The championship finishes on July 19th

Barros got the IM title and his first GM norm

The curious event takes place on 11th-15th October

Seven players are half a point behind the leader

GM Andrei Belozerov arrived third

Stelios Halkias finished second on tiebreaks

The yearly meeting will take place on 12th-18th December in Beijing

Open d’Avoine 2013 is set to take place on 20-28th July at the Salle de spectacles de l’espace culturel in d’Avoine, France. The event is organized by the “Club d’Echecs d’Avoine” and tournament director is Jean-Louis Salvaing. Around 350 players are signed up to compete in the nine-round swiss open. The prize fund of 11,000 [...]

Εύα Κόντου: Η Ελληνίδα πρωταθλήτρια επέστρεψε φέτος το καλοκαίρι ξανά στην Ικαρία μετά από 28 χρόνια, συμμετέχοντας στις εκδηλώσεις του Διεθνούς Σκακιστικού Τουρνουά "Ίκαρος" 2013Επιμέλεια: Χρήστος ΠιλάληςΗ διεθνής μετρ...

Tromsø Chess Club (TSK) and Tromsø Youth Chess Club (TSKU) are organizing a series of open tournaments while the World Chess Cup is being played in neighbouring venues. In all likelihood, many of the title players who are knocked out of the World Cup will play in these tournaments. Arctic Chess NGP, an international weekend [...]

The Dutch Open will be held from 23rd July to 1st August, 2013, at the Grandcafé-schouwburg-zalencentrum Theothorne, Callunaplein 77, 6951 CN Dieren, Netherlands. A total of 358 players are registered to compete in seven sections. The main event is the Dutch Open Championship with 56 participants. Top prizes are EUR 2500, 1750 and 1000. The [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστών Θεσσαλονίκης θα χρηματοδοτηθεί για να υλοποιήσει πρόγραμμα διδασκαλίας σκακιού σε 120 σχολεία, ενώ στο Πρόγραμμα Υποστήριξης Σχολείων θα γίνει δωρεά για την αγορά τεχνολογικού εξοπλισμού και...

Με 7 βαθμούς σε 11 αγώνες ο Mamedyarov κατέκτησε την πρώτη θέση στο τουρνουά αφήνοντας καθαρά πίσω του τον Grischuk ( 6,5 βαθμοί ) και ακόμη πιο πίσω τους Leko και Topalov ( 6 βαθμοί ).             Όμως στην συνολική...

Last week I dished out some highfalutin philosophical advice and some koans, but stated another way, one of my  chess weaknesses has been that I sometimes turn to negative thoughts after I made a mistake I “shouldn’t of,” leading to more weak moves. Strong players mentally wipe away previous events in the game and concentrate [...]

Jones edged Gormally on tiebreaks to get first place