Σχετικά με την μετάβαση όσων έχουν προκριθεί να συμμετέχουν στα Πανελλήνια Πρωταθλήματα Μαθητών Μαθητριών 2014 παρακαλούμε ενημερωθείτε και ακολουθείστε τις παρακάτω οδηγίες…..

The recent people’s referendum approved the budget of city of Biel and the International Chess Festival will continue to receive financial support, albeit slightly reduced compared to previous years. The organizers will nevertheless hold a traditional six-player double round robin Grandmaster Tournament on 14-24th July, 2014. The participants will be announced at a later stage, [...]

Recently I had one of the most embarrassing losses in my chess life. Granted, I’ve had many losses, and many of them have been quite painful, but this one was particularly bad, because of many regrets about factors that I could have controlled but didn’t. I did not fully understand this earlier in life, but […]

The 3rd Open International d’Echecs de la Martinique was organized by the Ligue d’Echecs de Martinique from 12-16th April, 2014, at the Hotel la Bateliere 20 rue des Alizes 97233 Schoelcher Martinique. 88 players from France, Barbados, Spain, Czech Republic, Lithuania. Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba and Switzerland competed in the 9-round Swiss event. The field [...]

The Bulgarian star received her first chess guidance from her father at the age of 4, and just three years later she already made her name by winning the Sofia Championship. In the twinkling of an eye Antoaneta’s results bore the resemblance to the snowball effect, culminating with her win of the 10th World Women [...]

The 21st Space Coast Open Chess Festival will take place on 25-27th April at the International Palms Resort, 1300 North Atlantic Avenue (Hwy A1A), Cocoa Beach, Florida. The event will be held over 5 rounds of Swiss system and in six sections: Master/Expert (FIDE rated), Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and U1200. [...]

Hou Yifan express keeps a steady pace forward in Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix after today’s win against Anna Ushenina, to the despair of second place, requested by Anna Muzychuk, who also won her game against Zhao Xue. Just like in yesterday’s standings, third comes the local hero, Olga Girya, with a remarkable 4.5/7, after winning [...]

The winner of TCEC Season 6 – Stage 2 Stockfish 4, modification 080414, leads TCEC Season 6 – Stage 3 with 5.5/8. The engine outplayed Komodo, version 1217 in the eighth round (you can see the game below). Stockfish strikes back, after losing the game against the reigning TCEC Grand Champion Komodo in the first [...]

Live games with analysis

So far, chess24 is putting out some nice material, including this concluding report, complete with annotated games and interviews. A tease: Grischuk explains his infamous comment about Kramnik's "bad preparation".

Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev recently won the incredibly strong Karpos Open Tournament in Skopje. WGM Iva Videnova interviewed the winner for Chessdom. Chessdom: Kiril, congratulations for winning Karpos Open, one of the strongest open tournaments in Europe. Would you share your impressions? Kiril Georgiev: Thank you! This was the fourth edition of Karpos Open and [...]

The fourth edition of Karpos Open took place in Skopje from 29 March-5 April 2014, at Hotel Aleksandar Palace. The event was a 9 rounds open tournament with a prize fund of 25,000 EUR and a total of 262 players from 38 different countries, 17 of which over 2600 ELO. The Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev [...]

Ten participants are competing in the Chess Ladies Vienna round-robin tournament, in Vienna, Austria from 12th to 20th April, 2014. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end of the game + 30 sec per move from the beginning of the game. WIM Marija Rakic is leading with [...]

French Grandmaster Romain Edouard convincingly won the 2014 Dubai Open after turning the tables against the top seed GM Anton Korobov in the last round. Romain escaped the grip with the black pieces to conclude the event with 8,0/9 points, leaving the nearest followers Eduardo Iturrizaga and Yuriy Kuzubov a full point behind. Video and [...]

Αρχίζει τη Δευτέρα του Πάσχα (21 Απριλίου) το 11ο ΟΠΕΝ ΣΟΗ στο οποίο ενσωματώνεται το ΑΝΟΙΧΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ 2014. Στους αγώνες που θα διεξαχθούν ξανά στις εγκαταστάσεις του ξενοδοχείου ΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ θα συμμετέχει πληθώρα...