![Le Villa Marina (Photo Alena Vasilevskaya).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cover-300x200.jpg)
Treasure island
In the heart of the Irish Sea, between Liverpool on the English side and Belfast, the Northern Ireland capital, you ...
![Naka-Mvl, Speed chess 2018 (image chess.com).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cover-1-300x200.jpg)
Beaten by mouse king
On October 11, I played the Speed Chess 2018 ¼ finals. Organized by chess.com, this knockout online tournament format is ...
![L’équipe de France.](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181011_cover-300x200.jpg)
So far and yet so close…
Ranked 7-9 on the starting list (with Armenia and England), the french team ended up 9th, but not without having ...
![Chess 960](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180918_cover-300x200.jpg)
My Chess960 debut
Every year in September, the Saint-Louis Chess Club organizes a « Champions Showdown ». For the 2018 edition, they had put together ...
![Mvl-Komodo](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cover-300x200.jpg)
Devilish lizard!
On Wednesday, September 5, I took up a new challenge, against Komodo Monte Carlo, which uses auto-learning methods similar to ...
![Classement GCT 2018 (Visuel GCT).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cover-600x400PX-300x200.jpg)
9 draws and a ticket to London
It’s the first time in my life that I end up a tournament with all my games drawn! Certainly, this ...