Ivan Sokolov leads with 3.5/5 points

Earlier I wrote article on ‘The Decision Making Process – Management and Chess’ where first step of the process is to ‘define a problem’. I will try to elaborate the same in depth with some common issues. - Which Side Of The Board Should you play? There are many factors to be considered in choosing [...]

Oleg Korneev finished second, while Anuar Ismagambetov arrived third

The championship will be held from April 27th to May 3rd

How did Aronian beat Kramnik in this position? Aronian reached this position against Kramnik and he found a very deep strategic plan! Can you find it? The problem is that white cannot make progress because the c file is controlled equally and the d4 pawn is weak. What he managed to do, was that he made his d pawn a free pawn by advancing f4 and f5 and he exchanged his f2 pawn for the...

The plan had been for back surgery tomorrow, but after much thought and discussion and to-ing and fro-ing I went with a directed steroid injection today. We'll see how that goes, and if it doesn't work as well as I hope the surgery option will still be on the table (along with the person having the surgery). This should offer some relief soon, but I'm nevertheless going to take a little time off...

The Championships are taking place on 20th-28th April

Gelfand beat Adamas in a long 77-moves battle

There were five decisive games in today's round

27 GMs and 9 IMs are participating

Bruzon showed up due to the postponement of the Zonal event in Costa Rica

George Paval arrived second and Lucian Filip third

The event will be held on 5th-12th July

Coenraad Marais arrived second and lost on tiebreaks

The tournament will be played on Saturdays until January 15th