John Watson's new book "A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire For White" is a repertoire book based on white playing 1.d4 and 2.c4. Clearly aimed at strong amateur players it offers reasonably heavy-weight lines against all of black's replies. I know John Watson through his reviews of books on this site and his Play the French which excitingly is about to receive an update to a 4th edition in...

John Watson's new book "A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire For White" is a repertoire book based on white playing 1.d4 and 2.c4. Clearly aimed at strong amateur players it offers reasonably heavy-weight lines against all of black's replies. I know John Watson through his reviews of books on this site and his Play the French which excitingly is about to receive an update to a 4th edition in...

Στέλνω αρχείο με μεταβολές ELO λύσης για το τουρνουά!Για τους μη Ελούχους θα βγεί half rating ELO την 1 Ιουλίου.Γιάννης Γαρουφαλίδης Greece 2012 Tournament coefficient 1 Number of problems 12 Max points 60       Name Rating Result Performance ...

This comes as no surprise these days, but it does give an indication of the mental discipline that chess instils in its practitioners. After a big win in the 2012 World Series of Poker, Ylon Schwartz was quoted as saying: “A lot of people are broke playing chess. And they all have a strong background [...]

Ο Σκακιστικός Σύλλογος Νικόπολη Πρέβεζας απέκτησε μια νέα ταυτότητα στο διαδίκτυο. Μπορείτε να επισκεφθείτε πατώντας εδώ, και να προσθέσετε το σύλλογο στους φίλους σας.             Επίσης...

Anatoly Karpov travelled to Saint Louis to play an exhibition match against former US champion Yasser Seirawan. The match consisted of two Classical and two Rapid games followed by ten Blitz matches. The contest was level going into the Blitz after four draws. Karpov won the match 8-6 as Seirawan lost three Blitz games in a row. Seirawan blundered in this pawn endgame, he must have been...

Anatoly Karpov travelled to Saint Louis to play an exhibition match against former US champion Yasser Seirawan. The match consisted of two Classical and two Rapid games followed by ten Blitz matches. The contest was level going into the Blitz after four draws. Karpov won the match 8-6 as Seirawan lost three Blitz games in a row. Seirawan blundered in this pawn endgame, he must have been...

As a part of “Accenture – Return on Analytics“, World Champion Viswanathan Anand give extensive lecture about chess patterns, the role of computers in chess studying, game solving techniques, etc. Anand also shares secrets from his preparation strategy, his work with the team of Grandmasters, the role of his computer in position analysis, and how [...]

IM Andrei Obodchuk is IPCA World Champion for 2012

Στο πλαίσιο των παράλληλων εκδηλώσεων που διοργανώνει η ΕΣΣΠ με αφορμή την διοργάνωση των Πανελληνίων Νεανικών Πρωταθλημάτων σκακιού ο ψυχολόγος και γνωστός προπονητής Ηλίας Κουρκουνάκης έδωσε διάλεξη με θέμα...

Από την παρτίδα Κέρες (αριστ.) – Ρεσέβσκι (δεξ.). Όρθιοι παρακολουθούν οι Αλιέχιν, Καπαμπλάνκα και Φλορ. Σπουδαία παρέα! Το τουρνουά του AVRO που έγινε σε διάφορες πόλεις της Ολλανδίας, το 1938, είναι σύμφωνα με τον αναλυτή...

Participants, rules, schedule

Στην Πάτρα πραγματοποιούνται τα Πανελλήνια Νεανικά Πρωταθλήματα για το 2012. Για περισσότερα αποτελέσματα, φωτογραφίες και παρτίδες μπορείτε να επισκεφθείτε την επίσημη σελίδα της διοργάνωσης, πατώντας εδώ.Αμέσως...

Garry Kasparov’s victory over the the Alan Turing Paper Machine reminds me of the old adage, choose your enemy! It’s clear that Kasparov has learned a thing or two since 1997 when he lost a 6 game match to Deep Blue. These days I think that most Grandmasters recognize that the best computers are a [...]

Ali Nihat Yazici is a FIDE Vice-President, the long-time head of the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), and the main organizer of the upcoming Chess Olympics in Istanbul. He recently came under fire for his decision to reject arbiters from any of the seven countries involved in lawsuits against FIDE, both past and present, that he deemed inappropriate. The criticism has only grown, and now he has...