Metropolitan Chess, Inc. has released a new mobile app to the Google Play (Phone, Tablet) and Apple App Store (iPhone, iPad).   You can visit the official website for the app here. A video showcasing the video lessons on the mobile app can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/76335203   MC_Promo_v2_10082013 from Ice Hat Creative on Vimeo. A [...]

Μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον έχει το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα στο οποίο γίνονται σκληρές μάχες! Στην χθεσινή παρτίδα ο Κάρλσεν καταφερε να κερδίσει ένα καθαρό πιόνι, όμως η δημηουργηκή άμυνα του Ανάντ του χάρισε το μισό βαθμό της...

Δύο σημαντικές Σκακιστικές Εκδηλώσεις οργανώνονται στα Καλάβρυτα με την συμπλήρωση 70 χρόνων από το Ολοκαύτωμα , που έγινε στις 13 Δεκεμβρίου 1943. Οι λεπτομέρειες των δύο εκδηλώσεων υπάρχουν στις επισυναπτόμενες...

Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes with 8.5 points clinched the title with a superior tie-break score after the eleventh round of the Women International Grand Master Chess Tournament 2013 held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. In a three way tie, second seeded WGM Batsiashvili [...]

Tamil Nadu State Chess Association under the auspices of All India Chess Federation is organizing the Chennai International Grandmaster Open Chess Tournament on 15-23rd November at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Periamet, Chennai. The tournament is held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 (Sponsored by Government of Tamilnadu). The playing format will be [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου διοργανώνει και εφέτος το πρόγραμμα σχολικού σκακιού «Παίζω Σκάκι – Μαθαίνω Σκάκι».

Recently, I saw a cute game from 2005 (thanks to Nigel Davies) that featured a very early Knight redeployment by Black that was punished by White. My immediate reaction was that this was yet another instructive case of how GMs (Black was rated 2509) can be punished for breaking the “rules” of quick development and […]

Or at least that's what Hikaru Nakamura thought when this interview was made, which seems to be after game 3 (HT: Ross Hytnen). Given the way Nakamura closes  the interview, it's possible that he would no longer subscribe to the conclusion in the title: I think if Carlsen does not win tomorrow or at least show some sort of advantage, then the rest of the match will be in Anand's favour...

The match is heating up! Game 4 was the best of the bunch so far, an exciting struggle that saw Magnus Carlsen come very close to taking the lead. Viswanathan Anand had White, and in keeping with match "tradition" got nothing or even less than nothing from the opening. Carlsen played the Berlin Defense, and Anand found it necessary to sac the a2 pawn to obtain any sort of play at all. Objectively...

The fourth game of the FIDE World Championship Match finished in a draw after 64 moves of play. Anand started the game with 1.e4 and Carlsen responded with the Ruy Lopez Berlin defence. The opening earned its rock-solid reputation during the famous Kasparov – Kramnik match in London, 2000. Anand entered the main line where [...]

Carlsen - Anand analyzed by GM Vidit Gujrathi

Carlsen - Anand Game 3 with analysis

The Al Ain Chess Club invites all FIDE rated players to join the Al Ain Chess Classic ‘A’ (for players rated over 2000) & Al Ain Classic ‘B’ (for U2000 players) scheduled for 17-29 December 2013 at the UAE University in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The tournament will be held concurrently with the World [...]

I’ve investigated database issues before but it’s worth revisiting this subject. There’s really way too much information out there and then it’s often filled with mistakes. What improvers really need is just enough to engage the mind so that it can grasp the method being employed. Here’s a game by Lajos Portisch from the days […]

Τις κληρώσεις για την αγωνιστική της Κυριακής 17/11 μπορείτε να δείτε από τους συνδέσμους του chess-results.Πρωτάθλημα Παμπαίδων http://www.chess-results.com/tnr111970.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=3&wi=821Πρωταθλημα...