The Serbian Chess Championship 2013 will be held on 15-27th April at the Hotel Zvezda in Vrnjacka Banja. Thirteen players will compete in the round robin tournament. Top seeded player is GM Nikola Sedlak, who was the champion in 2010. Last year champion Ivan Ivanisevic will not defend the title because he is preparing for [...]

As usual, at the beginning of a month (actually – on March 31st) FIDE published its new Rating List for April 2013. However, when I saw the list of Top 100 Blitz players on the prestigious e3e5 website, I could not believe my eyes; take a look yourself at the list of the world’s “top” [...]

A couple of readers thoughtfully offered some content suggestions to help out once the back problems hit; I happily pass them along to you. First, a piece about Magnus Carlsen as a marketing figure. (HT: Bob Banta.) I'm a little surprised by how little he makes (not that I'd mind his income, but considering the game's popularity worldwide, his prowess and his youth I'd have expected more), but if...

The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open which is also the Thailand Open 2013 started today with 202 players in the Open section. A total of 36 countries are represented including 68 titled players at this annual and long running event held at the beautiful Dusit Thani Resort in Pattaya from 14-21 April 2013. Top seeded [...]

Το σκάκι, όπως ο έρωτας και η μουσική, έχουν τη δύναμη να κάνουν τον άνθρωπο ευτυχισμένο. Dr. Tarras.Το σκάκι είναι ένα παιχνίδι που μπορεί να σε κερδίσει και να σε κάνει αμέσως να το αγαπήσεις… Μερικές φορές μας αρέσει τόσο...

Η κλήρωση του 1ου γύρου στο 2ο Τουρνουά της Δευτέρας θα γίνει τελικά τη Δευτέρα στις 17.00 (λίγο πριν την έναρξη των αγώνων). Καλούνται όλοι οι συμμετέχοντες να έρθουν λίγο νωρίτερα ώστε να οριστικοποιήσουν τις συμμετοχές...

I sometimes ask my pupils to guess what my three favourite things in the world are. One, I tell them, is chocolate, one is ice cream, and the third is – pawn endings. (I suppose some of you might have a fourth as well!) There are several reasons why I do a lot of work [...]

It was a rapid event with 15 minutes per player

It's a long interview with Vladimir Kramnik, in Russian, and the Google Translation isn't especially good. Still, it's got enough meat that it's worth your while even if you have to suffer the translated version. (HT: Thomas Richter.)

Ένα ωραιότατο, δύσκολο, κλασικό πρόβλημα του Σαν Λόυντ.S. Loyd "N.Y.S. Ch. Assoc.", 1892 Τα Λευκά κάνουν ματ σε 2 κινήσεις.

After seven rounds of play at the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship six players are joint leaders with 6,0 points each. Among them is the ultra-talented Chinese girl Ju Wenjun. Ju held the higher rated GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (UKR 2668) to a draw with the black pieces. At the same time the Russians Aleksandr Rakhmanov [...]

Ολοκληρώθηκε στις 12 Απριλίου το εσωτερικό πρωτάθλημα του 4ου δημοτικού σχολείου Ζωγράφου, με ισοβαθμία στην πρώτη θέση. Θα ακολουθήσει αγώνας μπαράζ τεσσάρων παρτίδων ανάμεσα στους δύο πρώτους.1. Σαντοριναίος...

1.     Εξ όνυχος τον λέοντα Όλα ξεκίνησαν από τη ρουφιάνα την Πυθία. Δεν φτάνει που ήταν όλη την ώρα μαστουρωμένη, την έπαιρνε κι ο κόσμος στα σοβαρά. Έδωσε λοιπόν κάποτε αυτή έναν ακατανόητο χρησμό (σάμπως είχε κι άλλους...

Kramnik will participate at the Tal Memorial

The event finishes on April 14th