American #1 and world #7 Hikaru Nakamura is taking on Czech #1 and world #25 David Navara in a four-game match in Prague. Game 1 was today and was won by Nakamura with the black pieces.

Δίνονται εδώ μερικά δυάρια προβλήματα για να τα λύσετε.Παίζουν τα Λευκά, προσπαθούν να απαντήσουν αποτελεσματικά τα Μαύρα, αλλά στην επόμενη κίνηση τα Λευκά δίνουν ματ.Μπορείτε να δοκιμάσετε θυσίες, σαχ, ό,τι μπορείτε...

Today's round at the Norway Chess tournament wasn't the most exciting one. Four of the five games were drawn, three pretty uneventfully. Fabiano Caruana had the most interesting draw of the day, and had some pressure against Anish Giri late in the first time control. In mutual time trouble he was unable to keep the advantage, and the game quickly petered out in the second time control. Vladimir...

The 44th International Chess Tournament “Bosna 2014″ took place from 30th May to 6th June, 2014 at the Radon Plaza Hotel, in Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosna and Herzegovina. GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (RUS) was convincing in Open A (for players rated over 2300 ELO). The Russian Grandmaster emerged clear winner with 7/9 [...]

The 28th International Open Tournament Pula 2014 is taking part from 7th to 14th June, 2014 in Pula, Croatia. The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation. 187 players from 16 different countries will be vying for the first prize of 1000 €. Top seed is GM Zoran Jovanovic.

From the 4th to the 14th June in France there being are held celebrations dedicated to the to 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Within this event in Caen are taking place The Forum of Liberty and the European Youth Parliament. In the context of it, on the 4th of June there [...]

Ο Ραούλ Τζούλια παίζει σκάκι και στο βάθος, διακρίνεται η Αντζέλικα Χιούστον. Από την ταινία The Addams Family, παραγωγής 1991. Δημοφιλές καρτούν και δημοφιλής τηλεοπτική σειρά, η οικογένεια Άνταμς έκανε ένα τεράστιο άλμα...

I am asked, on a regular basis, how I maintain order when teaching twenty to thirty young students at a time. As a chess teacher and trainer of chess teachers, I know that maintaining control when teaching is crucial to the student’s ability to learn. If a classroom is noisy and chaotic, it is difficult […]

The 5th Marathon International Rapid Chess Tournament will be held on 7th-8th June, 2014 at Mega Mall Rabat in Rabat, the capital and the fifth largest city of Morocco, situated on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regrer. It will be a traditionally strong event, with many Grandmasters and a special [...]

The Baltic Zonal Chess Tournament has started in Liepaja with a formal opening ceremony participating the FIDE President and the heads of the Baltic chess federations. Twelve of the most accomplished chess masters from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will compete for the FIDE Presidential Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup. In Liepaja the first of the three stages [...]

The World Art Cup 2014 was hosted in Paris for the 8th consecutive year. The traditional festival gathered people of art from all around the world. The event was organized by Mr. Tardits and took place at the L’Orchidee du Cheval Blanc in the French capital. It is traditionally open to all chess players in the sphere [...]

This is a game that I played back in 2005. In this case my opponent was the one who failed to win a won game. I had White against a higher rated player and I got surprised by a kingside sacrifice. Then, Nolan got greedy and grabbed the pawn on h4. That gave me time […]

The traditional ČEZ Chess Trophy 2014 Festival will be held from 6th to 10th June, 2014 at the marvelous Michna Palace in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. The main event of the festival is a 4 game match between Hikaru Nakamura (2775) and the best Czech player David Navara (2724). Follow the [...]

The traditional ČEZ Chess Trophy 2014 Festival will be held from 6th to 10th June, 2014 at the marvelous Michna Palace in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Special guest of the Festival is Hikaru Nakamura (2775). He will give a simultaneous exhibition to 30 rivals on 6th June at 15:00 CET. [...]

The 8th BPB Limburg Open is taking part from 6th to 9th June, 2014 at the Sporthal De Geusselt in the city of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. The Master Section consists of 117 players with top seed GM Erwin L’Ami, who will be vying for the first prize of 2250 €. Tournament website