The 2012 Ribarska Banja Rapid Open was held on 1st April at the Hotel Pogled in Ribarska Banja, near Krusevac, Serbia. 102 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event with the time control of 15 minutes per player. Among them were 10 Grandmasters, 6 International Masters and 11 FIDE Masters. GM Sipke Ernst from the [...]

Έπειτα από σκληρές μάχες, δυνατέςκαι πολύωρες παρτίδες ο Σ.Ο.Θ. είναι η ομάδα που περνάει στην Α Εθνική για φέτος!Αλώστε μια φωτογραφία χίλιες λέξεις!Εεεε… Εντάξει πρωταπριλιά είχαμε αςπούμε και κανένα ψεματάκι...

The ECU and Slovenian Chess Federation are holding the 11th European Senior Teams Championship, from March 26th to April 5th, 2012, in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia. Entitled to participate are 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 [...]

Kappa-58 Round 7 on 2012/04/02 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 5 Poulos Georgios 4 5 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3 2 2 Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis 4½ 4½ Kesoglou Konstantinos 4 3 7 Marianidis Dimitrios 3½ 4½ Kostouros Alexandros 1 4 6 Vazelakis Dimitrios 3½ 3 Diatsintos Ilias 13 5 12 Alexiou Dimitrios [...]

Kappa-58 Rank after round 6 Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Club Pts Fide 1 3 Sienczewski Zbigniew 2131 POL ANAX PETROYPOLIS 5 19 2 1 Kostouros Alexandros 2241 GRE PANELLHNIOS G.S 4½ 17½ 3 2 Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis 2150 GRE S.O.KALLITHEAS 4½ 16½ 4 4 Kesoglou Konstantinos 2094 GRE D.K.P.ANO LIOSION 4½ 14½ 5 5 Poulos [...]

Kappa-58 Round 6 on 2012/03/30 at 18:00 Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 3 Sienczewski Zbigniew 4½ ½  -  ½ 4 Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis 2 2 4 Kesoglou Konstantinos 3½ 1  -  0 4 Poulos Georgios 5 3 1 Kostouros Alexandros 3½ 1  -  0 3 Florakis Konstantinos 11 4 7 Marianidis Dimitrios [...]

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. will be hosting Grandmaster and World Champion Viswanathan Anand in August 2012. He will be leading as an instructor at the Metropolitan 2012 Invitational Camp. This will mark the first time in 17 years that Viswanathan Anand will come to the United States for a chess related purpose. Another eight instructors will [...]

Hi everyone, We are still awaiting final confirmation but according to the final standings published on Chess Results, Gawain finished in 15th place therefore qualifying for the 2013 World Cup. This is an amazing achievement and I’m sure he’ll be working hard to play in Tromsø. These questions were asked by Colin Patterson last December and Gawain has [...]

The recent zero tolerance defaults at the European Championships suggests that this might be a topic worth exploring. Personally I take the view that it is better to follow Mikhail Botvinnik’s example and arrive early for a game. In fact I’ve often aimed to be the first in a tournament to be seated and ready [...]

The Chess Train will go again over the central Europe. After the great success of Chess Train 2011 there will be a continuation of this unique project of the Prague Chess Society and Czech Railways. Special train for chess players and their friends and relatives will go on the way Prague – Dresden – Wroclaw [...]

Russell Enterprises has been a prolific chess publisher of both new works and reissued classics. Many of their new books are excellent (notably including several works by Mark Dvoretsky), but their biggest contribution to the chess world may be their updated revisions of older works. The latest classic is Richard Reti's Masters of the Chessboard, written shortly before the author's death and...

Οι διασυνδέσεις των νευρικών ινών μεταξύ των τμημάτων του εγκεφάλου θυμίζουν μάλλον «σκάκι» παρά «κουβάρι» ή «πιάτο σπαγγέτι», σύμφωνα με νέα αμερικανική έρευνα, που έκανε τη λεπτομερέστερη μέχρι σήμερα απεικόνιση...

Gawain Jones pulled off a great escape in the ninth round of the European Individual at Plovdiv. Playing white against the highly rated Ukrainian tactician Andrey Volokitin, Jones sacrificed a piece but never found sufficient compensation.

Gawain Jones pulled off a great escape in the ninth round of the European Individual at Plovdiv. Playing white against the highly rated Ukrainian tactician Andrey Volokitin, Jones sacrificed a piece but never found sufficient compensation.

The 43rd Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament is taking place from 31st March to 7th April at the Centro Asturiano in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The legendary event is this year named as “Torneo Ciudad de Mar del Plata-Marcel Duchamp”. The 9-round Swiss event has attracted 182 players with eight Grandmasters in the field. [...]