Last time I talked about the venerable Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6, focusing  on the move still popular at all levels, the “duffer’s move” 4.Ng5. I also  suggested the alternative  “Quiet Italian,” 4.d3 followed by 5.c3, building a solid center as a base for future operations … as opposed to moving the same [...]

It used to be a much larger chess festival, but even so it's nice that the GRENKE sponsors and organizers have put together a strong tournament that partially fills in the gap left by the apparently dearly departed Linares super-tournament. This one is a six player double-round robin in Baden-Baden, Germany starring three players from the world elite and three very strong German GMs (one of...

Live games with computer analysis

The UAE Chess Federation & Sharjah Chess and Cultural Club have the honor to invite all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2013 Asian Junior Chess Championships under 20 from 29th March (arrival) to 7th April (departure) 2013 in Sharjah, UAE. The Championships will be played according to the Swiss [...]

For large chunks of its history, Chess Life and Review was provincial, very slow to report on international events, and aimed at a very low readership in terms of skill. There was no internet though, and it had something pretty close to a monopoly in the United States, so strong club players (and up) were stuck. We could get the Informant twice a year (pretty late), and some lucky few of us could...

Report of all the groups from the Moscow Open...

The 17th International Lienz Open will be held from 9th to 16th February at the RGO-Arena Julius-Durst-Straße 6, 9900 Lienz, Austria. The biennial event is organized by the Schachklub Volksbank Lienz. Currently 179 players are registered to take part in the 9-round Swiss open. In order to create a pleasant environment for the players and [...]

Nepomniachtchi is now among the leaders...

40% on middlegame practice courses

Romanko is the only player with 5/5 in the festival...

Η Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου και ο Σύλλογος Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών συνδιοργανώνουν το Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα Σκάκι Νομού Ιωαννίνων για το 2013.Οι αγώνες θα διεξαχθούν το Σάββατο  & Κυριακή 9 – 10 Φεβρουαρίου και ώρα 10.30, στην...

IM Belous is now the sole leader of the group...

36th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2013 Aegean Open Championship 2013 (13-21 July 2013, Aghios Kirykos, Ikaria island, GREECE) For one more year “Ikaros” commences its flight, somewhat earlier than usual, with the aim to provide its participants and guests with a thoroughly organized chess tournament that will combine strong fights over the board with relaxing vacations on one of the...

Μετά από μία περίοδο δέκα και πλέον ετών η πόλη του Αγρινίου διαθέτει ενεργό σκακιστικό σύλλογο! Σήμερα Κυριακή 3 Φεβρουαρίου πραγματοποιήθηκε στον Πύργο Ηλείας το πρώτο παιχνίδι του πρωταθλήματος β' εθνικής...

The event took place on 21-31 January, 2013 where Nikita Vitiugov won the Master’s event by defeating Nigel Short in last round tie-break and became the winner of the £ 20,000 first prize. Main attractions of the tournament were seven players from 2700+ club. In the first tie-break game, The Russian showed great technique to [...]