There were some quick victories among strong players...

The total prize money will amount to nearly Rs 400,000...

Israeli GM Evgeny Postny is the first seed...

GM Alexander Cherniaev and IM Craig Hanley shared the second place...

TCEC computer chess championship stage 1 has come to an end. Houdini and Vitruvius are the winners, with 5,5/7, half a point more than Gull II and Stockfish. Houdini had a rough start, with two draws in the first 3 games. However, it quickly recovered, to beat both Stockfish and Rybka in the next rounds. [...]

After the massive popularity of the Trompovsky (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5) in the 1980s and 90s it now seems that we have a new bishop move upon us, 1.d4 followed by 2.Bf4. It’s not exactly new because it’s basically a kind of London System with a somewhat offbeat move order. White ignores the guidance about developing [...]

The GM clashes begin tomorrow

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting a Grandmaster norm round robin tournament from February 20th to February 24th of 2013. This tournament is the 24th in its series and is being held in Suite C855 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament is organized by Ankit Gupta, FA, [...]

Τα 100 χρόνια από την απελευθέρωσή τους γιορτάζουν τα Γιάννενα, σήμερα στις 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Τις φωτογραφίες που βλέπουμε τις τράβηξε ο Νικόλαος Οθωναίος, ο οποίος ήταν ζωγράφος και σκακιστής!Να ευχαριστήσουμε τον κ...

Μια σκηνή με σκάκι από τη Λολίτα του Kubrick, ταινία που βασίζεται στο εμβληματικό ομώνυμο μυθιστόρημα του Vladimir Nabokov. Ένας μεσήλικας καθηγητής νοικιάζει δωμάτιο στο σπίτι μιας όμορφης χήρας, έλκεται όμως από τη 14χρονη κόρη...

Navara drew again, Sokolov is in a difficult position...

GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami is the first seed...

PSPB is the clear favorite team...

GM clashes in round 3: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Simon Williams and Bu Xiangzhi - Throstur Thorhallsson

Impressive 7,0/7 at the start for SK Sparkasse Jenbach