KAPPA-50 TOURNAMENT                           Round 2 on 2011/02/18 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 im Kamenets Anatolij 1   1 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3 [...]

KAPPA-50 TOURNAMENT                             Round 1 on 2011/02/14 at 18:00                               Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo. 1 6 Syfantos Nikolaos 0 0  -  1 0 [...]

KAPPA-50 TOURNAMENT                             Round 1 on 2011/02/14 at 18:00                               Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo. 1 6 Syfantos Nikolaos 0   0 im Kamenets [...]

KAPPA-50 TOURNAMENT                 Starting rank list                   SNo.   Name NRtg IRtg FED 1 im Kamenets Anatolij 0 2271 UKR 2   Kostouros Alexandros 0 2218 GRE 3   Sienczewski Zbigniew 0 2185 GRE 4   Kesoglou Konstantinos 0 2075 [...]

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.

Τ᾿ ἄλογο τοῦ σκακιοῦΠροσεκτικὸ κι ἀσάλευτο, βουβὸ κι ἀφαιρεμένο, στὸ μαῦρο ἢ τ᾿ ἄσπρο, ὑπάκουο, πηδάει καὶ περιμένει. Στὸ μαῦρο ἢ τ᾿ ἄσπρο, ἀσάλευτο, βαθειὰ συλλογισμένο, τὸ σκυθρωπὸ κι ἀμίλητο παιχνίδι...

Chess at the BeachΜία παλιά καρτ ποστάλ του 1956 από τον Ρώσο καλλιτέχνη A. Bazhenov. Άραγε να αμύνεται με την "΄Αμυνα του Ιπποπόταμου" ο ιπποπόταμος στην καρτ ποστάλ ; Ή μήπως γιά να ξαφνιάσει τον ελέφαντα να του έπαιξε το "Γκαμπί του...

Aeroflot Chess 2011 will have live coverage daily via the Chessdom / Chessbomb live games platform. Games start at 13:00 CET.

The organization of Sofia WCC 2010 sets path for possible host countries of the World Championship 2012, among them are India, Russia, Bulgaria, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and USA.

The ECU President Silvio Danailov is in Tbilisi (Georgia). The visit is part of his mini European tour and might have a decisive role in the selection of venue for the Women European Individual Chess Championship 2011.

“We would have loved to send you a positive email, announcing the dates for another great Chess Classic tournament in 2011, but unfortunately a decade full of passion and dedication for international rapid chess has come to an end in Mainz,” writes press chief Eric van Reem. He sent us a statement by the chairman [...]

One could hardly imagine anything more peaceful than a simultaneous chess exhibition, but it looks like political enemies Iran and Israel have turned the area into a fierce battlefield. It was only four months ago that Israeli GM Alik Gershon played a simul over 523 boards in Tel-Aviv, breaking Iranian GM’s Morteza Mahjoob’s August 2009 [...]

Το Σάββατο το μεσημέρι έτυχε να περάσω από το άγαλμα του Βενιζέλου, όπου είδα κάποια νεαρά άτομα, να κρατάνε καθρέφτες στα χέρια τους, σε διάφορα σχήματα... Μου έκανε μία σχετική εντύπωση και τους ρώτησα, τι ακριβώς...

The Chess Classic Mainz will not have an edition in 2011. The Brainchild of Hans-Walter Schmitt it started in Frankfurt before changing to the city of Mainz. The event brought new ideas of presentation to chess and championed Chess960. Last year there was a slimmed down event and this year no sponsor could be found. Knowing the determination of its creator I would not at all be surprised if it is...

A decade full of dedication and passion for international rapid chess has come to an end in Mainz. After 17 editions the competition comes to a stop due to financial reasons. Full details, press release, and all champions of the Chess Classic.