The 5th Calgary International Chess Classic will take place from 15th to 21st May in Calgary, Canada. The festival will see several enhancements this year. GM and IM norms will be possible in the International section which is a 9-round Swiss to be played over 7 days. There will also be a Reserve Section and [...]

The Master Group of the Italian Team Championship starts on Friday, 27th April in Arvier, Aosta Valley. 14 teams will compete for the title in the 7-round Swiss tournament. The Championship concludes on 1st May. The Italian Women Team Championship starts from Saturday, 28th April. About 20 Grandmasters will take participation, among them being Fabiano [...]

Την Κυριακή 29 Απριλίου θα πραγματοποιηθεί ο 4ος και ο 5ος γύρος για το Προκριματικό Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα για την Α Εθνική κατηγόρια στο σκάκι.Οι αγώνες θα ξεκινήσουν στις 11:00 το πρωί της Κυριακής. Στον 4ος γύρο παίζουν: ...

Gawain is now in Arvier, where he’ll make his debut for Chieti in the Italian League. No, I haven’t made a mistake – it’s not like the famous red wine which is Chianti. Chieti is a city not far from Rome with a population of about 55,000 (wiki). The football team S.S Chieti Calcio play in [...]

Επιχειρώ να παραθέσω μια απόδοση στα Ελληνικά της Βράβευσης των συνθέσεων που διακρίθηκαν στον διαγωνισμό "KoBul Θεματικό Τουρνουά 2012", που την δημοσίευσε ο Διεθνής Κριτής Diyan Kostadinov.Βράβευση για KoBulChess TT 2012Μου ήταν πολύ...

An exceptional rapid event is going to take place in Nancy, France, with 18 of the top world Grandmasters, including the French starts GM Etienne Bacrot, GM Maxime-Vachier Lagrave, GM Laurent Fressinet, GM Sebastien Feller, GM Vladislav Tkachiev, the German N1 GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GM Istratescu, GM Gharamian, GM Ulf Andersson, GM Agrest, GM Anthony [...]

Με 32 συμμετοχές ξεκίνησε χθές στον Πολυχώρο Πολιτεία το ατομικό πρωτάθλημα ανδρών γυναικών της ΕΣΣΠ για το 2012. Είναι αξιοσημείωτο ότι στο τουρνούα συμμετέχουν σκακιστές απο την Πάτρα, το Αίγιο και τον Πύργο ηλικίας...

Φωτογραφία του Reuters, 23 Απριλίου 2012. Οδηγοί ταξί παίζουν σκάκι στην οδό 17ης Ιουνίου, στο Βερολίνο, ενώ τα οχήματά τους είναι σταθευμένα, κατά τη διάρκεια ολοημέρης απεργίας-διαμαρτυρίας για  τις νέες τιμές των διαδρομών...

Λόγω των αρκετών δηλώσεων συμμετοχής και έλλειψης χώρου, αποφασίσαμε να διοργανώσουμε σε συνεργασία με τον ΠΑΣ ΠΡ. ΔΕΗ Θεσσαλόνικης ένα τουρνουά για παιδιά δημοτικού που θα διεξαχθεί στην έδρα του ΠΑΣ ΠΡ ΔΕΗ στην Αγ...

Nice video documentary of one of my favorite players, Akiba Rubinstein:

The Chinese GM Ni Hua, who played in the first London Chess Classic has won the 14th Dubai Open on tie break with 7/9. Ni took home the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup and $10,000. The tournament was staged by the Dubai Chess & Culture Club. The winner scored four wins and five draws but none of his victories were particularly scintillating, so let's look at a couple of...

The European Chess Union and Kaunas Chess Federation organize the 12th European Senior Chess Championship and Women Senior Chess Championship in the Palace of Army Officers, Kaunas, Lithuania, from 18th to 26th August, 2012. The European Senior Rapid Chess Championship 2012 will be organized in the same venue from the 16th to the 17th of [...]

Levon Aronian could not break down Vladimir Kramnik's Berlin Defence in a technical game of not much excitement. The score is now 2-2. They played an additional rapid game as the main game last only about 1 hour 20 minutes. This was a much more exciting affair with Aronian handling the tactics faster and in the end better for a win. In the main game Levon Aronian revealed that he prepared 1.e4...

The 21st Annual Chicago Open will be held May 24-28, 2012, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 east to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south). The event has 9 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, [...]

The 3rd Luc Open is taking place from 23rd to 29th April at the salle Debeyre in Lille, France. 187 players participate in the 9-round Swiss event. The total prize fund is 13 000 €, top three prizes are 1 500 €, 1 350 € and 1 200 €. After four rounds of play GM [...]