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Γράφει ο Σεργκέι Τκατσένκο, ο οποίος κέρδισε το βραβείο για την καλύτερη σπουδή στο περιοδικό “64″, στον ετήσιο διαγωνισμό που διοργανώθηκε το 2001: «Συλλέγω σκακιστικά βιβλία. Βιβλία που αφορούν όχι μόνο τη...

After two rounds in the open section of the Asian Zone 3.3 Championships, five players remain perfect with 2/2. Big favourites Wesley So and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son together with defending champion Susanto Megaranto are joined by the in form Mark Paragua and Darwin Laylo. The match up of round two was of course the [...]

For the sixth consecutive year, Bilbao (Spain) will host in 2013 the Grand Slam Chess Masters Final, as announced today by the Organizing Committee in Wijk aan Zee, where is being held the first of the top level tournaments which make up the Grand Slam, the Tata Steel tournament. Preceded by the success of its [...]

TCEC season started with a bang, as all of the first five games finished with decisive results. 2900+ englines gave no chance to their opponents, scoring full points with black or white. You can replay all games with analysis here Quazar 0.4 by Dmitry Morozov, with strength increased approximately 300 ELO point relative to 0.3 [...]

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Gibraltar’s Mayor Tony Lima has paid an official visit to the 2013 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. Mayor Lima was met by organiser of the festival Brian Callaghan, and tournament director Stuart Conquest. The Mayor said he was very impressed with the organisation, the large numbers and the quality of the players involved in the tournament. [...]

Tourism Minister Neil Costa hosted a special dinner at the Mons Calpe Suite at the top of the Rock of Gibraltar on Tuesday evening on the first day of the Gibraltar Masters Tradewise Chess Festival for the visiting Grand Masters and sponsors of the tournament. See dinner speeches below by festival organiser Brian Callaghan, Tourism [...]

Indian Grandmaster Lalith Babu, with a better tie-break edged out Grandmaster Lu Shanglei of China and emerged Champion after the eleventh and final round in the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grandmaster chess tournament 2013 at Media Hall, Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Lalith Babu and Lu Shanglei logged in 9.0 points from eleven rounds, [...]

The 4th Annual Golden State Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 17-21, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 45 John Glenn Dr., Concord, California. GM Chao Li continued his successful American tour with a comfortable victory in the Open Section. Li finished with 7.5/9, a whole point ahead of his [...]

Chessdom’s Empire Chess DVDs series is now available in the renewed Chessdom shop. It includes the exciting new additions of GM Leonid Kritz (Germany), GM Damian Lemos (Argentina), and GM Eugene Perelshteyn (USA). The first five DVDs of the series include a rare, but effective weapon in the Slav Defense, tactics for black in the [...]

Rd 1 started yesterday and even though London had (some) snow which caused major transport problems, Gawain after a delay in his flight made it into Gib yesterday afternoon. I’m still not sure why this country is ill prepared for snow and their were major disruptions at Heathrow with lots of flights being cancelled but [...]

Recently I read an article of Jonah Lehrer on Carlsen and chess intuition http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/01/18/chess-intuition/ . According to Lehrer, The use of computers actually enhances chess intuition but I am not agree at all with Mr. Lehrer as Mikhail Tal, possibly the most intuitive player in chess history who was not having computers what I understand [...]

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) will host the 2013 U.S. Championship and 2013 U.S. Women’s Championship simultaneously May 2 through May 13. This marks the fifth consecutive year that each of these prestigious events will be held in Saint Louis. In honor of the five-year anniversary, the 2013 U.S. Championship [...]