The world-class Grandmaster and top seed in Cento, GM Alexey Dreev, was declared the champion on best tiebreak score. The second place goes to GM David Alberto, who was the sole leader through the middle of the tournament, and GM Roland Salvador claims the third after the crucial victory against GM Elina Danielan in the penultimate round.

Επέστρεψε στις νίκες η ομάδα μας! Για τον πέμπτο γύρο του πρωταθλήματος η Άνοιξη επικράτησε άνετα εκτός έδρας του Α.Ο. Κηφισιάς με σκορ 8-4. Στις πρώτες 6 σκακιέρες το πλεονέκτημα της ομάδας μας ήταν αποφασιστικό καθώς...

...but the pack is getting bigger. No one who started the day within half a point of Le Quang Liem gained any ground, but others did. Le himself was pretty disappointing, drawing with White against Kasimdzhanov in just 13 moves. Throwing away white games is not the way to Dortmund! Kobalia and Tomashevsky drew as well, but there was action on the next boards. Vitiugov beat Jiangchuan Zhou to swap...

Το τουρνουά στη Σάντα Μόνικα το 1966, γνωστό και ως δεύτερο κύπελλο Piatigorsky, εκτός από το γεγονός πως ήταν το ισχυρότερο που έγινε σε Αμερικάνικο έδαφος από τις αρχές του αιώνα - συμμετείχαν οι Spassky και Petrosian λίγο μετά το...

Η ΝΕΠ και η ΕΣ Αιγιαλείας είναι οι μοναδικές ομάδες που συνεχίζουν με το απόλυτο των δύο νικών μετά την ολοκλήρωση του 2ου γύρου του προκριματικού ομίλου της Α Εθνικής. Η ΝΕΠ επικράτησε επι του ΣΟ Ρίου με 5-3 και η ΕΣ...

Γ.Σ.Ασπροπύργου - Ζήνων Γλυφάδας 5.5-6.5Πανελλήνιος Γ.Σ. - Α.Σ.Παπάγου 4-8Σ.Ο.Παγκρατίου - Σ.Ο.Αιγάλεω 4-8Πειραϊκός Ο.Σ. - Σ.Ο.Νέας Φιλαδέλφειας 6.5-5.5Πρόγραμμα Αγώνων

The F.E.B. #7 is out! IM Lawrence Trent and GM Steven Gordon analyze Nakamura’s triumph by the seaside, what Levon Aronian’s missing, Anish Giri’s new celebrity, plus Magnus Carlsen’s “Wii” habits, Polish tongue twisters, Wes So contemplates university, Luke McShane on a proper Full English Breakfast, and more! About the Full English Breakfast Mission: Bring...

Last week the second team of the Hamburg Chess Club HSK organized an endgame studies solving contest as a team building activity. The contest consisted of twelve studies composed by Yochanan Afek, and was won by special guest GM Jan Gustafsson. On this Sunday we present you these twelve studies and their solutions. By IM [...]

Δικαίωμα συμμετοχής έχουν οι μαθητές και οι μαθήτριες των Νηπιαγωγείων, των Δημοτικών Σχολείων, των Γυμνασίων και των Λυκείων, Δημοσίων και Ιδιωτικών της περιφέρειας ΒΔ ΕλλάδοςΣάββατο 19 Φεβρουαρίου Το Σάββατο θα...

The Doeberl Cup is held in Canberra over Easter each year attracting a field of over 200 players. There are five separate tournaments each year. The Premier tournament runs for 9 FIDE rated rounds and has had titled players from Australia, Russia, India, Ukraine, Israel, Spain, Hungary, Serbia, Ecuador and the Philippines. The 7-round FIDE rated Major tournament is for players with an ACF rating...

It's hard to imagine anyone winning the ridiculously strong Aeroflot Open two years in a row. But last year's winner, Le Quang Liem of Vietnam, is making a go of it and is in clear first after five rounds having given up only one draw so far. By winning last year he got the automatic invite to Dortmund and further amazed us all by finishing in clear second place ahead of Kramnik, among others...

Have a look here. Of special interest is the publication of a game that had seemingly been lost to history, the second game of the 1957 mini-match between Bobby Fischer and ex-world champion Max Euwe.

A quick look in after five rounds of the Aeroflot Open: Le Quang Liem continues to enjoy solo first place and is in good shape to repeat and make a second trip to Dortmund this July. He defeated Gata Kamsky pretty quickly in round 4, and then enjoyed the better half of the draw in round 5 with the black pieces against Evgeny Tomashevsky. That gave him 4.5/5, and in round 6 he'll have White...

For those who might be interested, I'll make quick mention of an inessential but quite pleasant piece of software I've used a lot over the years: Powerbook. It essentially comprises four files, two of which I never use and two I use very regularly. It comes with two databases: Powerbook and Strong, and with two opening trees with the same names, because they're built from those databases. The...

The FIDE Women Grand Prix series has its sixth and final tournament set to take place from 20th February to 6th March in Doha, Qatar. 12 players will compete in the round robin event. The winner of each tournament will win 6,500 euros out of a prize fund of 40,000 euros and the overall winner of the series will win a further 15,000 euros at the end of the series.