Aron Teh Eu Wen from Malaysia finished in second place

Στη Δομικανική Δημοκρατία, μια από τις πιο φτωχές χώρες του δυτικού ημισφαιρίου,  έχει ιδρυθεί από το 2009 ένα μικρό σκακιστικό χωριό που ονομάζεται La Torre.  Αφιερωμένο στο σκάκι και την τέχνη, φιλοδοξεί να γίνει πόλος...

This is my continuation to ‘Decision Making Process’ series. I already discussed ‘Define the Problem’ in my last post. In order to make a better decision one must be having some resources, as even a Grandmaster can not win a game with his king alone. In chess what kind of resources do we have? And [...]

It isn't over yet, though. Boris Gelfand just survived against Vladimir Kramnik today, and thereby finished round 8 in clear first at the Alekhine Memorial with five points. He had been tied with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, but the latter lost to Nikita Vitiugov and finally fell out of first. Vachier-Lagrave is only half a point behind Gelfand, and so are the members of the "A-Team": Michael...

He's baaaaack! Veselin Topalov closed out the Grand Prix tournament in Zug, Switzerland in emphatic fashion, Actually, that may overstate things a bit. He won today (in what was the only decisive game of the round) almost in self-defense against Sergey Karjakin. Topalov needed only a draw to clinch clear first (a loss combined with a win by Hikaru Nakamura would leave them tied for first), but...

After several peaceful rounds in the 2013 Admiral Niels Juel Cup, it all suddenly exploded in round nine. GM Alexandre Danin (RUS), who had earlier signed three short draws, was crushed by GM Yuri Solodovnichenko (UKR) in a game that was much appreciated by the audience. At the same time, GM Vladimir Burmakin (RUS) made [...]

Jamaican National Champion Andrew Mellace emerged as sole leader at the conclusion of the 6th round of action in the Digicel Heroes Day Candidates chess tournament, being played at the Amaryllis Hotel. Mellace entered the 6th round on 4.5 points, half point behind tournament leader Kevin Cupid of Trinidad and Tobago after being held to [...]

No less than four players are half a point behind Gelfand with one round to go

Topalov now has a 2793 live rating thanks to his great performance

Dominguez beat Andreikin in the eigth round

Pune Attackers with GM M.R.Lalith Babu, GM-elect Akshayraj Kore, WGM Padmini Rout, WGM Swati Ghate, IM Himanshu Sharma and Amardeep Bartakke 2200 and captained by IM D.V.Prasad, won the inaugural edition of the Maharashtra Chess League 2013. In a well contested Finals, they defeated Jalgaon Battlers 3.5 – 2.5. The crucial wins for Pune came [...]

The single round robin runs until May 12th

Riding on the success of five times World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, the Indian Chess is on all-time high with its players tasting success regularly at the International Chess events. The popularity for Chess in India showing upward graph and is clearly visible as the game is spreading across this vast country. In a major boost [...]

GM Henrik Danielsen finished on second place

This Polish event will finish on May 5th