The big chess continues! The FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Zug is a big deal, but the Alekhine Memorial, which sees play get underway today, is even bigger - at least at the top. The tournament is a 10-player round robin that starts in Paris, France and concludes in St. Petersburg, Russia. Play starts today at 8 a.m. ET, which is to say that it will run simultaneously with the Zug tournament. I...

Forgive me if I sometimes feel cynical about chess teaching. If I share some of my experiences with you, you might understand why. Some years ago I was teaching two boys, aged about 8 and 5, who lived in a multi-million pound house and attended a local prep school. The older boy was not really [...]

Carlsen and Anand will face each other before their match later this year

David MacEnulty, How to Beat Your Kids At Chess: An Adult Beginnner's Guide to Chess, 2nd ed. (Russell Enterprises, 2012.) 303 pp. $19.95. There's a micro-genre in chess literature teaching kids how to beat adults (their dads especially, alas), but what about the other way around? I don't know about you, but I hear adults complain about playing kids all the time, while kids just take it in stride...

Both winners finished with 7/9 points

The chess exhibition finished with a 7-2 score in favor of Mirzoeva

  The anorthodox style of Aronian! Levon Aronian one of the best players in the world has a highly imaginative and unique style at the same time! Looking through all his games in this tournament and the set ups that he adopted I can surely say that he was well off the beaten track Let's see together his positions and the common pattern that keeps on...

Both players lead by a half point margin with four rounds to go

2.     Κλείσιμο γραμμών και άνοιγμα δρόμου Οι πρώτες σοβαρές σκακιστικές περιπέτειες του ήρωά μας δεν άργησαν να έρθουν. Στο ύψος της Επιδαύρου καιροφυλακτούσε ένας κακόφημος κακοποιός, ο Περιφήτης, που πολλοί τον...

Veselin Topalov missed a big chance to defeat Gata Kamsky

There were certainly some ups and downs in the games that were drawn - they weren't non-games, except for Giri-Radjabov (a 19-move joke that makes a mockery of the anti-draw regulations), but all six games ended peacefully. In several games players missed opportunities for more: Mamedyarov had very good winning chances against Kasimdzhanov, but missed his opponent's idea with 25...Rb5 and...

Ding Yixin is dominating the women's tournament with 4.5/5

Τα Ατομικά Νεανικά Πρωταθλήματα Αττικής για τις ηλικίες έως 8 , 10 , 12 ετών θα διεξαχθούν από 7 έως 12 Μαΐου στη Νίκαια (Πολιτιστικός Πολυχώρος "Μάνος Λοΐζος" Θηβών 245) με διοργανωτές τον Ε.Ο.Α.Ο. "Ο Φυσιολάτρης" Νίκαιας και...

Τα Ατομικά Νεανικά Πρωταθλήματα Αττικής για τις ηλικίες έως 8 , 10 , 12 ετών θα διεξαχθούν από 7 έως 12 Μαΐου στη Νίκαια (Πολιτιστικός Πολυχώρος "Μάνος Λοΐζος" Θηβών 245) με διοργανωτές τον Ε.Ο.Α.Ο. "Ο Φυσιολάτρης" Νίκαιας και...

Disconzi edged four players on tiebreaks