The solid …a6 Slav – GM James Plaskett The solid …a6 Slav – GM James Plaskett Posted on August 29,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. James explains The Slav is one of the most respected openings available for Black and he shows us […]
22nd Nikaia International Chess Open 2014

The 22nd Nikaia International Chess Open 2014 is taking place from 26th August to 2nd September 2014 in Nikaia suburb in the western part of the Athens-Piraeus agglomeration, in Greece. The event is dedicated to the National Resistance against the occupation forces from 1940 to 1944 and is played at the Cultural Complex “Manos Loizos” […]
The World Championship Game

Carlsen caught up in chess politicsAugust 29, 2014 A political drama continued to swirl around Norway’s international chess star, Magnus Carlsen, as he tried to concentrate at a tournament in Missouri. Some say the conflict over whether he’ll play at a new world championship match in Russia this fall threatens to once again split the […]
Could Magnus be stripped of his title?

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen could be stripped of title Norwegian prodigy’s dispute with governing body Fide over prize money for championship match lays bare fractures in world chess – and the strong influence Russia has on the game Leonard BardenThe Guardian, Friday 29 August 2014 11.08 EDT He is the poster boy of chess, […]