Ολοκληρώθηκε και ο 7ος γύρος γιά το Πρωτάθλημα Π.Ο. Α' Εθνικής της ΕΣΝΝΑ. Αναλυτικά τα αποτελέσματα:1 Α.Ο. "ΖΗΝΩΝ" ΓΛΥΦΑΔΑΣ             3.5-6.5            Σ.Μ.Σ. ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΣ2 Σ.Ο. ΗΛΙΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ...

Με μεγάλη επιτυχία τελείωσε το ετήσιοσχολικό πρωτάθλημα Β.Δ. Ελλάδας, σήμερα Κυριακή 4 Μαρτίου, με περίπου 250 συμμετοχές.Με μεγάλη χαρά σας ανακοινώνουμε ότιπραγματοποιήθηκε ξεχωριστή κατηγορία – νήπια – με δεκαπέντε...

Στην Τελική Φάση των Ατομικών-Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων Αττικής προκρίνονται επιπρόσθετα όλοι όσοι σημείωσαν τουλάχιστον 5βαθμούς σε έξι αγώνες. ο έφορος Αγώνων

The Chess Evolution Weekly Newsletter first edition was published March 2nd, and starting this date the 20 pages of quality material by GM Naiditsch and GM Balogh will be published every Friday evening. You can download the first edition for FREE here: CEWN nr 1 (English) pdf / pgn CEWN nr 1 (Italian) pdf / [...]

After playing very little during the last few years I’ve been preparing a return to competitive chess. I have quite missed the excitement and meanwhile it looks as if my son will soon be holding his own in adult competition. So I think we’ll probably be playing in some tournaments together. In my case I [...]

The 28th International Open Cappelle la Grande is taking place on 3-10th March 2012 at the Palais des arts in Cappelle la Grande, France. 490 players are participating. The popular tournament features the prize fund of 30,000 EUR and starts immediately after the 11th Rochefort Chess Open, making it convenient for the players to combine [...]

The second round of the 2012 European Individual Women Chess Championship was played on 3rd March in Gaziantep, Turkey. Before the games start FIDE Vice-President and the President of TCF Ali Nihat Yazici made an announcement: “The Chairman of the FIDE Qualification Commission Mr. Mikko Markkula has passed away. He was a good friend of [...]

The 11th Rochefort Open tournament was held from 25th February to 2nd March at the Congres Palais, in Rochefort, France. Just days before the huge Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open was an excellent occasion for the players to test their preparation and use the perfect training opportunity. 60 players competed in the main Open A [...]

The 28th North American Masters is a sort of mini-festival in Skokie, Illinois (a Chicago suburb) comprising a match between Georg Meier and Wesley So and two GM norm events. If you're in the area, you should visit the event if you can!

Cambridge won the 130th Varsity Chess Match against Oxford 4.5-3.5 to take a 57-53 lead with 20 draws in the series. There were wins by Audrey Kueh, Vedantha Kumar and Illya Iyengar for Cambridge. David Zakarian and Athanasios Tsanas won for Oxford. Salimbeni (Cambridge) won the match for Cambridge with a draw in the final game to finish, he had earlier turned down a draw. My thanks to John...

The FIDE ratings for March 1st show Levon Aronian closing the gap on world number one Magnus Carlsen after his fabulous performance at Wijk aan Zee gained him 15 points. Michael Adams is back in the world's top 20 after his fine result at Gibraltar.

The Vietnam Chess Federation is holding the 2nd HDBank Cup Open Chess tournament 2012 on 1-8th March in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. After three rounds of play Filipino Grandmasters Mark Paragua and John Paul Gomez, and former Asian champion GM Ni Hua are leading the charge with three points each. Russian IM Viacheslav Diu [...]

The 10th Khazar International Chess Open Tournaments A (+2100), B (-2100), C (Women) & D (Youth U 14) is taking place from 29th February to 7th March in Rasht, Iran. 103 players from eight countries, including 12 Grandmasters, compete in the 11-round Swiss in Open A. Russian GM Oleg Korneev started furiously and is topping [...]

Την Πέμπτη 8/3/2012 στο εντευκτήριο της ΝΕΠ (Πάτρα), ο συγγραφέας και παίκτης της ομάδας μας Νικόλαος Ντίρλης θα παρουσιάσει το βιβλίο του, Άμυνα Tarrasch. Προσκαλούνται οι φίλοι του σκάκι να παρευρεθούν στην εκδήλωση.

Ένα σκακιστικό πρόβλημα από παρτίδα μεταξύ των G. O'Toole και A. McCumiskey που παίχτηκε στο 4NCL το 2005/6 θα παρακολουθήσουμε σήμερα.Το πρόβλημα υπάρχει στο βιβλίο του John Nunn "1001 Deadly Checkmates" το οποίο κυκλοφόρησε από τις εκδόσεις GAMBIT...