Here. (HT: Esteban) I'm sure there's a more thorough and easily read chart somewhere else though - maybe from Jeff Sonas. The "men's" graph only seems to cover players who were #1 or #2 at some point, so there are obviously going to be some major omissions. Also, it isn't clear what the scale is along the vertical axis. Anyway, have a look, and if you find a more thorough graph of the same sort...

Grandmasters Boris Gelfand (2725) and Peter Svidler (2793) will play a Rapid Chess match of 8 games on July 20-24 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The match, open to the general public, is the highlight of the 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament, to take place in Jerusalem on July 16-24. The tournament is organized [...]

Following the resignation of the Mediterranean Chess Association (MCA) President Damir Levacic earlier this year, the national federations were discussing the appointment of the MCA Board. The new Mediterranean Chess Association Board for the period 2014-2018 which will be as follows: President – Nabil Badr (Lebanon) Deputy President – Hisham El Gindy (Egypt) Vice President [...]

On 7th July World Chess Federation President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, asking for help resolving visa problems in advance of the Tromsø Olympiad. The CEO of the 2014 Chess Olympiad, Børge Robertsen, has now issued a response on behalf of the organisers. Response to FIDE [...]

(* Non-greek speaking visitors, please scroll below)  Πρόγραμμα:Λόγω των δρομολογίων επιστροφής των πλοίων το πρόγραμμα των αγώνων διαμορφώνεται ως εξής:1ος Γύρος:    Σάββατο   12/7,  7.00 μ.μ. 2ος Γύρος:    Κυριακή  ...

ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΚΑΡΠΕΝΗΣΙΟΥ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΕΣ ΕΝΩΣΗ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ Ο ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΚΑΡΠΕΝΗΣΙΟΥ  οι ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΕΣ και η ΕΝΩΣΗ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ...

One of the most famous draws in chess history occurred in Vienna in 1870, between Carl Hamppe and Philipp Meitner. The opponents' play was remarkably accurate, too, though improvements have been found in the computer age. It would not be easy to find these improvements OTB though, especially in a rapid (15' + 10") game. So when Rauf Mamedov and Aleksej Alexandrov repeated the game on their way to...

In contemporary chess the move 1.b3 has experienced a small surge of popularity. At least one monograph has been published in English on the move, and in recent years it has been occasionally adopted by elite GMs Baadur Jobava and Hikaru Nakamura. 1.b4 is probably less strong, but it has had at least two book-length treatments in recent years! Moreover, the popularity of early b-pawn pushes...

Here I conclude my coverage of my first chess tournament, the 1980 Michigan Open (Reserve Section), achieving my first provisional USCF rating of 1546 after scoring 3.5/7.0 points. I also won a trophy for 2nd place Unrated in the Reserve Section (my father, also playing in his first tournament, won the trophy for 1st place […]

Moscow chess club SHSM “Nashe Naslediye” is set to participate in the European Club Cup in Bilbao in both sections – Open and Women’s. The Open team will consist of Alexander Morozevich (2731), Ian Nepomniachtchi (2730), Boris Grachev (2672), Alexey Dreev (2662), Evgeny Najer (2646), Daniil Dubov (2614), Vladimir Potkin (2610) and Ivan Popov (2546). [...]

From 27 to 29 June 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in New Delhi, by the All India Chess Federation and Asian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Workshop was the conference hall of the Park [...]

The 115th Annual United States Open Chess Championship is set to take place from 26th July to 3rd August at the Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Dr, Orlando, Florida 32819. The tournament format is 9-round Swiss one section with Class prizes and time control 40/120, SD/60 d5. Top US player not otherwise qualified will qualify [...]

The 24th Heart of Finland Chess Tournament is taking place from 7th to 13th July, 2014, at Harju building of Jyväskylä College, in the city of Jyväskylä, situated in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. The event is a 9-round Swiss with top prize in the amount of 1.000 €. Top seed is last-year’s champion GM Kaido [...]

I just spoke to the President of the NCFP Mr. Pichay on the phone yesterday for about 30 minutes. It was a good conversation. In short, he said that he is not upset with me at all, and he only wishes the best for my chess career.

You can get different kinds of pawn structure out of any opening, for example isolated pawns, pawn majorities & minorities on different sides. Today I will try to focus on how to play with a pawn majority & minority. In earlier times a queenside majority was thought to be an advantage, but this is not […]