Η Διεθνής Σκακιστική Ομοσπονδία (FIDE) ανακοίνωσε στο επίσημο site της πως το 2013 θα είναι «έτος της Ελιζαβέτα Μπίκοβα». Η Ρωσίδα σκακίστρια (1913-1989) κατέκτησε τον τίτλο της παγκόσμιας πρωταθλήτριας γυναικών πριν 60 χρόνια...

With GM Christian Bauer, GM Damian Lemos, IM Miodrag Perunovic, and IM Aman Hambleton

Tata Steel B

Tata Steel Chess 2013 is taking place in Wijk Aan Zee 12-27 January, 2013. One more time the A group of the first top chess tournament of the year will collect some of the best players in the world. Games will be daily live with analysis on Chessdom.com, with additional expert commentary by GM Christian [...]

The First British ICCF Webserver Team Tournament which started on 4th November 2011 officially finishes on 4th March 2013. There are 4 players in each of 22 teams with 7 teams in Division 1, 7 in Division 2 and 8 in Division 3. At least 2 team members must be British, but the rest can [...]

The current issue of Chess Life (January 2013) has a short article by correspondence chess Senior International Master Wesley T. Brandhorst, and it's about this position. It's White to move. Can he breach the fortress, and if so, how? The answer, and more details, here.

Land of the Sky XXVI is set to take place on 25-27th January at the Crowne Plaza Resort Asheville, One Resort Dr, in Asheville, North Carolina 28806. The event will have four sections: Open, Asheville, Buncombe, U12. All sections will be played over five rounds of Swiss system and Open will be rated with FIDE. [...]

The New Year Open was organized by Salman Azhar on 4-6th January 2013 at Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission Blvd, Santa Clara CA 95054. The tournament was held over 6 rounds of Swiss system in three sections: Under 1500, 1500-1999, and Open 2000+. Open section is FIDE rated. GM Julio Sadorra convincingly won the New [...]

The Colley Matrix, to be more accurate, which is one of the programs used in establishing the BCS rankings in college football. Though Alabama (which had lost a game earlier in the year) finished #1 after defeating Notre Dame (which had been undefeated and #1 going into the game), the magnificently written Colley Matrix still ranked the University of Notre Dame #1 afterward, with Alabama just a...

The Cuban chess stars Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon, both members of the 2700 Elo club and part of the top 50 in the world, will be the main attraction during the 2013 Cuban National Chess Championship. The preliminary tournament will take place on January 16-27 in Santa Clara, in the center of the island. [...]

Grandmaster Vaibhav Suri nosed ahead of the field with a brilliant endgame display against higher ranked Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan in the seventh round of the premier section of 11th Parsvnath International Chess Festival in progress here at Ludlow Castle sports complex. On what turned out to be an excellent day for players with black [...]

Ο Βέλγος Ρομπέρ Ουντάρ είναι ο κατασκευαστής της σκακιστικής μηχανής Houdini. Το υψηλότερο έλο που έφτασε ο ίδιος σαν σκακιστής ήταν το 2250. Η μηχανή του όμως είναι σήμερα το απόλυτο βοήθημα-εργαλείο για τους GM του κόσμου...

Με δύο ισοπαλίες ξεκίνησαν οι τελικοί για το Champions League και το Europa League.Μουρελάτος- Αθανασιάδης και Μπαρμπής-Τσιλιάς τα δύο ζευγάρια για Champions League και Europa League αντίστοιχα.Θα ακολουθήσουν οι παρτίδες με αντίθετα χρώματα...

Πυρετωδώς οργανώνεται το διασυλλογικό πρωτάθλημα το οποίο θα επιτρέψει σε μια ομάδα της Δυτικής Ελλάδας να αγωνιστεί στην Α Εθνική Κατηγορία..Ο Σ.Ο.Θ., ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Θεσπρωτίας, ανακοίνωσε ότι την Κυριακή 20...

All champions from 2009 to 2012 participating