As everybody knows the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 is bad for Black because of 4.Qe2 as when the knight retreats 5.Nc6+ will pick up the queen. But in fact it isn’t that easy after 4…Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6. The middle aged businessman Vladimir Afromeev, whose meteoric rise has seen him achieve a place [...]

The European Championship is a long event (11 rounds) with lots of players (348!), so early round upsets aren't the end of the world for the top seeds. It's a good thing for them, too, as the the first two rounds have seen even 2700s get upset. The biggest upset so far is Anish Giri's loss at the even younger hands of llya Nyzhnyk, which you can replay here.

Russian Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev passed away on 21st March at the age of 67. He was a famous player, coach and chess journalist. Razuvaev was one of the world’s top players between 1976, when he earned the Grandmaster title, and late 1980′s. The long list of tournaments victories includes Dubna 1978, Polanica-Zdrój 1979, Zalaegerszeg 1981, [...]

Καλούνται να δηλώσουν συμμετοχή με e-mail στο tedessna@yahoo.gr μέχρι την Παρασκευή 23/3/2012 όσοι διαιτητές είναι διαθέσιμοι για τα Πανελλήνια Σχολικά Πρωταθλήματα (Καλλιθέα Χαλκιδικής, 7-9 Απριλίου 2012). Σας ενημερώνουμε ότι δεν...

Luke McShane is back in the world's top 50 players after more success at the German Bundesliga.

Luke McShane is back in the world's top 50 players after more success at the German Bundesliga.

Σκάκι σε πάρκο της Ουλάν Μπατόρ, της πρωτεύουσας της Μογγολίας. Η παράξενη, μοναχική αλλά και μυθική για τους περιηγητές χώρα κάποτε αποτελούσε την καρδιά μιας αυτοκρατορίας που εκτεινόταν μέχρι την Ευρώπη, με ηγέτη...

Kappa-58                           Round 4 on 2012/03/23 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 Kostouros Alexandros 3   3 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3 2 5 Poulos Georgios [...]

Kappa-58                           Round 3 on 2012/03/19 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 2 Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis 2 0  -  1 2 Kostouros Alexandros 1 2 4 [...]

The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 7th to 19th June, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Radjabov Teimour, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana have confirmed the participation. The venue, tournament format and other participants will be announced later. Update: The field is now complete with Alexander Morozevich, Alexander [...]

GM Nyzhnyk and GM Anish Giri in battle of the young talents durng round 2 of EICC 2012 Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom

Δεκάδες χώρες μέχρι σήμερα έχουν εκδώσει γραμματόσημα για τοσκάκι και έχουν χρησιμοποιήσει εκατοντάδες αναμνηστικές σφραγίδες. Η πρώτηαναμνηστική σφραγίδα χρησιμοποιήθηκε στην Πολωνία και συγκεκριμένα...

Ένα ακόμη μίνι κόμικ του Αρκά, κλικ στην εικόνα για μεγέθυνση. Το έστειλε ο Θανάσης Σερντεδάκης, από την Κρήτη, τον οποίο ευχαριστώ πολύ.

The champion from last year GM Potkin was held to a draw

The European Chess Championship is underway in Plovdiv. Round 1 has been played, and logically for an event with close to 300 titled players there are multiple quality games and surprising results. The champion from last year GM Potkin was held to a draw by IM Alexander Colovic (2436) right at the start of the [...]