Anna Muzychuk is half a point behind the Indian

The tournament runs until June 30th

The match will take place from June 27th until July 2nd

In the Facebook discussion of Hugh Patterson’s excellent post The Chess Detective fellow contributor Tim Hanke had this to say: When I choose a move, I’m usually looking for a way to make a threat or develop a threat, or at least to gain time for future threats. So I’m focused on weak points in [...]

The championship is set to take place from June 28th to July 3rd

The event will take place from 30th August to 6th September

Jacob Aagaard has some doubts. Therein he takes issue with Garry Kasparov, uses Boris Gelfand as a shining example and offers some good advice to those of us who aren't kids. (The advice isn't bad for kids, either.) It's worth your time, as are most if not all of his "training tips" posts.

The XXI Open Internacional Ciutat de Montcada will take place from June 25th to July 3rd at the Ciutat de Montcada Hotel. c/. Verdi 12. Centro Comercial El Punt. Montcada i Reixac. Estación Renfe Montcada Ripollet. The event is a part of the X Catalan Chess Circuit and is qualified as a “Superior A” tournament. [...]

The Armenian Chess Federation organized the 6th Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament on June 16-24, 2013, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk. The 9-round Swiss event was dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, who passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team [...]

Η παγκόσμια κατάταξη λυτών σκακιστικών προβλημάτων δίνεται στην λίστα εδώ.Υπάρχουν τρεις ομάδες λυτών : ενεργοί, νέοι / περιστασιακοί, αδρανείς.

1.Προκηρυξη: Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης σε συνεργασία με την Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Θ.-Χ  προκηρύσσει το  « 1o Καλοκαιρινό Τουρνουά Αλλοστρόπος»  2. Πρόγραμμα Αγώνων:    ΓΥΡΟΣ ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΑ ΩΡΑ 1ος Τρίτη ...

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The World Junior Champion GM Alexander Ipatov, who recently performed a 233m bungee jump, is going to play against all members of Chessdom Chess Arena. The games start today at 21:00 CET and is open for any player (maximum 100 players) sign up here Chessdom Chess Arena provides daily challenges. So far players have met [...]

There has often been something rotten in the state of chess dating back at least to the 1800s, when the so-called world champion could ignore his challengers for years on end to preserve his title and his preeminence. Today we have a new set of problems in chess organization: more or less complete anarchy may be a [...]