Με αρκετές συμμετοχές και πολύ ευχάριστη διάθεση ολοκληρώθηκε το πρώτο τουρνουά Blitz για το 2012, στο Σύλλογο Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών.Νικητής με 6 βαθμούς σε 7 αγώνες, είναι ο Α. Σπηλιάδης. Την δεύτερη και την τρίτη θέση σε...

I mentioned this excellent piece of training software in a previous post. Well it has now been improved by its designer, Fred Mellender, and is still absolutely free. You can download the new version here and here is the explanatory video: Going through complete master games is one of the best ways to improve and [...]

The 21st Annual Kings Island Open will be held from November 9-11, 2012 at the Kings Island Resort, 5691 Kings Island Drive (I-71, 6 mi north of I-275), Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio. The event has a $30,000 projected prize fund (based on 350 entries) with $24,000 guaranteed. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, [...]

The Trophee Anatoly Karpov (in Cap d'Agde) may yet wind up with the trophy going to Anatoly Karpov! Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk tied for first in the preliminaries, with Ju Wenjun and Romain Edouard taking third and fourth, respectively, and also qualifying. In the semis, Ivanchuk was paired with the lower-rated Ju Wenjun, and swept her 2-0, while Karpov faced Edouard (2664, higher-rated...

The 16th Corsican Circuit, including the Corsica Masters, Orange Blitz and BNP Paribas Youth Trophy, was held on 27-31st October in Bastia and Ajaccio. This year the Corsican Circuit is part of the FFE Grand Prix Final. The Festival opened on 27th with the 60-player simul by Grandmasters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Artur Yusupov and Loek van [...]

The race to capture the Icelandic Team Chess Championship title has never been closer. Four clubs are fighting hard for victories and after four of the seven rounds only two points separate these four teams. In the top division you can find 24 GMs, 10 of which are above 2600 ELO ratings. Almost all the [...]

Δειλά – δειλά όλο και περισσότεροι είναι οι συμμετέχοντες στο τουρνουά γρήγορου σκακιού που θα πραγματοποιηθεί σήμερα στις 21:00 το βράδυ στο Σύλλογο Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών.Δεν υπάρχει παράβολο συμμετοχής. Ελάτε να...

The 26th World Championship Final, which started in June 2010, has been won by Ron Langeveld from the Netherlands. He leads the category 13 event of 17 players with a score of 10.5 / 15, with one result to come, which cannot be beaten. He has amounted 6 wins with no losses. Here is one [...]

Jonathan Hawkins, Amateur to IM: Proven Ideas and Training Methods (Mongoose Press, 2012). 369 pp. $29.95. Mongoose Press often publishes chess books that are slightly unusual, but in a good way, and this is no exception. In fact, this is one of the best chess books I've seen in some time. The author, Jonathan Hawkins, is a strong IM (2511, two GM norms) in his late 20s who has gone over the...

Time for a quick update on the major goings-on around the chess world. First, Anatoly Karpov continued his "Cocoon"-like comeback in Cap d'Agde, winning twice more on the final day of the preliminaries to tie for first with Vassily Ivanchuk. Karpov beat Christian Bauer (2664) a second time in round 13, and then defeated Ju Wenjun in the last round. Both he and Ivanchuk went undefeated and scored...

The Magistral La Razón 2012 was held between 23rd and 31st October in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament was played under the double round robin format between six players with an average rating of 2469 points. Uruguayan GM Andres Rodriguez took the first place with 6.5/10 points, leaving the second-placed GM Krikor Mekhitarian half a [...]

The 5th International Masters Tournament “Douglas Martinez” took place from 25 to 30 October 2012 at the Centro Comercial Copacabana Guarenas Municipio Plaza, Venezuela. The tournament was played over 9 rounds of Swiss system with the Bilbao scoring (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). Russian Grandmaster Aleksandr Rakhmanov emerged winner with a [...]

Σύμφωνα με τα επισυναπτόμενα έγγραφα που λάβαμε από την Κεντρική Επιτροπή Διαιτησίας και τα οποία σας αποστέλλουμε προς πληροφόρηση σας, σας ενημερώνουμε για τα εξής: Η Επιτροπή Διαιτητών της Fide σε συνεργασία με όλες...

The Chess Tournament Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2012 was held on 23-31st October at the Casino of Barcelona (Marina Avenue, 19-21) as a ten-player round robin. The Tournament was organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by the Casino of Barcelona (Group Peralada), Barcelona City Hall and and the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. A [...]

H ΝΕΠ διοργανώνει νεανικό τουρνουά σε δύο ομίλους το διάστημα 18/11 - 9/12 για σκακιστές ηλικίας έως 16 ετών . Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής μέχρι το Σάββατο 17/11/12. Θα απονεμηθούν κύπελλο στον 1ο, μετάλλιο αργυρό στον 2ο και χάλκινο...