ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΣΙΑΣ Η Τ.Ε.Δ/Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α, σε συνεργασία με την Πνευματική Στέγη Περιστερίου, διοργανώνει Σεμινάριο Διαιτησίας για την ανάδειξη νέων Διαιτητών αλλά και την ενημέρωση των ήδη Διαιτητών στους κανονισμούς που...

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Gawain now plays for the newly merged Godinn Matar chess club. We had both previously played for Matar in Iceland for the last season but unfortunately Matar was relaagted from the division but fortunately for us we now have the best of both world and the most awesome and helpful team. I would like to [...]

The European Club Cup 2012 starts today

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

I have had a life-long interest in the mental training and psychological methods that are often placed under the heading “self improvement,” and since I became an avid chess player 30 or so years ago I have looked at ways to use these methods for stronger practical play. In future I will explore a number [...]

Dao Thien was for many years the leader of Vietnam chess. His country’s first GM, he began playing international competitions from 1984 when he was just 6 years old. For over 20 years now Dao has been the player every young Vietnamese chess player has aspired to become. With the emergence of super talents Le [...]

The Clericus International Chess Championship 2012 took place on 5-6th October at CSI, Italian Sports Center – National Office, via della Conciliazione 1, in Rome. The International Open Chess Championship and Italian Open Chess Championship were available for the priests, religious brothers, sisters and nuns of every order recognized by the Holy See and the [...]

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an International Master norm round robin tournament from October 10th to October 14th of 2012. This tournament is the 22nd in its series and is being held in Suite C855 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament is organized by Ankit Gupta, [...]

Photo report from the 2012 Indonesia Open

The first arrival for the 2012 Indonesia Open Chess Championship on the evening of 8 October was IM Sophie Milliet of France. The charming Milliet has finally come to Indonesia after twice in the past being unable to accept invitations but the lure of a country she has heard so much about and the strength [...]

. Αίγυπτος, 8 Δεκεμβρίου 2011. Ένα κορίτσι στέκεται δίπλα σε γκράφιτι που απεικονίζει μια μαυροκόκκινη σκακιέρα, ενώ μαίνονται σε γειτονικό σημείο του Καϊρου, στη μαρτυρική πλατεία Ταχρίρ, οι συγκρούσεις μεταξύ...

Σκακιστική σκηνή στο πολιτικό θρίλερ από την Αργεντινή “La Historia Oficial” (η επίσημη ιστορία). Τα γυρίσματα της ταινίας άρχισαν το 1983, λίγο καιρό αφότου έπεσε η χούντα. Σύντομα όμως διακόπηκαν καθώς οι συντελεστές της...