If you've been visiting some of the major chess sites you've probably come across banner and other ads for Chess24.com. This young site is clearly ambitious, and at least based on the current content I hope it succeeds. Some bits of the site are accessible without a membership, including reports on the world championship (the round 5 report is here). They're also transmitting the games live with...

Round 5 of the Candidates' was very exciting, even if there was only one decisive game. Viswanathan Anand came into the round in first place, and though playing Black would presumably have his chances against tailender Dmitry Andreikin. Indeed, Anand did manage to achieve an advantage, but Andreikin defended well and held the draw. The marquee game saw Vladimir Kramnik take on Levon Aronian, and...

In a major development, the Ministry of Sports Affairs (MoSA) has formed an interim Oman Chess Committee (OCC) that will now pitch for official recognition from the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Times of Oman reported. According to OCC chief Laila Al Naggar, the immediate task of the committee, which was came into being very recently, [...]

In order to honor the memory of Vugar Gashimov, European champion and leading world chess player who passed away recently, “Synergy Group” organizes strong round robin tournament to be held in April in Azerbaijan. A memorial for Vugar Gashimov will bring together such world-known names as the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), world #5 [...]

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Chess is a tough old game. You need to plan ahead as well as managing short-term tactical shots. The average length of a game of chess in terms of moves might be 40-50 moves, but many games end decisively in less than 25 (known as miniatures) while others go on and on for over 100 […]

Had Viswanathan Anand defeated Vladimir Kramnik in today's action he would have been at least a pretty decent favorite to win the Candidates' tournament, even at this early stage. That was never in much danger of happening, however. Kramnik had Black, yes, but he was prepared to the gills in a Vienna Variation Queen's Gambit and drew in 30 moves without ever leaving his prep. So Anand remained...

Chess Informant 119 Viking is largely dedicated to the newly crowned world champion, Magnus Carlsen. He’s the emerging global brand and the new face of our beloved game. We offer exclusive Carlsen photos inside Chess Informant 119, but for the cover we preferred the symbolism of a sailing drakkar boat. This newest installment of the Informant is all about red [...]

Azerbaijan will hold two round robin tournaments in memory of Vugar Gashimov from 19 to 30 April in Shamkir, Teymur Tushiev of ExtraTime.az confirmed for Chessdom. The A Tournament will be a six-player double round robin with Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Sergey Karjakin (Russia) and local stars Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and [...]

“I am pleased to announce that today, March 13, 2014 the inclusion of Chess in the school curriculum of Basic and Secondary Education across the country was finally approved in both chambers of our Parliament.” (Victor Oxley, Draft Legislative Counsel) These matters take time and there is still one more step – the President of [...]

Viswanathan Anand didn’t get advantage from the opening against Vladimir Kramnik and the game was quickly drawn, but the Indian retained the lead after round 4 of FIDE World Candidates Tournament. In the other matches Levon Aronian outplayed Peter Svidler, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won an exciting game against Dmitry Andreikin. Veselin Topalov forced perpetual check [...]

Δείτε τις εκδηλώσεις της ΕΣΣΝΑ στα πλαίσια του σκακιστικού-πολιτιστικου φεστιβαλ Chessnale Athens 2014(The Mall Athens Εκθεσιακός Χώρος 4ος όροφος) Αγωνιστικές: Σάββατο 22/3 12:00   Τελική Φάση Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Μαθητών-Μαθητριών...

Δείτε τις τελικές κατατάξεις και τις προκρίσεις στα Σχολικά Πρωταθλήματα Π.Ε. Βορείου Τομέα Αθηνών (Νέο Ηράκλειο) ΑΤΟΜΙΚΑ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ (ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 15/3) ΟΜΑΔΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ (ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 16/3)

The reigning US Champion Gata Kamsky won the Master section of the 23rd Annual Eastern Class Championships that were held on March 14-16 at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Kamsky finished clear first with 4,5/5 points, ahead of a group of American Grandmasters. Last weekend he shared the first place in Marchand [...]

An important aspect of opening repertoire management is making sure your move-orders are consistent with each other and that you do not get tricked into an opening line which you are not intending to play. For example, if you like the QGD Exchange as White, with Nge2, then it is important that after 1.d4 Nf6 […]