IM Robin Alexandru Dragomirescu and WGM Irina Bulmaga won the main U-20 events

Lisandra Ordaz will be the first seed

The norm events finish on April 16th

The tournament will take place on 7th - 12th May

IM Richard Leyva took second place

Εκατόν έναν μαθητές και μαθήτριες δήλωσαν συμμετοχή από την Δυτική Ελλάδα για τα Πανελλήνια της Ερέτριας. Επειδή οι 12 είναι υπεράριθμοι η Ομοσπονδία θα απαντήσει την Δευτέρα εάν θα τους κάνει αποδεκτούς. Επίσης και το...

Big Bad Garry (Kasparov) has already offered to help Magnus Carlsen in his preparations for the latter's forthcoming world championship match with Viswanathan Anand. (HT: Brian Gaines.) It's probably good news for Carlsen, and a bit of shrewd legacy building on Kasparov's part - both positively and negatively. Positively, he gets to take a bit more credit for helping build Carlsen into the...

For the third straight year, the UT Dallas chess team has finished in second place at the Final Four of chess tournament, also known as the “President’s Cup”. After three rounds of play over two days, Webster University was named the top collegiate chess team in the nation. “We played our best, but fell short. [...]

With one round to go, the SPb Chess Fed is in an enviable position to get the title

London Candidates Tournament 2013   The Kramnikian Re1 and the story continues! Already the positional hardcore move Re1,which is best known as Kramnikian Re1, has found it's advocates! A close friend of mine Papadimitriou Loukas and a very strong player,in a crucial game for the first place of a local tournament,  used the Kramnikian Re1 with success! In the...

Thursday 22nd of March at 10pm was my flight time from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur. I had booked my ticket in December with air miles (thanks to me flying from here to NZ), I got my flight for £350 (which are just the taxes). It was a bit touch and go whether I’d actually make [...]

Τελείωσε και το τρίτο τουρνουά Ιωαννίνων και οι περισσότεροι παίχτες ήδη επιθυμούν να ξαναπαίξουν!Το πρωτάθλημα πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Σύλλογο Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών, που βρίσκεται στην οδό Δωδώνης 21. Αξιοσημείωτη είναι...

The strong event will be played from 14th to 21st of April

Both tournaments will take place on 4st - 11th June

Yugra and SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow lead the women's tournament