Την Κυριακή 30-01-2011 θα διεξαχθούν οι παρακάτω αγώνες του Χειμωνιάτικου Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Ε.Σ.Σ.Σ.Ε No. SNo. Team MP Res. MP Team SNo. 1 3 LAMIA SOL 4 - 4 VOLOS 1 2 5 AG. KONSTANTINOS 2 - 4 ELASONA 7 3 2 LARISA 2 ...

Simon is extremely knowledgable on chess and has written seven books about the game, and produced three DVD's. "I have quite a lot of experience talking about chess," he says, as he prepares to gain more experience commenting on the Gibraltar Masters and having at his side the likes of GM Nigel Short.

Ten days ago we published an open letter signed by eighteen participants of the 2010 Women’s World Championship in Hatay, Turkey. The players expressed disappointment about the way the event was organized, addressing several issues concerning accommodation and food. Today FIDE finally responded, with a letter from Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos. On January 17 we [...]

In the 10th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, America’s number one chess player Hikaru Nakamura won his fifth game already. At an early stage Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France erred in his favorite Grünfeld, and was given no chance in the remainder. Nakamura explains. Enjoy!

- Συνέντευξη του Mickey Adams από το Γιβραλτάρ. http://interviews.chessdom.com/michael-adams-gibraltar- Απάντηση του αντιπροέδρου της FIDE Γιώργου Μακρόπουλου στις καταγγελίες των συμμετεχόντων στο παγκόσμιο Γυναικών της...

No matter how hard we try to organize the "perfect" event, something could still go wrong. My suggestion is if there are problems in the future, the players should alert the organizer as soon as possible. If the problems are not resolved to the satisfactory of the players then FIDE should be promptly notified. We must give the organizers and FIDE the opportunity to correct any and all potential...

Malcolm Pein looks at Vladimir Kramnik's Round 9 win over Erwin L'Ami.

Malcolm Pein looks at Vladimir Kramnik's Round 9 win over Erwin L'Ami.

B Group1. Z. Efimenko 6½- W. So 6½3. L. McShane 6- D. Navara 6- G. Sargissian 6- V. Tkachiev 67. L. Liem 5½- R. Wojtaszek 5½9. Li Chao 510. S. Ganguly 411. L. Fressinet 3½- J. Hammer 3½13. F. Nijboer 3- W. Spoelman 3Group C1. D. Vocaturo 7½2. K. Lahno 6½3. I. Ivanisevic 6- I. Nyzhnyk 65. M. Kazhgaleyev 5½6. M. Bluvshtein 5- B. Bok 5- T. Sachdev 5- D. Swiercz 510. S...

Four members of the French team that participated in the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad have supported their federation’s investigation into the cheating allegations against Sébastien Feller, Arnaud Hauchard and Cyril Marzolo of cheating. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Laurent Fressinet, Vladislav Tkachiev and Romain Edouard expressed their “full support for the FFE in its quest to find the...

It is even more surprising that the main accusation, repeatedly mentioned, is that the organisers of the Turkish Chess Federation tried to make money by overcharging the players. I would like to remind that the organisers have provided the full prize fund of the event (450,000 USD) by taking on their own cost the 20% contribution to FIDE and not deducting it from the players.

Viktor Korchnoi produced the surprise of the second round when he defeated Fabiano Caruana. This was his first win against the youngster after four losses. Korchnoi is the only player still active from the legendary post-war generation of Soviet Grandmasters.

Viktor Korchnoi produced the surprise of the second round when he defeated Fabiano Caruana. This was his first win against the youngster after four losses. Korchnoi is the only player still active from the legendary post-war generation of Soviet Grandmasters.

This evening Vassily Ivanchuk gave a master class to a packed house, probably spread over all the continents. He went through his win today and also another from 1984, purely from memory (including several of the most attractive sub-variations). This was greeted by rapturous applause - with good reason.

Στο ιστολόγιο του φίλου Ηλία Οικονομόπουλου δημοσιεύτηκε χτες η επόμενη ανακοίνωση (τα κόκκινα δικά μου): Κατεπείγουσα έκκληση για αίμα Ο Μιχάλης Τριβιζάς εξακολουθεί να υποστηρίζεται στην Μονάδα Εντατικής του...