Black to move. How should black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net
Stefanova surges ahead at European Women’s Championship

http://chess-results.com/tnr214515.aspx Rank after Round 6 (top 60) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2507 5,0 0,0 18,0 20,5 2 14 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2415 4,5 0,0 21,0 24,0 3 26 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan SCO 2364 4,5 0,0 20,5 23,0 4 15 WIM Shvayger Yuliya ISR […]
Nirvana leads the Top Chess Engine Championship after 5 rounds

The chess engine Nirvana is sole leader of Stage 1b of TCEC. It collected 4,5/5 points after defeating Gaviota, The Baron, Jellyfish and Delphil, and drawing with Fire. Nirvana is closely followed by last year’s silver medalist Stockfish. The rating favorite had a difficult start after drawing Vajolet and Chiron, but quickly recovered with wins […]
Kulkarni maintains Asian Women’s Continental lead after 7 rounds

http://chess-results.com/tnr222020.aspx Rank after Round 7 Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Bdld Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 15 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2296 5,5 0,0 4,0 2372 2 5 WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2415 5,0 0,0 4,0 2283 3 10 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2346 5,0 0,0 4,0 2243 4 25 Li Xueyi CHN 2105 5,0 […]
Adhiban, Liem Le, and Wei Yi share Asian Continental lead after 7

http://chess-results.com/tnr222019.aspx Rank after Round 7 (top 60) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Bdld Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 5 GM Adhiban B. IND 2665 5,5 0,0 5,0 2438 2 1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2718 5,5 0,0 4,0 2584 3 3 GM Wei Yi CHN 2694 5,5 0,0 4,0 2563 4 18 GM Gao […]
Caruana continues to lead Shamkir after 6 rounds

Round 6 results GM Hou, Yifan vs GM Harikrishna, P [1/2-1/2] GM Giri, Anish vs GM Eljanov, Pavel [1/2-1/2] GM Safarli, Eltaj vs GM Caruana, Fabiano [1/2-1/2] GM Mamedov, Rauf vs GM Karjakin, Sergey [1/2-1/2] GM Radjabov, Teimour vs GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar [1/2-1/2] Standings after 6 rounds № Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 […]
Cordova leads American Continental but Awonder Liang steals the show

http://chess-results.com/tnr218432.aspx Rank after Round 6 (top 25) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 n w we w-we 1 5 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2602 5,5 0,0 22,5 20,75 15,5 2457 6 5,5 4,43 1,07 2 20 IM Liang Awonder USA 2410 5,0 0,0 25,5 20,75 17,0 2543 6 5 2,53 […]
Icelandic Chess Championship 2016

The 2016 Icelandic Chess Championship takes place from 31st May to 11th June at the Tónlistarskóli Seltjarnarness in Reykjavik. Twelve players with the average elo 2403 compete in the round robin tournament. Participants: GM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn ISL 2580 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2574 GM Hjartarson Johann ISL 2547 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2457 IM […]
Gata Kamsky wins Nezhmetdinov Rapid Cup

The 38th Nezhmetdinov Cup started with the rapid tournament that was held on 29-30th May at the Central Chess School in Kazan, Russia. The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with the time control 15 min + 5 sec. GM Gata Kamsky took a clear first place with 7,5 points in the field of 107 players. […]
Daily Chess Improvement: Sharp Eye Chess Tactic!

White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net