Levon Aronian defeated Sergey Karjakin in round 7 of FIDE World Candidates Tournament to join Viswanathan Anand on the top of the crosstable. Anand had some advantage with black against Peter Svidler but he couldn’t achieve more than a draw. Vladimir Kramnik surged ahead by winning a wild game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Dmitry Andreikin escaped [...]

For the 37th consecutive year “Ikaros” renews its annual appointment with Greek and foreign players at the beautiful island of Ikaria for the traditional international chess tournament that this year will take place at Aghios Kirykos, the capital of the island, from 12th till 20th of July. The 37th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2014 incorporates [...]

GM Erwin L’Ami is blogging daily on the Candidates at Chessity. He is analyzing the most effective lines and also providing a video of the round. See more at Chessity.com Endgame trainer system International chess master Robert Ris developed the unique endgame trainer that is based on a well-known program of Chessity. It utilizes instructional [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου προκηρύσσει τά Περιφερειακά Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα Ανδρών-Γυναικών 2014 που θα πραγματοποιούνται το διάστημα από 3 έως 31 Μαϊου. Οι δηλώσεις συμμετοχής γίνονται δεκτές έως τις...

Του Κοσμά Κέφαλου Ηρωισμός, θυσία, έρωτας, απιστία, θλίψη και πλήξη, μεταφορικές έννοιες για τη λοξοδρομική πορεία του αξιωματικού και τη γοητευτική κίνηση του ίππου, ύμνοι στην αυτοθυσία του πιονιού και ενσάρκωση (με...

The 8th Annual Long Island Open will be held from March 28-30, 2014, at the Ramada Plaza Long Island MacArthur Airport Hotel, 1730 N. Ocean Ave, Holtsville, New York. The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1700, Under 1300 and Under 900. All sections have either 3-day (March 28-30) or 2-day (March 29-30) [...]

The 18th Annual Mid-America Open was held from March 14-16, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. The event had 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The Open section had 42 participants. Five players shared the first place [...]

Three Indians J Deepan Chakkravarthy of Tamil Nadu, Abhijit Kunte of PSPB and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of Maharashtra and one Bangladesh grandmaster Abdulla Al-Rakib share the lead with three points each at the end of third round of the 19th International Open Grandmasters Chess tournament, organised by Alekhine Chess Club at Kolkata, today. In a [...]

Unusually for me I’ve been taking a look at some of the games from the Candidates Tournament with the official web site being here. There’s certainly been plenty of fighting and original chess, the following game quickly leaving the beaten track early on (11.f4 looks like over the board inspiration). Shakhriyar Mamedyarov must have missed […]

Την περασμένη Κυριακή 16/3, ολοκληρώθηκε το πρωτάθλημα της Γ’ εθνικής κατηγορίας (όμιλος Αττικής) στο σκάκι, στο οποίο συμμετείχε και η ομάδα του ΑΚΕΖ (Αθλητικό Κέντρο Ζωγράφου – http://akez.gr/skaki). Ο ΑΚΕΖ είχε μια εξαιρετική...

World champion Magnus Carlsen offers his thoughts on the tournament through yesterday's round 6, here. (HT: Ian Lamb)

In the sixth (and final) round of the Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship, I played one of those unfortunately scrappy games I have been playing recently. From an easily winning position, I carelessly threw away the win to reach an ending that (to me) was obviously a draw. However, I kept playing for a win, hoping […]

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2014, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is scheduled to take place from 4th to 12th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation. Last year the winner [...]

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission announces the start of the project of Training of the International Arbiters that was approved in Tallinn FIDE Congress. The project will include seven (7) workshops that will be organized in 2014 (and before July), in different places (Continents) and in different languages. The workshops will be in English language (one [...]

Twelve of the top chess players in the U.S. just got fantastic news: Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will not be fighting for the title of 2014 U.S. Champion. Nakamura, currently ranked No. 8 in the world, declined his invitation citing his decision to prepare for, and compete against, only the world’s elite. This isn’t surprising, really. [...]