If you've been watching top level chess on the internet for any time now, you'll know that when it comes to post-game press conferences, Peter Svidler is quite the talker. He is wonderfully articulate even in English, though it is not his native tongue, and just as a matter of personality he loves to talk. Whenever I've seen him at such a conference, he has dominated the proceedings. Likewise...

I noted one or two seconds earlier, Thomas offered some more in a comment to an earlier post, while Danny Olim has sent some more by email. Here's what we have so far: Anand: Sandipan Kramnik: Efimenko, Matlakov (maybe) Svidler: Vitiugov Aronian: An Armenian GM (not Sargissian) - he named the player, but I don't recall who it was Topalov: Romain Edouard Karjakin: Motylev, Dokhoian, and...

An year from now a unique experience is going to take place in the Mediterranean Sea – a Mind Games Cruise is going to travel the route Marseille – Genoa – Rome – Carthage – Palermo – Barcelona – Marseille. Chess is included in the special cruise, alongside bridge, scrabble, backgammon, and others. The dates [...]

Την Κυριακή 30 Μαρτίου θα διεξαχθεί ο 1ος γύρος των παρακάτω διοργανώσεων (επόμενες αγωνιστικές 6/4 , 4/5 , 11/5 και 1/6) Ομαδικό Κύπελλο Αττικής (Προκριματικός γύρος -αν απαιτηθεί Σάββατο 29/3) -Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών...

Δείτε τα αποτελέσματα και τις προκρίσεις των Σχολικών πρωταθλημάτων Δυτικής Αττικής: ΑΤΟΜΙΚΑ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ Π.Ε. ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ - ΠΡOΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ (Φυλή 8/3) ΟΜΑΔΙΚΟ ΟΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ Π.Ε. ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ - ΠΡΟΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ (Φυλή 15/3)

Η ΤΕΔ-ΕΣΣΝΑ  διοργανώνει στα πλαισια της Chessnale 2014 Σεμινάρια διαιτησίας: A. Aνάδειξης διαιτητων με εισηγητη τον IA Bασιλη Παπαδόπουλο το Σάββατο 22 και Κυριακή 23 Μαρτίου  και ωρες 6-10 μμ Β. Σεμιναριο κληρώσεων  με εισηγητη...

Grandmasters Bartlomiej Macieja and Varuzhan Akobian ascended above the rest of the field in the UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open to finish joint winners with 7,0/9 points each, point and a half ahead of the nearest followers. The 2014 UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open, underwritten by Turner Construction, took place from 8th to 13th March [...]

The 48th Begonia Open was held over the Labour Day long weekend from Saturday 8 March to Monday 10 March 2014, at the Ballarat Clarendon College: Sewell Pavilion, 1425 Sturt Street, Ballarat, Australia. The event incorporated the 2014 Oceania Chess Championship which was open to all players from Oceania Chess Federations. After 7 rounds of [...]

Continuing my thoughts about the very different chess education philosophy represented by the Dutch Steps method, let’s consider an extract from the Step 4 Manual for Chess Trainers. This would be for children aged about 12-13 who have been studying chess seriously for three years. This section discusses when children should move into adult chess. […]

The technical difficulties have been straightened out, and so my analyses for rounds 1-3 of the Candidates' tournament are available. The links are in the posts for each round.

Ο τέως παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Βισβανάθαν Ανάντ βρίσκεται στην πρώτη θέση του τουρνουά των Διεκδικητών μετά την ολοκλήρωση των τριών πρώτων γύρων. Αν και πολύ λίγοι αναλυτές του δίνουν ισχυρές τύχες για την τελική...

Is he back? Viswanathan Anand has 2.5 out of 3 in the Candidates' tournament, good enough to lead the pack going into the first rest day. His opponent, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, lost pretty badly yesterday (blundering his queen practically in the opening) and didn't look like himself today either. Mamedyarov had White, but didn't manage to gain any advantage or even come close in a 4.Qc2 Slav. The...

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Viswanathan Anand stuck to their guns, Vishy defended with the Slav while Shakh once again played knight on d2. After the introductory moves white expanded in the center with e5 and f4. The former World Champion didn’t lose time and immediately undermined the pawn chain. White’s inability to bring the rooks to [...]

Δείτε τις προκηρύξεις των Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων Αττικής (Τελική Φάση)  The Mall Athens Ομαδικό Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα Αττικής: (Σάββατο 22/3 Ώρα 12:00) Δήλωση βασικής σύνθεσης (κατά σειρά 4 έως 6 μέλη) στο e-mail sxolikoskakiattikis@gmail.com έως την...

The Chinese Grandmaster Li Chao was the sole winner of the N1 Reykjavik Open which took place on 4-12th March at the Harpa Music & Conference Hall. Li Chao finished with 8,5 points from 10 rounds. The best placed Icelandic player was GM Helgi Ólafsson on 8 points, sharing the second place with Robin Van [...]