Δυνατές μάχες διεξάγονται στο 39ο Διεθνές Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά της Ικαρίας, καθώς οι αγώνες βρίσκονται πλέον στον 7ο γύρο και, αναμφισβήτητα αυτός που έχει ξεχωρίσει ως τώρα είναι ο Γάλλος IM Ρομέιν Πικάρντ ο οποίος με 5,5...

NOT the Latvian Gambit My opponent in this ICCF correspondence chess game lives in Latvia. This was pretty much a standard Sicilian Defense with no gambits involved. During the course of this correspondence chess game, I offered a draw twice. White took 15 days to decline the first draw offer and 21 days to accept […]

July in the USA is famous for pyrotechnics, to the delight of children and horror of canines throughout the land. Sometimes the fireworks explode in a cascade of sparkling colors, and sometimes they are duds, or partial duds. Two of my recent games featured fireworks. One game was a partial dud, whereas the second was […]

Report and video

Report rounds 1-4

Ξεκίνησε σήμερα το Bilbao Chess 2016 με τη συμμετοχή έξι κορυφαίων σκακιστών: Μάγκνους Κάρλσεν (παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής, Νορβηγία, 2855) Χικαρού Νακαμούρα (ΗΠΑ, 2787) Ανίς Χίρι (Ολλανδία, 2785) Σεργκέι Καριάκιν (Ρωσία, 2773) Βέσλει Σο...

Ο Ρώσος γκραν μετρ Αλεξάντερ Χαριτόνοβ (αριστερά), πρώτος σε βαθμό αξιολόγησης μεταξύ των 160 παικτών, αντιμετωπίζει σε φιλική παρτίδα τον πολύ καλό Ικάριο σκακιστή Γιώργο ΤέσκοΜε τη συμμετοχή 160 συνολικά σκακιστών και...

The 10th Philadelphia International tournament was held from July 5-10, 2016, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. GM Axel Bachmann from Paraguay and GM Aleksandr Shimanov from Russia finished tied first with 7,0/9 points to earn $2250 each. IM Priyadharshan Kannappan from India achieved a GM norm. The tournament format was [...]

It’s quite interesting to see how many chess people are high achievers in real life. Do they use chess strategies to do this? Probably they do, at least in a way. I would say that when Angela Eagle (at one time a keen chess player) recently challenged for the Labour Party leadership it was good […]

And press conference in Bilbao

Live games with analysis

With Carlsen and Karjakin (video presentation)

The European Chess Universities Games 2016 will take place in “Pauk” hall in Zagreb, Croatia from 12-15th July. The technical organizer is Zagreb Chess Federation. The main event is the rapid tournament, separately men and women section, with time control 25 min + 10 sec/move, starting from the move 1. There will be 9 rounds, [...]

Live games with analysis

Streamlining the Game Analysis Process Everyone knows the importance of analyzing your games to improve at chess. World Champions Alekhine, Botvinnik, and Kasparov in particular were known for the deep analysis of their games. A couple years ago, I created a 4-step process for analyzing your games that involved annotating the game with your thoughts and analysis, […]