So says this article, c/o this one. (Background in the second link; see also here.) Karjakin-Anand, anyone?

Μια ανακοίνωση της ΕΣΟ που ίσως ενδιαφέρει τους φίλους αναγνώστες : εδώ

Σήμερα αρχίζουν οι λύτες (οι δικοί μας είναι οι Κονιδάρης Παναγιώτης, Μενδρινός Νίκος, Πρέντος Κώστας) την προσπάθεια για μια καλή θέση στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Λύσης. Θα συνεχίσουν αύριο. Αργότερα θα συμπληρώσω τα...

«Τα γενέθλια και το τσίρκο» Απέναντι από το ξενοδοχείο μας, εδώ στην Βέρνη, τα τεράστια κιόσκια που αντίκριζα κάθε πρωί μου αποκάλυψαν επιτέλους την αποστολή τους. Είναι οι εγκαταστάσεις του εθνικού τους τσίρκου! Το...

You can find lots of material in books which teaches you how to attack the king. However, there are also some key factors I’d like to present, which my own experience has led me to believe are the most important. 1. Removal of key defender: In my city a very popular saying is that you […]

Harika Dronavalli from India defeated Nafisa Muminova from Uzbekistan to become the sole leader after two rounds of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Sharjah, UAE. Harika’s compatriot Humpy Koneru recovered after the unfortunate start and confidently won against Alina L’Ami. There were two more decisive games as Anna Ushenina and Ju Wenjun outplayed Elina [...]

The 2014 Sinquefield Cup will be the strongest chess tournament in the history of chess, bringing six of the world’s top-nine Grandmasters together at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Round 1 pairings: Levon Aronian – Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov – Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Magnus Carlsen Live games with analysis [...]

The full pairings are here; as for round 1, this is what we have to look forward to tomorrow (Wednesday): Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura Veselin Topalov - Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Magnus Carlsen Rather than ask for predictions (though you're all welcome to give them, especially if you think someone other than the champ will take first), I'll ask this: would you take Carlsen...

Will Magnus Carlsen sign his contract for the world championship match slated to begin in Sochi on November 7? He has until September 7, the final day of the Sinquefield Cup (which starts tomorrow/today/Wednesday) to do so. This article offers a good summary of where things stand, and notes that it Carlsen doesn't play there will be a world championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Sergei...

The organizers of Tata Steel Chess tournament (Wijk-aan-Zee) and the ACP are glad to announce the start of cooperation, commencing from the next edition of Tata Steel Chess in January 2015. Tata Steel Chess has approved the proposal of the ACP and will provide two wild cards to the most successful players of the ACP [...]

The Ferrari online store is offering a luxurious chess and draughts set made from carbon fibre covered wood, personalized with the enamelled metal Ferrari shield on the front. The playing board alternates squares in carbon fibre and fibreglass. The chess pieces inside are made from black and red varnished wood. The knight piece is inspired [...]

Βασικά, εγώ ήρθα στο Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο για την Σκακιστική Σύνθεση (WCCC) για τα τουρνουά σκακιστικής σύνθεσης. Παρέδωσα μερικές συνθέσεις σε διάφορους κριτές και μια που είχα ελεύθερο χρόνο, είπα να πάω στο Open Solving Tournament...

GM Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) and WIM Klaudia Kulon (Poland) are champions of the 13th World University Chess Championship 2014 that took place from 17th to 24th August 2014 at the Conference Center of the Park Hotel Diament Katowice in the splendid city of Katowice, Poland. The top seeded Russian player GM Sanan Sjugirov shared first place in a three-way tie with [...]

The 21st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Masters Tournament is taking place from 20-29th August at the Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club in United Arab Emirates. The main event of the Festival is Masters Tournament for foreign players rated above 2000 elo and all Abu Dhabi players. After six rounds of play Indian IM [...]

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