For the first time in the chess history of the independent Ukraine a chess player got the title of the World Women Chess Champion. Anna Ushenina, 27-years old from Kharkiv, won in the final against former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova. On December 3rd, 2012 in Kharkiv a festive meeting of the World Women Chess Champion [...]

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Ετοιμαστείτε να αποχαιρετήσουμε το 2012 με ένα χριστουγεννιάτικο πρωτάθλημα γρήγορου σκακιού! Ακολουθεί η προκήρυξη με αναλυτικές ημερομηνίες. ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ  1. ΓΕΝΙΚΑ Ο Σύλλογος Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών προκηρύσσει...

Σε λίγες μέρες ξεκινάει στο Σκακιστικό Όμιλο Θεσπρωτίας νέο πρωτάθλημα σκάκι. Μπορείτε να διαβάστε παρακάτω την αναλυτική προκήρυξη. Προκήρυξη1. ΓΕΝΙΚΑΟ Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Θεσπρωτίας  προκηρύσσει ανοιχτό Τουρνουά...

So today is the rest day but I already here Judith is hard at work doing a radio show. I’m not sure about the rest of the players. Gawain as you know played a very practical queen sacrifice but got very short on time and lost to Magnus Carlsen. I hope to write more tomorrow [...]

  Anna Ushenina is now women’s world champion. In the final, with former champion Antoaneta Stefanova, she levels score in classical games while in tie-break scored 1.5-0.5 to clinch the title. In the first tie-break games Anna was Bishop down but no pawn on the board game went to draw while in the second tie-break, [...]

The Final of the 2012 Cup of Russia for men and women is taking place from 4th (first round) to 11th (closing ceremony) December in Khanty-Mansiysk, immediately after the Women’s World Chess Championship is concluded. The tournament format of the Men’s Cup is 16-players knock-out, with each mini match consisting of two games with classical [...]

The 31st Annual Empire City Open will be held from December 28-30, 2012, at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, New York. The event has 6 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Adult Under 1300 and Junior Under 1300. The Open-Under 1600 sections have either [...]

International Master N Srinath and double IM norm holder Shardul Gagare hogged the limelight defeating David Alberto of Italy and Ahmed Adly of Egypt respectively in the second round of Rose Valley open International Chess tournament now in progress in Kolkata. The important victories for these youngsters in the early stage of the tournament have [...]

Μετά από ομόφωνη απόφαση του ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΝΑ(3/12) τα Ατομικά Νεανικά Πρωταθλήματα 2013 για τις κατηγορίες, O16 , K16   τα πρωταθλήματα Ο18 , Κ18 , Ο20 , Κ20 και οι κατηγορίες Ο14 Κ14 θα διεξαχθούν στο Εντευκτήριο του ΕΟΣ Αχαρνών ...

Δείτε τους Συνδέσμους με τις κληρώσεις/αποτελέσματα/βαθμολογίες των πρωταθλημάτων ΝΕΑΝΙΚΑ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ (ΕΠΙΛΟΓΗ ΑΠΟ TOURNAMENTSELECTION) Φωτογραφίες και άλλο υλικό  στη σελίδα του ΕΟΣ ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ http://www.facebook.com/eosa.chess

The FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Tashkent reminded me of races inside a velodrome, where for a long time the cyclists go incredibly slowly before going all out in a mad dash to the finish. So it was here, with the number of wins and the fight in general increasing as the tournament neared its end. One player lead, to be caught the next round by a partner, only to have a third player leapfrog the...

Με τον GMΣμίρνοβ συνεργαζόμαστε για περισσότερα από δύο χρόνια και τον θεωρώ έναν από τους καλύτερους προπονητές του κόσμου. Με έχει βοηθήσει ως παίχτη αλλά και ως προπονητή.            Οι...

I’m now back at work so my updates may be briefer than normal but I did manage to be at Olympia for the start of the round and took some photos. The light in the auditorium isn’t fantastic so my photos are a bit dark. I don’t know much about photography but my camera is [...]