Belgian Grandmaster Vladimir Chuchelov is accompanying Italian star Fabiano Caruana in the Thessaloniki Grand Prix. He kindly agreed to a short interview after the beginning of round 9. Q: Vladimir, you are here in Thessaloniki as a trainer of Fabiano Caruana, who is sharing the second place after eight rounds of the tournament. How are [...]

Top seed GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil (2654) and GM Pantsulaia Levan (2563) both from Georgia are leading with 5.5 after 6 rounds in the Rs 21.5 lakh prize money 6th Mumbai Mayor International Chess Tournament 2013 hosted by The National Sports Club of India and Co- Sponsored by LIC of India, being played in the indoor [...]

Η Σκακιστική Επικοινωνία Ηρακλείου προκήρυξε το 16ο Όπεν Ηρακλείου το οποίο θα είναι και Ανοιχτό Πρωτάθλημα Αττικής 2013, σύμφωνα με απόφαση του ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΝΑ. Το τουρνουά θα διεξαχθεί το διάστημα 16-24 Ιουνίου στο...

8.     Τσούξβανγκ Τα ευτυχισμένα χρόνια δεν κράτησαν πολύ. Εκεί που ο Θησέας έδειχνε παντοδύναμος, πρωταθλητής Άνω Κόσμου, βασιλιάς με τα όλα του και οι Θεοί του έδειχναν με κάθε τρόπο την εύνοιά τους, εκεί ακριβώς ήρθε...

Chapter 8 of Move Two! returns to the subject of pawn endings. When novices reach the point where are no longer making simple tactical oversights they will suddenly find that many of their games reach the ending. Time and again, as my Richmond Junior Chess Club database testifies, players who are a pawn down will [...]

The Italian Rapid Chess Championships 2013 were held on 12-14th April 2013 in Fano, on the Eastern coast of Italy. The format was three Championships spread over three days, each offering prizes and titles for the absolute winner, the victors of each category, as well as the best U16 and female players. Day 1 was [...]

The 3rd Women Masters Chess Tournament takes place in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China from 31 May to 9 June 2013. Ten strong female players compete in the round robin event for the prize fund of 211,000 Yuan. Players: WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2544 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2514 WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2483 WGM Huang Qian [...]

Leinier Dominguez defeated Fabiano Caruana with black pieces to join Gata Kamsky in the shared first place with 6,5 points each. American champion was held to a draw by Etienne Bacrot. Veselin Topalov scored against Alexander Morozevich who extended the losing row to three rounds. The other four games were drawn. Caruana is third with [...]

The 3rd Metropolitan Chess Camp is being hosted by Metropolitan Chess, Inc. from July 10-14, 2013. The camp will be held at the Radisson Los Angeles Airport hotel. This camp will mark the return of reigning World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, who just later this year will be defending his title against challenger GM Magnus [...]

On the second rest day of Thessaloniki Grand Prix the local chess clubs have organized an outdoor simul on Aristotelous Square, the main city square of Thessaloniki. Grandmasters Ioannis Papaioannou (Grand Prix commentator) and Athanasios Mastrovasilis started the event against 50 opponents, but due to high interest of by-passers, finally 70 games were played. Grand [...]

Fred Reinfeld, that great chess writer, once said “the pin is mightier than the sword.” As it turns out, the pin is a mighty weapon to have in one’s tactical bag of tricks. One of the first things I teach beginners, after they’ve masters the game’s basic rules, are basic tactics. I start with a [...]

The 10-player field has been set for the 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship, scheduled to be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) June 13-23. The top Juniors in the nation will meet in Saint Louis with more than $10,000 at stake and an invitation to the 2014 U.S. Championship [...]

In the 6th Mumbai Mayor International Chess Tournament 2013 hosted by The National Sports Club of India and co-sponsored by LIC of India, GM Babujian Levon (ELO 2488) of Armenia and GM Pantsulaia Levan (ELO 2563) of Georgia are leading with 4 points at the end of 4th round in the indoor stadium of National [...]

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Today is the second rest day before the final three rounds of Thessaloniki Grand Prix. It was a good moment to speak with the tournament director Theodoros Tsorbatsoglou. Q: Mr. Tsorbatsoglou, the tournament is reaching its final phase, what are your general impressions? A: I think it is going pretty well. If we take in [...]