-la-Grande Open is played one week after Rochefort, so this event could serve a perfect training opportunity.

Our recent report on the Houdini-Rybka match triggered lots of comments about the issue of cloning in the computer chess world. Was Houdini derived from the Ippolit series? Was it plagiarized from Rybka? And what about Rybka, is it largely based on the code of the Fruit engine? IM David Levy, President of the International [...]

- O Silvio σαχλαμαρίζει (όχι ο Μπερλουσκόνι, ο "δικός μας"). http://www.chessintranslation.com/2011/02/danailov-chess-should-either-change-or-die/- Ο Kasparov για τον Fischer. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/mar/10/bobby-fischer-defense/?pagination=false- Ενδιαφέρον άρθρο από δύο GM για τη συσσώρευση...

Από ποια ταινία είναι η παραπάνω φωτογραφία;

Le Quang Liem accomplished a first by winning the very strong Aeroflot twice in a row. This great achievement gains him an invitation to Dortmund for the second year running. Malcolm Pein takes a look.

Russian Grandmaster Sergey Volkov, winner of the recent 40th Rilton Cup, singled out on the top after beating GM Farid Abbasov in the fifth round. Volkov has 4.5 points, half a point ahead of the group of five players, and is paired to play Black against GM Elshan Moradiabadi in the next game.

The Chess Association of "Khorasan-Razavi" province on behalf of I.R.Iran Chess Federation has the honor to invite all chess players from national federations to participate in the 19th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament that will be held in Mashhad, northeastern of Iran, from 25 February – 7 March, 2011.

Ένα ποντικάκι κάποτε, παρατηρούσε από την τρυπούλα...

Η θεατρική ομάδα Τσιριτσάντσουλες παρουσιάζει την κωμική σειρά «Ένα τσιγάρο τρόμος» στην οποία πρωταγωνιστούν: ο Βρασίδας ο αποθηκάριος (τον υποδύεται ο Μαρίνος Μουζάκης) και ο Οράτιος ο μαρκετίστας (τον υποδύεται ο...

Γεννήθηκε το 1974 στη Μανιτόμπα του Καναδά, αλλά έχει πολιτογραφηθεί Νεοϋρκέζος. Ο Μαρσέλ Ντζαμά ζωγραφίζει, κατασκευάζει γλυπτά, γράφει θεατρικά, γυρίζει ταινίες μικρού μήκους. Έργα του εκτίθενται σε αναγνωρισμένους...

Here. HT: Brian Karen

Despite an ongoing conflict with the European Chess Union, just before the deadline the Turkish Chess Federation renewed their bid for hosting the 2011 European Individual Women’s Championship, increasing the prize fund with 10,000 Euro. Meanwhile, ECU President Silvio Danailov is negotiating with another potential host city: Tbilisi, Georgia. You might remember that at the [...]

Ο 24χρονος Ολλανδός GM Ντανιέλ Στελβάγκεν Stellwagen 2631 - Driessens 2347, TCh-NED Meesterklasse, 2011 Τα κομμάτια του μαύρου στην “α” στήλη δεν συνεργάζονται. Πώς κέρδισε ο λευκός; Τη δεκαετία του ’70 ήταν ανάμεσα στους κορυφαίους του...