Tiger Hillarp Persson finished second due to a worse tiebreak score

It was April 1st and the world’s top chess players were involved in the thrilling finale of the Candidates Tournament in London. But at the same time the Central Chess Club in Moscow was the venue of the fierce fighting between Blondes and Brunettes who set out to determine the prevailing color. This was the [...]

Δημοσιεύω μια περίληψη της προκήρυξης των Πανελλήνιων Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων, η ανάρτηση είναι ανοιχτή σε σχολιασμό για τον τρόπο διεξαγωγής, για τις συνθήκες, για το σύστημα κ.λπ. Η τελική φάση των φετινών...

Renier Vasquez finished second and Daniele Vocaturo third

The FIDE Organizers’ Seminar for International Organizer Title will be held on 3-5th May at The Chess Centre, Bridge House, Cavans Lane, Bridgetown, Barbados. The seminar is co-organised by the FIDE, the FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE), the Confederación De Ajedrez Para América, the Barbados Chess Federation with the support of the FIDE Development Commission. Maximum [...]

French GM Etienne Bacrot and Ukrainian GM Yuri Solodovnichenko arrived second and third, respectively.

Martin Labollita finished second and Carlos Garcia third

The 2013 Serbian Women Chess Championship was held from 23rd March to 2nd April at the Hotel Gali in Pirot. WGM Maria Manakova justified the top rated position and won the Championship with 8,0/11 points. This is her first national title. WIM Sandra Djukic performed splendidly to finish second with 7,5 points and mark the [...]

Η ΤΕΔ ΕΣΣΝΑ αναζητά διαιτητές για τις Τελικές φάσεις Σχολικών Αττικής. α.Ομαδικό Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα Δημοτικών,Γυμνασίων και Λυκείων-Τελική Φάση- Σάββατο 6 Απριλίου Ώρα Έναρξης 10:00  Εκπαιδευτήρια Νέα Παιδεία - Νεφέλης 1...

Η κλήρωση του προκριμετικού(7/4) και πρώτου γύρου (14/4) του Κυπέλλου Αττικής θα πραγματοποιηθεί αύριο Τετάρτη 3/4 12:00 στην ΕΣΟ.

Κανείς δε θα μπορούσε να φανταστεί την εξέλιξη… Κανείς δε θα μπορούσε να μαντέψει το αναπάντεχο τέλος…Στον τελευταίο δραματικό γύρο στο τουρνουά των διεκδικητών ο Κράμνικ και ο Κάρλσεν είχαν τους ίδιους βαθμούς...

Chess is what man most delights in: a struggle. –Emanuel Lasker, 1868-1941, chess world champion 1894-1921 Chess is ruthless: you’ve got to be prepared to kill people. –Nigel Short, 1965-, loser of a world championship match against Garry Kasparov in 1993 A streetfighter in chess does whatever it takes to win. He understands that chess is [...]

The young Norwegian Aryan Tari made a sensational result in the Open Norwegian Championship scoring a GM norm before ever having made any IM norms. The 13-year old, FIDE rated at 2293 on the March list, is considered to be the greatest chess talent in the country since Magnus Carlsen. Last year he became the [...]

The 7th Annual Philadelphia Open was held over the Easter week from March 27-31, 2013, at the upscale, luxury Loews Philadelphia Hotel, rated Four Diamonds by AAA, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cuban GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez and IM Daniel Naroditsky finished at the top of the Open Section with 7/9. Both players led from [...]

It was a final round suitable for April Fool's Day. Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik entered the final round tied for first, but with Carlsen having "tie odds". If they finished the day on the same score, Carlsen would be declared the tournament winner and qualify for a title match with Viswanathan Anand (at this point scheduled to take place this November). With Carlsen having White against...