Έλαβα το ακόλουθο κείμενο (ανακοίνωση - κάλεσμα) από τον Ευάγγελο Βιδάλη που αφορά στις θέσεις της «Κίνηση Zugzwang». ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ-ΚΑΛΕΣΜΑ Μπροστά στις καταιγιστικές αλλαγές που συμβαίνουν στην κοινωνία μας και δεν...

Από το Βαγγέλη Βιδάλη, εκ μέρους τις «κίνησης zugzwang». έλαβα το παρακάτω κείμενο: Μπροστά στις καταιγιστικές αλλαγές που συμβαίνουν στην κοινωνία μας και  δεν αφήνουν άθικτο ούτε το σκάκι, η «Κίνηση Zugzwang» κρίνει...

Τι σημαίνει άραγε «καλό βιβλίο»; Τι είναι αυτό που μπορεί να το κάνει να ξεχωρίσει από τα υπόλοιπα;Το καλό βιβλίο είναι αυτό που όταν το διαβάσουμε θέλουμε να το κρατήσουμε, να το έχουμε και να το φυλάξουμε σε μια...

Από το Γιάννη Αντωνιάδη έλαβα το κείμενο της διακήρυξης της Νέας Σκακιστικής Κίνησης – Μέτωπο Συνεργασίας, για τις εκλογές της ΕΣΟ του 2012: Διακήρυξη για τις εκλογές του 2012 Φίλες σκακίστριες, φίλοι σκακιστές Η «Νέα...

The Fide Women’s Grand prix 2011-2012 is a series of six chess tournaments exclusively for women. The winner of the Grand Prix (with most grand prix point) will challenge 2012 women’s world champion. Overall the Grandprix series has already been won by Hou Yifan while Humpy koneru of India is the winner of the 6th [...]

The NIT Nagpur International GM Open Chess Tournament 2012 will take place from 15th to 23rd October at the Naivedhyam Recreation Center, North Ambazari Road, in Nagpur, India. The event is organized by the Nagpur District Chess Association, under the auspices of Vidarbha Chess Association, Maharashtra Chess Association & AICF. The tournament will be conducted [...]

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

The Final of the 72nd Ukrainian Women Chess Championship is taking place from 24th September to 3rd October at the Students’ Palace of National University “Law Academy Yaroslav the Wise” in Kharkiv. Before the last round three players are in contention for the title of Ukrainian Woman Champion – Mariya Muzychuk, Anna Ushenina and Kateryna [...]

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took the helm yesterday for the first time and he keeps on leading the London FIDE Grand Prix after the tenth round as five out of six games were drawn. The top seed of the tournament Hikaru Nakamura managed to win against Anish Giri after scoring four defeats in a row! So far, [...]

All the leaders wound up drawing their games, but the one and only win in the penultimate round of the London Grand Prix was noteworthy. After four consecutive losses, Hikaru Nakamura defeated Anish Giri, and did it with a very nice combination coming soon to a tactics book near you. Ironically, he met Giri's Petroff (draw, anyone?) with 5.Qe2 (I'll see your draw and raise you to a boring draw)...

Saturday was a busy day when Gawain and I went to visit two chess events in London. The next day we were meant to go with his Aunt to see the Chess exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery but completely forgot and unfortunately that finishes tomorrow. You can check out a review on Chessvibes where the players from [...]

The Reykjavik Open 2013 will be held for the 28th time from February 19th to February 27, 2013 in Harpa, the 28.000 sqm. concert hall. The 2013 tournament is expected to be very strong. The 2012 edition included for example the Women World Champion, Hou Yifan, and world no. 7 at that time, Fabiano Caruana, [...]

The other major ongoing event is on hiatus, as the participants in the Final Masters* go from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Bilbao in Spain. The first of the two cycles is over, and Fabiano Caruana leads with 11 points after 5 rounds (three wins and two draws, on 3-1-0 scoring). Levon Aronian is in clear second with 7 points (+1 =4), but it could easily have been very different. When we left off after...

Not everything is 100% yet in computerville, but it's good enough to take time to catch up. Let's start with the main tournament that's still underway, the Grand Prix event in London. When we left off after round 7, Boris Gelfand enjoyed a half-point lead over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, with Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov a further half point back. In round 8 Gelfand had an...

The 5th Chennai International Open Chess Tournament will take place from 15th to 23rd January at the Jawaharlal Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai. The tournament is organized by the Sports Promotion Foundation, Chennai, under the guidance of Tamilnadu State Chess Association & All India Chess Federation. The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws [...]