G. C. Van Perlo, Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics: A Comprehensive Guide to the Sunny Side of Chess Endgames(New, Improved and Expanded Edition) (New in Chess, 2014). 607 pp., $34.95/$29.95. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. This fascinating and delightful book may not be the "best" endgame work ever written, but it's probably the most enjoyable book on the subject. The late G.C. van Perlo...

Round 7 of the Norway Chess tournament was a very long one, with four of the five games going past five hours, even past five and a half hours, and one game nearly reaching the whopping eight hour mark. But despite that the games were relatively uneventful. Peter Svidler and Simen Agdestein drew quickly, and the next game to finish was between Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk. Carlsen had...

From 30 May to 1 June 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Skokie, Chicago, Illinois, USA, by the Chess IQ Academy and Chess Center, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Workshop was the Chess IQ Academy & [...]

From 6 to 8 June 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Guayaquil, Ecuador, by the Ecuador Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Workshop was the Grand Hotel Guayaquil (5*) in Guayaquil, where the participants were [...]

The Stavanger Chess Club in cooperation with Norway Chess and 2020Park organized the Stavanger Open NGP 2014 on 6-9th June. The 6-round Swiss event was held at a real estate business park in Forus, near the Scandic Forus Hotel. There were three playing sections: Group A (over 1750), Group B (1250-1750) and Group C (U1250). [...]

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission announces the list of participants of the Monastir workshop for the training of the International Arbiters. The workshop will be held from 20 to 22 June 2014 in Monastir, Tunisia. Lecturers are IA Dirk de Ridder (BEL) and IA Stephen Boyd (FRA). The venue will be the Monastir Hotel (4*), in [...]

The Whitsun Chess Festival 2014 was held from 3rd to 7th June, 2014 in Copenhagen, the capital and most populated city in Denmark. The Grandmasters Section was won by the Bulgarian GM Krasimir Rusev. He collected 6,5/9 points, leaving the runner-up half a point behind. The 24-year-old IM Helgi Ziska, the best Faroe Islands player, [...]

Future masters have to start somewhere and most in England learn their skills on the weekend tournament circuit, in junior events and adult events. It used to be the case that it would take many years, even for the most talented, to become masters, but now things seem to have speeded up with access to databases and […]

H Γυμναστική Εταιρεία Αγρινίου οργανώνει την Κυριακή 15/6/2004 στις 10:30 το διασυλλογικό τουρνουά rapid στο Εmileon Sport Center στο Δοκίμι Αγρινίου…

Hello Wesley So, thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to talk with us. Your recent decision to change federations is big news in the chess world. We are sure that your fans are interested to know more about the details of your decision. Chessdom: Why do you need to switch federation? Can’t [...]

After a couple of losses, David Navara at least got to do the pressing in game 3 of his four-game match with Hikaru Nakamura. Ultimately he won a pawn in a rook ending, but with limited material and all the pawns on the same side of the board it wasn't nearly enough to win. The match concludes tomorrow.

To Veselin Topalov, naturally. No matter what Vladimir Kramnik says in this interview pretending that he isn't affected by Topalov over the board, his fairly poor results against him since their world championship match tell a different story. Kramnik used to own him, but now, no matter how bad Topalov's form is in any given event, he is even looking like a favorite against him. With the loss...

The friendly match between Hungary and Poland (women) is taking part from 8th to 13th June, 2014 in Budapest, the capital and the largest city in Hungary. The hosts from Hungary participate with: WGM Papp Petra 2296, IM Gara Anita 2333, WGM Gara Ticia 2327, IM Madl Ildiko 2328, IM Vajda Szidonia 2352 and WGM Rudolf Anna 2297, while Poland consists [...]

.Μεγαλιός , Λογοθέτης , Σκαπέρδας και Γκορίτσας με το Κύπελλο της 2ης θέσης Κυπέλλου ΑττικήςΠάλεψε αλλά δεν κατάφερε να κατακτήσει το Κύπελλο Αττικής η Σκακιστική Άνοιξη απέναντι στην πολύ ισχυρή ομάδα της ΑΕΚ που...

The friendly match between Hungary and Poland is taking part from 8th to 13th June, 2014 in Budapest, the capital and the largest city in Hungary. The hosts from Hungary, with members GM Viktor Erdos 2647, GM Ferenc Berkes 2665, GM Csaba Balogh 2648, GM Zoltan Almasi 1692, GM Richard Rapport 2791, GM Judith Polgar [...]