The 17th Annual Bradley Open was held from July 27-29, 2012, at the Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov coasted through the Open Section, finishing in 1st place with 4½/5 and collecting $1000 for his weekend’s efforts. A last round draw with IM Jonathan Yedidia, who [...]

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting a Grandmaster norm round robin tournament from August 3rd to August 7th of 2012. This tournament is the 21st in its series and is being held at the Radisson Los Angeles Airport Hotel. The tournament is organized by Ankit Gupta, FA, IO. The participants include: GM Robert Hess (USA), GM [...]

4 share the lead in the open section, 9 share the lead in the girls section

There are many different concepts that can be learned on the chess board and many of these are applicable to other spheres. One that I think is very useful is that of prophylaxis, which Aaron Nimzovitsch developed extensively, trying to defuse threats before they arise. This is particularly worth considering in the field of health [...]

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

The British Chess Championships went to a play off after Gawain Jones caught Stephen Gordon on 9/11 with victory over David Ledger in the game below. The tie break consists of two Rapid games followed by a sudden death blitz game if required. Gordon was a half point ahead.going into the final game, but was content to play out a quiet draw with Jonathan Hawkins which gave Jones his ...

The British Chess Championships went to a play off after Gawain Jones caught Stephen Gordon on 9/11 with victory over David Ledger in the game below. The tie break consists of two Rapid games followed by a sudden death blitz game if required. Gordon was a half point ahead.going into the final game, but was content to play out a quiet draw with Jonathan Hawkins which gave Jones his ...

We've reached our last stop before the 9.h3 main lines of the Closed Ruy in the 30th episode of the Quick Ruy series as we cover the Yates Variation. It's quite a decent variation in its own right, and it has the further merit of avoiding the Marshall Gambit. (It can be reached either "voluntarily" with 7...d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 or as an Anti-Marshall: 7...0-0 8.d4 d6 9.c3.) White also gets to avoid a...

«Δεν υπάρχει τίποτα καινούργιο Γουάτσον. Όλα έχουν συμβεί πριν από σένα. Κανένα έγκλημα δεν είναι καινούργιο». Θα διαφωνήσουμε. Ο μεγαλύτερος μυθιστορηματικός ντετέκτιβ όλων των εποχών, ο ένοικος του σπιτιού της...

I’m pleased to announce that Gawain is the 99th British Champion after defeating GM Stephen Gordon in a topsy turvy tie break. I had a front row seat and I was super nervous but Gawain came through after blundering his queen. Unfortunately for Ste he found it difficult to control his nerves. Gawain will write [...]

As of today 6 August 2012, some six weeks before the 17 September start of the DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Championship, we now have 56 “official” entries of the targeted 80 that the playing hall will allow. The big news is that the current Asian Continental Champion (and a former Malaysian Open Champion), [...]

Τα παρασκήνια δεν έχουν τέλος στην «υπόθεση Αταλίκ». Η υπόθεση ξεκίνησε όταν η Τούρκικη Σκακιστική Ομοσπονδία απαγορεύεσαι στο καλύτερό τους αθλητή, Σ. Αταλίκ, να αγωνιστεί σε οποιοδήποτε τουρνουά για το καλοκαίρι του...

Όπως σε κάθε δουλειά, έτσι και στο σκάκι, είναι πολύ σημαντικό να υπάρχουν εκπαιδευμένοι και σωστά καταρτισμένοι προπονητές· ώστε να προσφέρουν σωστή, επιστημονική και συστηματική εκμάθηση του σκακιού.Επικρατεί η...

Ο Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ που από 1η Σεπτεμβρίου μεταφέρεται οριστικά στο νέο του χώρο, Χαλκιδικής 77 κοντά στην Π.Συνδίκα, συνεχίζοντας αυτό που ξεκινήσαμε πέρσι με τα πολλά τουρνουά διοργανώνει το πρώτο τουρνουά για τη νέα αγωνιστική...

Υπήρξε ένας ριζοσπάστης, αντικομφορμιστής, ηθοποιός και σκηνοθέτης του αμερικάνικου κινηματογράφου (σαν σκηνοθέτης δήλωνε «ερασιτέχνης» και σαν ηθοποιός υπέγραφε επαγγελματίας), Κινήθηκε χαράζοντας τη δική του...