The colors may have switched in all the games of the second cycle of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial, but two rounds in all the results have been the same. Magnus Carlsen was the only winner in rounds 1 and 2, and he was the only winner in rounds 6 & 7. The second double-up came out Wil E. Coyote's Hikaru Nakamura's expense. Nakamura came out of the opening with a good position against Carlsen...

The FIDE Women World Blitz Championship 2014 continued today with rounds 6-10 being played at the Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk. Anna Muzychuk from Slovenia, who was convincing leader after the first five rounds, slowed down a bit, but still played well enough to finish the day tied on the first place with 15/20 points. [...]

The local International Master Moulthun Ly is a surprising winner of Sydney International Chess Open 2014. He takes clear first place with 7/9 points, leaving the former European champion GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, as well as many other GMs half a point behind. The winner is awarded 4000 $ and a GM norm for his performance [...]

The 2014 Romanian National Championships for men and women are taking place from 26th April to 4th of May, 2014 at the Continental Hotel, in Targu Mures, Romania. The Open Section is an 11 round Swiss tournament, while the Women’s Section is a 9 round Swiss Open. The Men Championship consists of 96 players, including [...]

Romanian Chess Championship for Men is taking place from 26th April to 4th May, 2014 in Targu Mures, Romania. Live games with triple analysis daily at 15:00 CET

Romanian Women Chess Championship is taking place from 26th April to 4th May, 2014 in Targu Mures, Romania. Follow daily with triple engine analysis

Stockfish 080414 leads the third Stage of the strongest computer competition TCEC Season 6 with 17/22, leaving the next contender full 2 points behind. Komodo 1217 is clear second with 15/22, while Houdini 4 is third with 13.5/22. According to the rules of Thoresen Chess Engines Competition only the top 4 engines will move on [...]

Το πρώτο μέρος περιλαμβάνει εύκολες ασκήσεις, για αρχαρίους. Τις επόμενες ημέρες θα ακολουθήσουν τα τρία επόμενη μέρη. Οι καλύτερες συνέχειες δεν παίχτηκαν σε όλες τις παρτίδες. Επιμέλεια: Ηλίας Κουρκουνάκης 1.1 Τάσος...

The 20th edition of the traditional Cutro Chess Festival is taking place from 23rd April to 1st May, 2014 in Cutro, Italy. The tournament is split into 3 groups: – Master Section – a 9 round Dutch tournament open to players rated more than 1899. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 [...]

Mathematicians will tell you chess is a two-person zero-sum game. If I win, you lose. If you win, I lose. If you draw, I draw as well. It’s also a game of total information: we both have complete information about what is happening and the location of all the pieces. It’s a reasonable assumption that […]

The rest day may have been just what Magnus Carlsen needed, as he commenced the second cycle of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial by defeating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov for the second time in the tournament. This broke his two-game losing streak and brought him into shared first with Teimour Radjabov after the latter drew against Sergey Karjakin. (Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura also drew their...

Capablanca Chess Festival is taking place from 25th April to 4th May, 2014 in Pretoria, South Africa. Live games with triple analysis daily at 15:00 CET. More information here Get your copy of Garry’s Choice 2014 now here/ New: Follow Carlsen and Anand with the Chess Insider experts!

Preparations for Ikaros 2014, the annual international chess tournament that is held for the 37th time at the picturesque island of Ikaria in Greece, are under way. The organization committee is making the necessary preparations for hosting the Greek and foreign players who will visit Ikaria from 12th till 20th of July to combine an [...]

Ostravsky Konik International Chess Festival is taking place from 26th April to 4th May 2014 at the Social Hall of Culture House in Ostrava, the third largest city in the Czech Republic. The festival consists of 6 groups: - Czech Championship – open master tournament with playing format 9 rounds Swiss and the time control [...]

World Chess Hall of Fame and the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame Each Induct Two New Members for 2014 April 23, 2014 (Saint Louis, MO) – Four exceptional chess players will take their places in history when two are inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame and two into U.S. Chess Hall of Fame [...]