Amazingly, Ruan Lufei will have her sixth tiebreaker in six matches. Nothing if not dogged, she came through in a must-win situation against Hou Yifan, and the women's world championship will be settled in rapid (and if necessary, blitz) games tomorrow. By rating I'd still expect Hou to win, but Ruan has shown incredible toughness and good nerves in this event. We'll see!

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The news is that there won't be any more news. (The deadline has passed, so there's no chance for Magnus Carlsen to waffle back in.)

Ian Nepomniachtchi won his first Russian Championship on Wednesday in Moscow. The grandmaster from Bryansk emerged as the winner after a tiebreak with Sergey Karjakin in which he drew the Armageddon game with the black pieces. General info The Superfinal of the 63rd Russian Chess Championship for men was held in Moscow at the Central [...]

The Russian Championship had been a dream for Sergey Karjakin but finished as a nightmare. He started the round half a point ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi, and since the latter drew his final game Karjakin could win the title by following suit. Instead, he seemed to crack under the pressure and lost to Vladimir Malakhov, who had been -1 up to that point. Unfortunately for Karjakin, the title was...

Απόσπασμα από το βιβλίο του Χρήστου Κεφαλή Σκακιστική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια που κυκλοφορεί από τις εκδόσεις «Κέδρος» και αποτελεί μια εξαιρετική πρόταση για δώρο στις γιορτές. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες, εκδ. Κέδρος...

75 years ago, on December 15th, 1935 to be exact, Max Euwe became World Chess Champion. To celebrate this, the Max Euwe Centrum organized festivities on Saturday, December 18th, which included a lecture and a simul by World Champion Viswanathan Anand from India. Dutch GMs Anish Giri and Jan Smeets also gave a lecture and [...]

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Yearbook 97 has just arrived! What people say about the Yearbook: “There is no better way to keep track of opening fashions” - British Chess Magazine “Recommended to all who want to sharpen their repertoire” – Schacknytt Magazine (Sweden) Please, have a look at the full contents .

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Από τον κ. Βασίλη Μπετσάκο, πρόεδρο της Σκακιστικής Παρέμβασης Τριανδρίας, έλαβα το παρακάτω κείμενο, που περιέχει θλιβερές διαπιστώσεις για τα σκακιστικά δρώμενα, αλλά ελπίζω τουλάχιστον να αποτελεί έναυσμα για...

The European Rapid Championship took place in Warsaw this past weekend, and with tons of strong players there were many fine games and exciting moments. Not all the games were so impressive, however - witness this: Tomasz Markowski (2625) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2726) (Round 8): 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5 9.Be3 Bd6 10.0-0-0 This line has fared...

Στιγμιότυπο από παλαιότερους μαθητικούς αγώνεςΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ, από τον Σ.Ο. Νέας Φιλαδέλφειας40 Συμμετοχές στο 1ο Μαθητικό Τουρνουά του ΣΟΝΦ!Ξεπέρασε κάθε προσδοκία η συμμετοχή στο 1ο Μαθητικό Τουρνουά που διοργάνωσε ο...

In Anatakya, Turkey Hou Yifan took the lead in the Women’s World Championship final against Ruan Lufei. The youngest of the two Chinese finalists won today with the black pieces, after the first game had ended in a draw yesterday. General info The 2010 Women’s World Championship, organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, takes place [...]