Grandmaster Dragan Paunovic passed away after a heart attack at the age 55, a couple of days after completing the open tournament in LLucmajor. Several years ago Paunovic suffered heart attack during the Team Championship in Valjevo. He recovered after timely intervention. Paunovic was resident of La Coruna in Spain. He won many tournaments in [...]

Οι παραδοσιακές Διεθνείς Σκακιστικές Εκδηλώσεις «Ίκαρος» εμπλουτίζονται φέτος με περισσότερα τουρνουά ράπιντ. Εκτός από το καθιερωμένο Μεσογειακό Ομαδικό Κύπελλο, θα διεξαχθούν και 4 Ατομικά: Ανδρών, Γυναικών, Νέων...

There is an old Russian proverb, “The father hit his son, not because he gambled, but because he tried to win back his losses.” In principle, striving for chess revenge is a good intention, but when it becomes an end in itself, you lose your sense of reality and your objectivity in assessing a position. […]

Peruvian Grandmaster Julio Granda Zuniga completely dominated the 5th Open Internacional de LLucmajor that was held from 8-15th May at the Club Nautico de LLucmajor, Mallorca, Spain. Granda Zuniga finished the event with 8,5/9 points, conceding only one draw in the 2nd round and then proceeding to defeat a host of Grandmasters. With 2699,3 live [...]

The Asian Chess Federation cordially invites Presidents and Delegates of National Chess Federations in Asia to the Asian Chess Summit, a chess family gathering from 28th August to 1st September 2016 in Al Ain, UAE. The Asian Chess Summit encompasses the following: 28th August – Arrival 29th August – Asian Chess Symposium Asian Chess Development [...]

Today I am going to talk about the sealing a weakness by physically blocking lines. It is really a nice theme which beginners often fail to see; when your opponent tries to exchange the blockading piece often you get a passed pawn, a better pawn chain or a nice outpost for a piece. Here are […]

The final tournament of the Tatarstan Chess Federation Cup took place on May 14-15 at the Nezhmetdinov Chess Club in Kazan. 16 players competed in mixed format. First, two groups with eight players were held. Top four players from each proceeded to the knock-out section. The defending champion Gata Kamsky was unable to repeat his [...]

The international law firm Quinn Emanuel will represent the interests of the Russian Chess Federation (the – “RCF”) in connection with publication of the false information about the RCF President Andrey Filatov. The engagement agreement has been signed today. On May 10, The Telegraph and a number of other media published articles containing false information [...]

13ος  ΑΝΟΙΧΤΟΣ ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΛΥΣΗΣ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ  ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ   Ο 13ος Ανοιχτός Διαγωνισμός Λύσης Προβλημάτων Αττικής για τα σωματεία της Αττικής θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην αίθουσα του σκακιστικού σωματείου...

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All games of Carlsen and Karjakin in 2016 with commentary

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This and the next column will look at the vexed question of how one should approach a game, when a draw is a sufficient result from a tournament perspective. The temptation is to play directly for a draw, choosing a quiet opening, eschewing all risk, chopping wood at every opportunity, etc. But in practice, this […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding the President of the Russian Chess Federation and FIDE Vice President Andrey Filatov with a medal of Class 2 Order For Merit to the Fatherland, for merits in development of physical culture and sports, and long-standing commitment and diligent work. The document – decree No 225 [...]

I had the following position in a local league game. I was White against a very strong player, and I had been a pawn down since the opening. I saw a way to force a draw, and took it. In the process, I swapped off my good pieces for my opponent’s bad pieces. I played […]