Την Κυριακή 18 Νοεμβρίου και ώρα 6.30 μ.μ. ο GM Βασίλης Κοτρωνιάς θα πραγματοποιήσει διάλεξη στο Chess Square παρουσιάζοντας ένα ρεπερτόριο εναντίον της Κάρο-Καν με την δημοφιλή βαριάντα προώθησης. Το υλικό της διάλεξης θα δοθεί...

Last week I looked at the Ryder Gambit an even more dubious variation of the dubious Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. But who was this Ryder? Most sources quote a game Ryder-NN played in Leipzig in 1899. Ryder doesn’t sound like the sort of name you’d expect to encounter in Leipzig, does it? Thanks to BDG guru Tim … Continue reading "Easy Ryder"

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Teaching is a tricky business because it’s not just about being able to clearly communicate the ideas your presenting to your students. The best teachers get to know something about their students and that something is what makes them tick, namely their processing of information. Sadly, teaching has been reduced to a one size fits … Continue reading "Student and Teaching Observations"

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Hello everyone and welcome to the live coverage of the 2018 World Chess Championship match between the reigning champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and the challenger Fabiano Caruana (USA). In this live blog + live games from WCC 2018 we will be covering the event Carlsen – Caruana with the latest news, developments, interviews, and in-game [...]

It is not the first time for one of the strongest chess players of his generation to work as a commentator at a major event, and he always approaches this job creatively. Here is the interview by the official website of the Women World Championship with GM Alexander Morozevich. More: Live games / Quarterfinal tiebreaks [...]

Το βιβλίο αυτό απευθύνεται σε μικρούς κυρίως, αλλά και γενικά σε όσους θα ήθελαν να αποκτήσουν γερές βάσεις και να κατανοήσουν τις θεμελιώδεις αρχές αυτού του κλασικού πνευματικού παιχνιδιού. Μέσα από τα κείμενα και...

GM Avrukh article on the 1. c4 e5 played in the WCC

The Quarterfinals of the Women’s World Championship were concluded on November 14 with two tie-breaks: Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Anna Muzychuk, and Zhansaya Abdumalik lost to Mariya Muzychuk. Kosteniuk played the first game with White and obtained a promising position after the opening. Then Black managed to activate her pieces and got a strong counterplay. However, [...]

You can usually learn from almost any classical game, but this game is unique in my eyes because it contains so many important lessons: 1) 11. d5! is a pawn sacrifice to open the e-file against Black’s uncastled king. 2) 12 axb4 sacrifices an exchange so that later on Alekhine can exploit Black;s queen position … Continue reading "Alekhine vs Podgorny, 1943"

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Ο Αθλητικός Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Αιγίου προκηρύσσει το Μαθητικό Πρωτάθλημα Σκακιού Αιγιαλείας 2018-2019 την Κυριακή 2 Δεκεμβρίου στο ξενοδοχείο Σήμαντρον στον Ελαιώνα Αιγιαλείας. Οι δηλώσεις συμμετοχής γίνονται δεκτές...

She looked him squarely in the eye. “Checkmate.” Katie Hadley We learn at the very beginning how powerful the queen is and that fascinates us for a long time. The queen dominates beginner’s games to such extent many a time it wins the game on its own by capturing most of the opposing pieces. On … Continue reading "Must Save the Queen"

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