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Αγαπητοί φίλοι του Καλλιτεχνικού Σκακιού,σας παρουσιάζω την Προκήρυξη για τον διεθνή παράλληλο διαγωνισμό λύσης (ISC) που θα πραγματοποιηθεί την ερχόμενη...
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“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake” Napoleon Bonaparte Playing online has its particularities. It is one thing to play live and another one to play turn based games where the reflection time is measured in days. In those games each player could do research during the opening, making it a more … Continue reading "Do Not Disturb"
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Αγαπητοί φίλοι του Καλλιτεχνικού Σκακιού σας επισυνάπτω:Την τελική βαθμολογία του 6ου Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων (06/01/2019) που περιλαμβάνει τις αποδόσεις των λυτών και τις αυξομοιώσεις του Elo...
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Former National Champion International Master G Akash shared the lead with 4.0 points after the fourth round of the 11th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2019 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam Trophy at Novotel IBIS OMR Hotel, Chennai here today. GM Norm holder Akash scored over Grandmaster Ziatdinov Raset of USA. In the [...]
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This is an interesting game in which my Dad played against Victor Korchnoi when I was 7. Dad says he made a bad auto-pilot move with 19.a3 which gave Black the advantage, instead he should have played 19.Qd2 intending 20.Qd6. He says he was lucky to draw after this, finally saving himself in a knight … Continue reading "My Dad Versus Viktor Korchnoi"
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Η δεύτερη φωτογραφία από τις αρχές του 20ού αιώνα. Οι σκακιστικές συναθροίσεις γίνονταν σε καφενεία και εστιατόρια στα μισά χρόνια περίπου που διαρκεί η ιστορία της σύγχρονης μορφής του παιχνιδιού. Ένα από τα πολύ...
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Three weeks ago I considered the three services a chess club could provide. The following week I looked at how chess clubs might provide chess instruction. The second service they might provide is social chess. At the start of the season our club moved from an inhospitable Scout Hut to a small room at the … Continue reading "Chess Club 2019: Promoting Social Chess"
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The second edition of TCEC Cup, the minor trophy of the Top Chess Engine Championship, is going to start this January 21st. It will be a knockout competition involving the 32 world’s best chess engines. See the announcement article here. TCEC Cup 2 consists of a total of 32 matches divided into sixteenth-final (aka round [...]
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Συνεργασία του Χρήστου Νάτση Η τελευταία χρονιά υπήρξε ιδιαίτερα σημαντική, καθώς κατέστησε ορατά στην ευρεία δημόσια σφαίρα ζητήματα φύλου που έως τώρα απασχολούσαν κυρίως είτε τον στενό ακαδημαϊκό διάλογο είτε...
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It takes a certain type of mind to excel at the game of chess. I’ve come to this conclusion by not only studying the lives of the great masters of the game but by observing my student’s personalities. Those who master the game and become members of the game’s elite, titled players, have minds that … Continue reading "It takes a Certain Type of Mind"
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Η ΕΣO προκηρύσσει το περιφερειακό κύπελλο για την Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας (Σωματεία της πρώην ΕΣΣΠ).Οι δηλώσεις συμμετοχής θα πρέπει να σταλούν μέχρι το Σάββατο 26/01/2019 και ώρα 18.00 στο e-mail της Οργανωτικής Επιτροπής...
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Φωτ. 1 Ο Πίτερ Λέκο, πρώην διεκδικητής του τίτλου του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή, χτυπά το γκογκ για την έναρξη του 1ου γύρου. Φωτ. 2 Ο Ανίς Χίρι είναι ο ισχυρότερος Ολλανδός σκακιστής και το κοινό παρακολουθεί με μανία τις...
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An important plan for White in the Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange pawn structure (popularly known as the Carlsbad pawn structure) is to go for minority attack. However White has a very dangerous alternate plan, which is to play f3 in order to achieve an e3-e4 pawn break. With pawn on d4 and e4 White achieves … Continue reading "QGD Exchange : The f3-e4 plan"
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“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement” Bo Bennett (businessman) This variation delays the move 2… d7-d6 in order to push d7-d5 in one single move later on. Black wastes no time to fianchetto Bf8 as soon as possible 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 White’s try to use the open diagonal … Continue reading "Need Sure Points? Sicilian Defence Edition...
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Together with my Dad I’ve been preparing for my chess events in 2019. For the last month we have focused on openings, in particular a new defence against 1.e4. This last year I was experimenting with the Philidor Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6) and it did not go well. I could have improved the way … Continue reading "New Year Plans"
