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Earlier I wrote an article on ‘Chess and Management’ and my mentor GM Nigel asked me if I could do more on that. So I started thinking on which area I should write and surprisingly the topic I have chosen is ‘decision making process’. I am fully aware as a management guy but to be [...]

The 3rd Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez was held from 4th to 9th October at the Hotel San Fernando in the city of Cali, Colombia. There were two playing groups: the Elite Group and the Kirsan Cup for U-14 players. The playing format was 9-round Swiss. The Elite Group had 97 participants. Four players, IM Escobar [...]

After the first cycle in Sao Paulo, Magnus Carlsen looked like an also-ran - lucky to be in clear third place, "only" five points behind the leader, Fabiano Caruana. Two rounds into the second cycle, in Bilbao, he and Caruana are tied for first, and he's not far from catching Garry Kasparov's all-time rating record. (Prescinding from any possible rating inflation, anyway.) All the non-Carlsen...

Mr Ron Bleeker from Germany (originally from the Netherlands) with his answer “You have moved around a lot, problaby even more than me! I am a Dutchman living in Germany and moved 9 times. What I have found where you lived is: - Keighley, Skipton, Yorkshire (born 11-12-1987) - Lucca, Italy (2001) - Ennis, Ireland [...]

The 7th American Continental Championship will take place from 11th to 21st October at the Complejo Hotel Provincial in Mar del Plata, Argentina. More than 200 players from 15 countries, including 64 title holders and 22 Grandmasters, will compete in the 11-round Swiss event. The tournament is part of the World Championship cycle and top [...]

Πραγματοποιήθηκε χθες το βράδυ από τον επί κεφαλής διαιτητή κ. Γεωργόπουλο η κλήρωση του 1ού γύρου για το Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων - Κορασίδων που ξεκινάει αυτή την Κυριακή. Στην πρώτη αγωνιστική ξεχωρίζει το...

The 3rd Annual Continental Class Championships were held from October 4-8, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The event had 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The event had a $50,000 projected prize fund with $30,000 guaranteed. The Master [...]

Τυχεροί είναι οι Γιαννιώτες μιας και μπορούν να διαβάσουν πρώτοι το Bulletin, δηλαδή τις καλύτερες παρτίδες, από το τουρνουά Πύρρος 2!            Ο Σύλλογος είναι ανοιχτός καθημερινά από τις 18:00 έως...

Μια καταπληκτική συλλογή από εικόνες σχετικές με το σκάκι.Δείτε το : http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/index.htm

Having a strong chess club nearby is very helpful to one’s chess development. It can almost be called a sine qua non, especially if one lacks time and funds to travel to distant tournaments. For most of my life I’ve probably been luckier than most people in having good chess clubs nearby, or at least [...]

Checked out my tweets and one that popped up was from the ECF. “BBC America are looking for young adult men who consider themselves ‘geeks’, and want to become more manly or macho for a new series to be filmed for 4-6 weeks in early 2013. If you think you need to ‘man up’ and [...]

Oslo Chess International 2012 was organized as a cooperation between IA IO Hans Olav Lahlum and the Akademisk chess club from the Oslo University during the Norwegian autumn holiday 30 September – 7 October at Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion. The tournament system was same as in 2011, meaning a GM-group for players above 2150 and [...]

Αρχίζει σε λίγη ώρα στο Μπιλμπάο (5 μ.μ. ώρα Ελλάδας) το δεύτερο σκέλος του Chess Masters Final (η πρώτη φάση ολοκληρώθηκε πριν λίγες μέρες στο Σάο Πάολο της Βραζιλίας).  Ο Φαμπιάνο Καρουάνα (φωτ.) προηγείται με 11 βαθμούς (σύστημα...