When chess players first start to develop some basic attacking skills, they often target the weak f7 pawn when commanding the White pieces. The f7 pawn (or f2 pawn for White) is weak because it is only defended by the King. Beginning players are often intoxicated with the power of fast tactical strikes that lead […]

After letting the clock tick for nearly three days, Magnus Carlsen finally made his move. Since becoming the World Champion on Friday, the 22-year old was virtually out of bounds for the media. Even the Norwegian media delegation was disappointed to note the reluctance of their National hero to share his thoughts with them. Carlsen [...]

The three-time British Champion, GM Jonathan Rowson, steps up to play in the biggest tournament of his career after being given the wild card spot into ‘The Super Sixteen’ Grandmaster Rapid at the London Chess Classic, that runs 7-15 December at the Kensington Olympia. Two spots remain to be filled for the Super Sixteen, and [...]

Grandmaster S P Sethuraman jumped to sole lead after defeating overnight joint leader Grandmaster Vladislav Borovikov of Ukraine in the sixth round of the ongoing 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on today. The tournament sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Mahindra Ecole Centrale, [...]

Ukraine with 4 wins out of 4

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I’ve been experimenting some this week with the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon. Informal Internet games give me the opportunity to try different openings. I find, at my level, it’s hard to get anywhere close to the Dragon Sicilian. So I decided to give 2 … g6 a go for several games. What attracted me is the sharp, […]

Chennai based Grandmaster Sethuraman S P and Ukrainian Grandmaster Vladislav Borovikov taken the joint lead with four half points after the end of fifth round matches of the ongoing 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on today. The tournament sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation [...]

The next edition of the Reykjavik Open will take place on 4-12th March, 2014. Once again the tournament will be held in the beautiful Harpa concert hall by the Reykjavik harbour. The 2014 Reykjavik Open will celebrate a 50 year anniversary of the tournament. The organisers will do their best to make this 50 year [...]

The 2013 edition of the World Chess Team Championship is off to an exciting start at Antalya, Turkey. With multiple GMs over 2700 ELO and balanced teams, the show in Turkey is guaranteed. Germany, Azernaijan, and Ukraine are in the lead with full match points 4,0/4. They are closely followed by Armenia with 3,0/4. The [...]

Το Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο για τις Σκακιστικές Συνθέσεις (WCCC) για το 2014 θα διεξαχθεί στην Βέρνη Ελβετίας (Berne, Switzerland), 23-30 Αυγούστου.

A pack of nine players share the lead after the end of fourth round matches of the ongoing 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Andhra Bank, Petronet LNG Ltd and Airports Authority of India here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on [...]

Now and then, I hear a non-chess-player make an analogy using the game of chess, suggesting that some competitive business advantage is like being able to play two moves in a row in chess. I try to point out that being able to play two arbitrary legal moves in a row in chess is not […]

Ivan Sokolov, Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess: Seize the Moment to Get the Advantage (New in Chess 2013). 255 pp. $29.95/€24.95. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. Ivan Sokolov may be the strongest active player writing books on middlegame theory, and the quality shows. Speaking of which, the compliment is an ambiguous one, and it works both ways: he is active in the sense that his...