It wasn't pretty, but when you win, who cares? Hikaru Nakamura won the rapid event that was this year's London Chess Classic, defeating Boris Gelfand 1.5-.5 in the final after defeating Vladimir Kramnik by the same score in the semis. Starting with the semi-finals, Nakamura drew his first game with Kramnik pretty easily with the black pieces, but in game two Kramnik had what was probably some...

ΔΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗΣ ΣΤΑ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΑ ΝΕΑΝΙΚΑ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ 1) Οι νέοι σκακιστές και σκακίστριες της Αττικής ,  ελληνικής ή κυπριακής υπηκοότητας  , που επιθυμούν να αγωνιστούν στα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά...

Hungarian Grandmaster Richard Rapport won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2013 that was held on 14-15th December at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. 736 players from 29 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10) competed in the 11-round Swiss event with the time control G-15′+10”. The field included 47 Grandmasters and [...]

1ο ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣΛΥΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ(ΤΕΛΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ)Ελάτε να γνωρίσετε τον κόσμο του Καλλιτεχνικού Σκακιού!Μια πρωτότυπη, για τα δεδομένα της χώρας μας, διοργάνωση, θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Κυριακή 5...

The SREI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament was held on 5-14th December at the historic Town Hall in Kolkata, India. The tournament was open for the players rated above 1900 and was completed over 10 rounds of Swiss system. Four players shared the first place with 7,5 points each: GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ARM 2562, IM Mikhail [...]

Despite Magnus Carlsen's success in the world championship, the semi-finals of the London Chess Classic aren't exactly looking like the changing of the guard. One relative youngster, Hikaru Nakamura (age 26 as of last Monday) did his job, beating Nigel Short with Black and smoothly achieving a dull draw with White to reach the semi-finals. He'll face the other triumphal "youth", 38-year-old...

I spent last weekend at the Chess and Education conference at Olympia, held in conjunction with the London Chess Classic. A fascinating and stimulating event which provided much food for thought. When I’ve had time to digest everything I’ll have much to say about this, but in the meantime, back to Move Two!. Chapter 14 […]

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The London Chess Classic 2013 continues on Saturday with the Quarterfinal matches. After the preliminary group stages (4 by 4 players), the field is narrowed from Super Sixteen to final eight. In the knock-out phase each match will consist of two games with the time control 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move for each [...]

One of the hardest tasks the beginning chess player faces today is self improvement. When I first started playing chess (around the time the Quill Pen was invented), improvement options were extremely limited. You would purchase a chess book, study it and test your new found knowledge out on your opponent. There was no training […]

The preliminary sections are over at the London Chess Classic, and the quarterfinalists are set. While there were upsets in individual games, all the favorites advanced - generally convincingly - and while the level of play hasn't been fantastic overall one can still hope for more now that it's down to the cream of the crop. In group A, Viswanathan Anand drew his first game while Michael Adams...

Grandmaster Anton Korobov won the European Blitz Chess Championship 2013 that was held on 13th December at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. 437 players from 28 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10), including 104 International title holders, competed in the 11 double-round Swiss event with the time control G-3′+2”. Anton [...]

The 37th Zurich Weihnachtsopen is taking place from 26th to 30th December at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) and General Tournament (U2050) will each be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system. Top rated players: Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2711, Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2698, Grachev Boris [...]

I can’t figure out what to call the “London Chess Classic”, how about “the Super 16 (though we only knew the names of 14 until a couple of days ago, or simply “the Classic”. The event this year isn’t your “classical time control” but instead obviously a rapidplay. I think that “the Super 16″ is […]