Chess by Shelby Lyman Chess has an undeniable mystique. It is often thought to be the game of games, too difficult to master – best to be admired from afar. In fact, the rules are quite simple: it...
Friday chess tactic
Black to move. How should black proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Caruana wins again, leads by 4 points
Standings after 4 rounds 1 Fabiano Caruana 10 2 Levon Aronian 6 3 Magnus Carlsen 5 4 Viswanathan Anand 4 5 Francisco Vallejo-Pons 3 6 Sergey Karjakin 2 Bilbao Rule: Win 3 points, Draw 1 point, Loss 0 points....
Ukrainian Women Chess Championship – Round 4
The Final of the 72nd Ukrainian Women Chess Championship is taking place from 24th September to 3rd October at the Students’ Palace of National University “Law Academy Yaroslav the Wise” in Kharkiv. The fourth round was a real treat...
Baku Open – Round 7
Baku Open – Round 7The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2012, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, will take place from 21st September to 1st October at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea. The Festival is...
Karpov Poikovsky begins
Round 1 results Jakovenko, Dmitry – Bologan, Viktor 1-0 Short, Nigel – Rublevsky, Sergei 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro ½ Onischuk, Alexander – Wang, Yue ½ Motylev, Alexander – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 0-1 Chess Daily News from Susan...
Encyclopedia of Chess Problems: Themes and Terms
I have great respect for the experts in the field of chess problems, though I never was a great fan. All those terms and themes sounded distant and difficult to understand. Instead, I preferred the practical aspects of playing...
Gelfand leads, Mamedyarov second
Standings after 7 rounds 1. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2738 * ½ . ½ . 1 ½ 1 ½ . . 1 5 2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2729 ½ * 0 . . . ½ ½ . 1...
London Grand Prix Day 7 report
London Grand Prix Day 7 report By Robert Fontaine Before the start of today’s play, Boris Gelfand (4/6) held the lead by half a point form the chasing pack of Grischuk, Topalov, Mamedyarov and Leko. But the draw for...
Winning the tough battle
Humpy Koneru wins the Ankara Women’s Grand Prix but she lost the big battle. She finished third overall in the Grand Prix standings and therefore lost out the right to challenge Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan again for the...