Ο μικρός επαρχιακός δρόμος που διασχίζει το χωριό Ράβνα Γκόρα της Κροατίας ονομάζεται Šahovska ulica (οδός Σκακιού) και πρέπει να είναι ο μοναδικός δρόμος στον κόσμο που φέρει το όνομα του παιχνιδιού. Στον αριθμό 6 της Šahovska...

Στην φωτογραφία βλέπεται ένα όμορφο και χιουμοριστικό σκιτσάκι.

Openings such as the Nimzo-Indian Defence have a very solid reputation but that doesn’t mean they can’t erupt. In the following game Andrew Martin produces some wonderful pyrotechnics and manages to weave a mating net when White misses his way. Notes are based on Andrew’s analysis:  

5ο ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟ  ΕΑΡΙΝΟ ΤΟΥΡΝΟΥΑ ΤΡΙΑΝΔΡΙΑΣ από  17-ΑΠΡ-2012  έως  22-ΑΠΡ-2012  αφιερωμένο στη μνήμη του πρόωρα χαμένου ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ ΨΩΜΙΑΔΗΠαράλληλη Εκδήλωση: 2ο Τουρνουά Μικρών Παιδιών  ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ...

As you may recall, Dmitry Jakovenko won the big prize at the 2012 European Individual Chess Championship: clear first place with 8.5/11. I already listed the 13 players who tied for second with 8 points apiece (Laurent Fressinet, Vladimir Malakhov, Dmitry Andreikin, Ernesto Inarkiev, Maxim Matlakov, Viktor Bologan, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Yurij Kryvoruchko, Sergei Azarov, Evgeny Najer, Vladimir...

Here's a little puzzle. White's a piece and a pawn ahead, but faces a passel of threats including 1...Qxe3+, 1...Qe4 and 1...R5f2. Some of them win, some draw, but White can thwart them all and...well, maybe not win, but keep the game going. How? The solution is here. (Make sure to look for Black's most resilient defense!)

...but still bad. (Mostly joking, please don't write in to protest.) The ChessBase story alleging that the King's Gambit was solved was an April Fool's joke after all, as many of you knew and almost all of us hoped. Here's their admission.

The Indian team outclassed their Israeli counterparts 29.5-18.5 in the India-Israel 2012 match, a curtain raiser to the world chess championship 2012 in Moscow. Second highest rated Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran paved the way for his team’s victory scoring a massive 7.5 out of a possible eight on the final day. Winning seven games in [...]

The ECU and Slovenian Chess Federation organized the 11th European Senior Teams Championship, from March 26th to April 5th, 2012, in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia. Entitled to participate were men from the ECU Chess Federations who shall have reached the age of 60 and women who shall have reached the age of 50 years, by December [...]

Video from day 1 of Israel – India match produced by Vijay Kumar

The Chinese Individual Championships include the Women's World Champion Hou Yifan but she is finding the going touch against her countrymen.

The Chinese Individual Championships include the Women's World Champion Hou Yifan but she is finding the going touch against her countrymen.

Οι Σκακιστικοί Σύλλογοι Τριανδρίας διοργανώνουν υπό την αιγίδα του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης το 5ο Ανοιχτό Εαρινό Τουρνουά Τριανδρίας από 17 έως 22 Απριλίου 2012, αφιερωμένο στη μνήμη του Σταύρου Ψωμιάδη...

Saint Louis, March 29, 2012 – The 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship will be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis July 6-20 this year. This marks the third consecutive year this prestigious event will be held in Saint Louis. The 2012 Junior Closed Championship will be a 10-player, round-robin event [...]

The Organizing Committee for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand has been formed on Monday in Moscow. Members of the Committee are: Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Russian Chess Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RCF Alexander Zhukov, Director of the Tretyakov Gallery [...]