Owner of the “Classic Jewelry House Lobortas” Igor Lobortas and CEO George Sheynker have presented FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov the Big Caissa Cup on 8th of September in Polat Hotel, Istanbul. In 2009 the jewelers from the Jewels house “Lobortas” together with the Russian chess player Alexandra Kosteniuk have designed the chess Oscar, named after [...]

Many thanks, first of all, to Nigel for giving me space on his excellent blog. I started teaching chess forty years ago as a result of the Fischer-Spassky match and in 1975, together with the late and much missed Mike Fox, I started Richmond Junior Chess Club. In 1993, the Richmond Chess Initiative was started, [...]

Η κλήρωση για τον προκριματικό όμιλο του Champions League ανέδειξε τα παρακάτω ζευγάρια: ΚΟΚΚΑΛΗΣ ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΟΣ - ΚΥΒΕΛΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΗΣ ΓΚΟΥΝΤΡΑΣ ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟΣ - ΝΙΚΟΛΑΚΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ-ΜΑΡΙΟΣ ΤΣΟΛΑΚΗ ΕΛΕΝΗ - ΘΕΟΧΑΡΙΔΗΣ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ...

Υπό την αιγίδα του Δήμου Πύργου το Σάββατο 22 Σεπτεμβρίου, στις 6.30 το απόγευμα, στην κεντρική πλατεία της πόλης, η Σκακιστική Ακαδημία Πύργου διοργανώνει αγώνα σιμουλτανέ με όλα τα έσοδα της διοργάνωσης να αποδίδονται...

A few posts back I mentioned computer cheating, and in the comments section "Icepick" noted that the ability to consult with the silicon oracle even once in a game could make all the difference in the world. He alluded to one of his own games to illustrate the point, noting that the engine later found a particularly striking winning move at one moment. (To be fair, he was winning easily without...

Here's a nice reminiscence of the late great Svetozar Gligoric, by one of the many players of his country who grew up lionizing him. (HT: Brian Karen)

Ο Σύλλογος Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών καλεί όλα τα μέλη του και όλους τους λάτρεις του σκακιού την Κυριακή 16 Σεπτεμβρίου στο εντευκτήριο του (Δωδώνης 21 στοά ημιώροφος) στις 11:00 το πρωί. Ο Σύλλογος θα παραμείνει ανοιχτός για...

I left off the last report after four rounds when I had drawn every game but the team was on a very creditable 3.5/4 (or 7 match points). Round Five we were paired against India, another very close match. I had White against Pentala Harikrishna and decided to surprise him with the English. The game [...]

I’m pleased to announce that Gawain has been recruited to play for Guilford in this year’s 4NCL season. After Pride and Prejudice breaking down, he switched back to his childhood team White Rose for last’s year season where they managed to finish 3rd=. I on the other hand will be playing for North East England, [...]

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The 6th tournament of the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011-2012 is scheduled to take place from 15th to 29th September in Ankara, Turkey. 12 players will compete in the round robin event. The reigning World Champion Yifan Hou was the convincing winner of the first two GP tournaments in Rostov and Shenzhen. She skipped the [...]

Μία μικρή αλλαγή στο Champions League μας οδήγησε σε μία εκ νέου αλλαγή στο τελικό σύστημα διεξαγωγής των αγώνων.Όπως θα παρατηρήσετε έχουν γίνει κάποιες μικρές αλλαγές στο Champions League (o Κουρτέσης είχε δηλώσει συμμετοχή στο Europa...

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2012, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, will take place from 21st September to 1st October at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 50.000 USD. First [...]

When I was a teenager I got interested in chess mainly because a neighbour and a close friend started playing some casual chess with other friends. Soon after I got into it he gave me, what I now consider to be, a bad advice. He said: “If Gligoric were to teach you chess he could [...]

Although there have been just three editions, the International Livigno Chess Open has already its traditions. One of them is… apples. In 2010 the Organizing Committee decided to offer a bunch of this fruit to the players who gathered in Plaza Plachéda conference centre, in the beautiful alpine resort of Livigno, Italy. Therefore a supplier [...]