Μετά τις συναντήσεις του 4ου γύρου στην κορυφή, στους νέους, με απόλυτο σκορ 4/4 βρίσκονται ο GM Ipatov (φωτ.) και ο GM Yu Yangyi.  Με 3,5 βαθμούς ακολουθεί ένα γκρουπ σκακιστών που περιλαμβάνει τους: ΙM Grover, GM Ter-Sahakyan, GM Saleh, FM Wei Yi, GM  Shimanov...

For the sake of completeness, here’s that game that Gawain Jones won to get him into the play off. Playing the Sicilian Dragon is a complex issue; on the one hand there’s a lot of theory, on the other hand White’s attempts to gain an edge involve him in going through hell. Actually I had [...]

The 2012 Politiken Cup took place from 28th July to 5th August at the Konventum Lo-Skolen in Helsingør, Denmark. The popular open tournament attracted 290 participants from 24 countries, including 25 Grandmasters and 9 International Masters. The tournament was played as a 10-round Swiss event. Grandmasters Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands) and Jonny Hector [...]

The 27th Open International d’Avoine was played from 21st to 29th July. IM Maxime Lagarde (France) took a clear first place with 7.5/9 points, leaving the group of followers half a point behind. 360 players competed. The closing ceremony was attended by the FFE President Henri Carvallo and Director of Women’s Chess Jocelyne Wolfangel. Final [...]

GM Yu Yangyi and GM Alexander Ipatov are the only players to continue with perfect score 4,0/4 at the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece. Seeded 2nd and 6th respectively, they now lead the championship 1/2 points ahead of competition. GM Ipatov employed a temporary piece sacrifice against GM Baron Tal to get solid [...]

Maybe there aren't any "super-tournaments" going on, but there's a lot of interesting and high-level chess being played contemporaneously with the Olympic fortnight. 1. The British Championship finished on Saturday with a tiebreak, as Gawain Jones and Stephen Gordon had seesawed their way throughout before finishing on Friday with identical 9/11 scores, half a point clear of David Howell. Gordon...

Δημοσιεύονται τα αποτελέσματα δυο ερευνών με ερωτηματολόγια που πραγματοποίησε η ΕΣΣΠ μετά την διοργάνωση των Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων της ΕΣΣΠ και του σεμινάριου παιδαγωγικής επιμόρφωσης . Η ανάλυση των...

As I thought might happen, Gawain Jones won the British Championship play off against Stephen Gordon. Although Gordon has the more cultivated style, Jones’s very quick sight of the board is going to carry more weight at the quicker stuff, and especially with so much nervous tension. In the first game Gordon won his opponent’s [...]

Stephen Gordon took a half point lead over Gawain Jones going into the 11th and final round of the British Chess Championships at North Shields. The pair were tied on 7.5/9 with two to play, but in round 10, Jones was held to a draw by Stuart Conquest as Gordon defeated Gormally.

Stephen Gordon took a half point lead over Gawain Jones going into the 11th and final round of the British Chess Championships at North Shields. The pair were tied on 7.5/9 with two to play, but in round 10, Jones was held to a draw by Stuart Conquest as Gordon defeated Gormally.

Yu Yangyi and Alexander Ipatov punished the risky play of their opponents, Aleksandar Indjic and Frode Urkedal respectively, to score victories on the top two tables in the Open section of the 2012 World Junior Chess Championships. Salem A R Saleh (UAE) defeated the local representative Antonios Pavlidis in a model game from the black [...]

            Είναι αλήθεια ότι οι καλοκαιρινές σκακιστικές δραστηριότητες ατονούν λίγο στην Ήπειρο και τη Θεσπρωτία. Έτσι λοιπόν η δημοτική κοινότητα Παραμυθιάς και ο Δήμος Σουλίου αποφάσισαν...

The 42nd Annual Continental Open will be held from August 9-12, 2012, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, Massachusetts (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). The event has a $30,000 projected prize fund with $21,000 guaranteed The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, [...]

Πολυτελής σκακιέρα σε σαλόνι του ποταμόπλοιου «Βασίλισσα του Μισισιπή», το οποίο εκτελεί κρουαζιέρες κατά μήκους του ποταμού που διασχίζει νότιες πολιτείες των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών, με αφετηρία τη Νέα Ορλεάνη. Ο...