Live games with computer analysis

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There comes the inevitable moment in my games when I have to ask myself ‘Should I resign now or should I play on a few more moves?’ In this week’s problem, the grandmaster playing White resigned, although he had three moves by his King which held the draw. Can you see how White can draw […]

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation is holding the international chess tournament 10th Tashkent Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, from 18-26th April, 2016, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The official venue of the tournament is hotel “Shodlik Palace”. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss with the time control 90 min + 30 sec [...]

The 14th Open International de Malakoff is taking place from 16-24th April at the Salle des Fetes Jean Jaures, 92240 Malakoff, Paris, France. The 9-round Swiss tournament is organized by the club “Malakoff et Mat”, Ville de Malakoff and Conseil Général des Hauts de Seine. Top prizes are EUR 1500/800/500 The tournament has gathered 224 [...]

Μετά από απόφαση του Δ.Σ πραγματοποιήθηκε σήμερα κατά την διάρκεια της συνεδρίασης του ΔΣ η κλήρωση της προημιτελικής φάσης του κυπέλλου. Ξεχωρίζει η συνάντηση ΝΕΠ - ΕΑΠ. Αναλυτικά τα ζευγάρια της προημιτελικής φάσης.

Gawain is in the final stages of the 18th Dubai Open, tomorrow will be round 8 (so only 2 more rounds left) and currently he”s leading with GM Vladmir Akopian, Boris Savchenko & Ivan Sokolov ( who I think is the national UAE coach). He’ll be on Board 1 facing the Armenian GM Akopian. You […]

The 16th Bangkok Chess Club Open – Thailand Open Chess Championships 2016 took place from 10-17th April in Dusit Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. The event had two sections: Open category for all players (9-round Swiss), and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (7-round Swiss). The Open section had 198 participants from 39 countries. [...]

Chris Torres, President of Chess & Music Academy in Northern California, conducted an interview with Paul Truong, Coach & Chief Strategist of Webster University #1 ranked Collegiate Chess program. Chris Torres: Congratulations on winning the Final Four for the 6th consecutive time. That is impressive. Paul Truong: Thank you. The credits have to go to [...]

Το Σάββατο 20 Μαρτίου σε μία από τις κρισιμότερες συναντήσεις της ιστορίας της η Σκακιστική Άνοιξη , για τον τελευταίο γύρο του Π.Ο. Α' Εθνικής Κατηγορίας πέτυχε σπουδαία νίκη 5.5-4.5 επί του Α.Ο Κηφισιάς , που σε συνδυασμό με...

The 34th Open International d’echecs de Metz was held from 10-16th April, 2016, at the Complexe Saint-Symphorien Longeville-Les-Metz in Metz, France. The playing format was 9-round Swiss and there were two sections: Open A for players rated above 1900 and Open B for players rated under 2000. The total prize fund was 8200 EUR with [...]

The AX Portugal is organizing ten consecutive chess tournaments this summer throughout Portugal. Technical data and other information common to all events: • Access: Open the Federated players (if not, the Organization will take care of the registration in the Portuguese Chess Federation); • Technical Data: Swiss System 7 rounds with 90m+30s, 30m tolerance for [...]

Live games with computer analysis

Sokolov scores back-to-back wins on Saturday; Akopian ends five-game streak with a draw UAE national coach Grandmaster (GM) Ivan Sokolov rocketed to the lead after back-to-back wins in Saturday’s double round, joining erstwhile solo leader GM Vladimir Akopian of Armenia, who settled for a draw in the sixth round after stringing together five wins in [...]