New Year’s Greetings by the women’s tournament participants and organizers

“In the future I would like to write a book on my best games, that will require time therefore I don’t know when I’ll be able to actually do it.”

Interview with Hikaru Nakamura during the “54 Torneo di Capodanno” tournament in Reggio Emilia Interview with Sopiko Guramishvili Reggio Emilia videos: Interview with Nakamura and opening ceremony Live games with computer analysis

The 4th round of the Reggio Emilia tournament saw all three games producing decisive results. Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Morozevich started with a quiet line in the Ruy Lopez but the position soon turned chaotic when Moro went after the a4-pawn allowing white to encircle his own f6-pawn. Ivanchuk’s pieces started menacing around the black [...]

“I will try to convince the current coach Yuri Dokhoian that I am a worthy selection for our Olympic team for Istanbul 2012.”

The third round of the 54th Reggio Emilia Tournament saw Vassily Ivanchuk downing the local favourite and reigning Italian champion Fabiano Caruana in a deep endgame. The game started as Sveshnikov Sicilian, which Caruana himself likes to play with black pieces. In the development typical of this opening, with several pieces’ exchanges and narrowed front, [...]

The Stockholm Chess Federation organizes the 41st Rilton Cup from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012. This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000 euro), is being played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open is only for Nordic players with [...]

The 5th Open Agusta Aragón Stadium Casablanca is taking place from 23rd to 31st December at the Stadium Casablanca in Zaragoza, Spain. The 9-round Swiss event features a prize fund of 8000 EUR with 2000 EUR dedicated to the winner. 155 players are competing and among them are seven Grandmasters. Top rated is the world-class [...]

Game of the day from Reggio Emilia live

Hastings Chess 2011 – 2012 round 1 report and information.