10/19/2013 – Once again the town of Druten in The Netherlands is paying host to an exposition of chess paintings and artifacts – "Schaakkunst" in Dutch. They include new works and new artists, fourteen in all, who have produced a wide variety of realistic and surrealistic objects, most of which you can buy in the online chess shop. We bring you some sample paintings that make for a visual treat.

10/18/2013 – Disturbed by the misunderstandings and disconnect that are rampant in society, Suneet Mausil came up with the idea of staging a chess event specifically designed to bring kids with different background and privileges to same environment. One where they faced a common challenge, forgetting about everything else. A truly inspiring expriment worth emulation.

10/17/2013 – A total of 108 participants, including 38 GMs, 21 IMs and lots of other titled players, made their way to Jakarta– in spite of a busy 11-round schedule, sometimes with two rounds per day, and no rest day. The prizes were great: US $100,000 total. In the final rounds Russian GM Aleksey Dreev kept his cool and took first place ($20,000) a point ahead of the field. Pictures and inverviews.

10/17/2013 – He led a tragic life in Communist Czechoslovakia, put into a children's home for re-education after his mother was imprisoned when he was three. In spite of an excellent academic record he was only trained as a fitter and never found suitable employment. Thankfully he discovered chess and became one of the most original composers of endgame studies. Mario Matouš died at 66, but his works will live forever.

10/17/2013 – Despite his loss against Wang Hao in round nine, Caruana was not really in danger to lose his first place as Radjabov did not try to push too hard against him today. In a complicated position the Azerbaijani saw a perpetual and took it rather than risk standing worse. Wang Hao didn't let this influence his game and he beat Ponomariov in a long endgame. Analysis of today's action.

10/16/2013 – It is a tournament like no other: held on a special train that wends its way from Prague through Germany and the Austrian Alps for five days, with 11 rounds of rapid chess played in the moving railway carriages. Top seed GM Vlastimil Hort finished in first place amongst 87 participants. But just as important as the chess was the cultural adventure that people enjoyed. Big pictorial report.

10/12/2013 – In the women's section of the Super Final there were five decisive games, with the highlights certainly being Kosteniuk's fantastic sacrificial attack against Charochkina and Gunina's also sacrificial win against Pogonina. With these results Gunina keeps her one point lead over Kosteniuk, and they are quite distant from the pack. In the Men's section four draws and a win by the newly titled GM Goganov keep the leaderboard stable. Round seven report.

10/11/2013 – Caruana was able to defeat Radjabov with some solid defense.The Italian kept his started decimating his opponent's queenside. Radjabov, who creatively rook-lifted to the kingside, had no choice but to begin sacrificing material, but it simply was not enough. Ponomariov-Wang Hao was a draw where maybe the Ukrainian had some chances. Post-mortems and impressions.

10/11/2013 – What a round! The men's section saw an unbelievable five decisive games. Svidler keeps his lead by beating Motylev while Kramnik crushed Inarkiev and keeps trailing by half a point. Nepomniachtchi hopped over Vitiugov in the standings with a powerful attack and is now third with Andreikin. Gunina smashed Kovanova to become the solo lead a full point ahead. We bring you multiple GM annotations.

10/11/2013 – The most significant chess event in Saint Louis, USA, was the first official world championship match between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, staged in 1886. The most significant, that is, until the September 2013 Sinquefield Cup, a double-round tournament with Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky. Huffington Post columnist GM Lubomir Kavalek elucidates.

10/11/2013 – In what was a fantastically strange game the following happened: In time pressure the Frenchman went for the throat with a kingside attack while Aronian pushed his passed b-pawn, but a wrong move allowed MVL to sacrifice a rook and get a winning attack! However he erred, Aronian survived and he won the ensuing rook vs. four pawns endgame. GM Analysis.

10/10/2013 – While Wang Hao was unable to achieve anything through the entire game against Caruana and had to settle with a draw, Radjabov's game against Nisipeanu was considerably different. Black's position became uncomfortable from the beginning and White's pair of bishops eventually won a pawn. But through sheer willpower and some good decision making Nisipeanu somehow held a draw in over 115 moves. Analysis and post-mortems.