Μετά την ανάπαυλα του τριημέρου της Καθαράς Δευτέρας, αύριο Κυριακή 4/3/2012 και ώρα 10:30 π.μ. θα διεξαγθεί ο 7ος γύρος γιά το Πρωτάθλημα Π.Ο. Α' Εθνικής της ΕΣΣΝΑ με τις ακόλουθες αναμετρήσεις:1 Α.Ο. "ΖΗΝΩΝ" ΓΛΥΦΑΔΑΣ      ...

«Για το Μαντράς, τη Σιγκαπούρ, τ’ Αλγέρι και το Σφαξ,  θ’ αναχωρούν σαν πάντοτε περήφανα τα πλοία».  Σκακιστικό απόγευμα στο σύλλογο της πόλης Σφαξ που βρίσκεται στη βόρεια ακτή του Κόλπου του Γκαμπές.  Έχει...

 Η Τελική Φάση των Ατομικών Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων Αττικής θα πραγματοποιηθεί τo Σάββατο 10 Μαρτίου και ώρα 10:00 (ώρα προσέλευσης 08:30-09:30) στην Ιωνίδειο Σχολή Πειραιά (Σωτήρος Διός 17 και Ηρώων Πολυτεχνείου, Πειραιάς) με...

The 2012 European Individual Women Chess Championship is taking place from 2nd to 13th March at the Anatolian Hotel in Gaziantep, Turkey. European Rapid Championship and European Blitz Championship will follow in the same venue on 15-18th March. The Turkish Chess Federation, by the sponsorship and support of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, under the auspices of [...]

Here’s a nice Youtube clip on Magnus Carlsen. One point of interest is his prodigious memory, something which seems common to many strong players. Lev Psakhis once knew ever published Bobby Fischer game by heart though when I asked him about this in the 1990s Lev said that he was no longer able to do [...]

The 21st Annual Eastern Class Championships are taking place from March 2-4, 2012, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The event has a $18,000 projected prize fund with $12,000 guaranteed. The event has 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. All sections are 5 [...]

The 20th edition of the Sigeman Chess Tournament will be organized by Limhamn Chess Club on 9-16th May in Malmö, Sweden. This year the tournament will have a round robin format with eight players. The tournament has attracted additional sponsorship and the lineup is stronger than ever before with the average rating of 2643. Players: [...]

The 30th Andorra Chess Open is set to take place from 21st to 29th July 2012 at the Hotel Sant Gothard, Ctra. d’Arinsal s/n. Erts (La Massana), Andorra. The 9-rund Swiss event is organized by the Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra. The tournament will be played according to FIDE rules and will be valid for title [...]

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 6 on 2012/03/05 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 4 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3½   4½ Poulos Georgios 6 2 3 Kesoglou [...]

KAPPA-57 tournament                           Round 5 on 2012/03/02 at 18:00                           Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 4 Sienczewski Zbigniew 3 ½  -  ½ 3½ Vazelakis Dimitrios 5 2 [...]

The Bundesliga showdown will take place in two weeks time as title holders and leaders Baden-Baden face Luke McShane's team.

At least for one participant you get to decide, though you can't write in just anyone (e.g. your blogger, yourself, or Mickey Mouse); rather, there are a list of 13 players from whom you can choose. The other nine slots will be determined by the organizers, six of whom have already been chosen. For more details about who's in, who can be chosen and how to do it, when the tournament is and all the...

1000 TN!! - The Best Theoretical Novelties is the slightly odd title of a new compilation work from the Chess Informant people in Serbia. The Informant has been coming out since 1966 and is up to issue 112, and since their 12th issue back in 1971 they have had a jury determine the best novelty of the previous issue (in the original case, for Informant 11). When they have these votes they show not...

Στην θέση του διαγράμματος παίζουν τα λευκά. Για να δείτε πόσο λάθος σκέφτονταιοι ηλεκτρονικοί υπολογιστές –μερικές φορές – μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε αυτότο παράδειγμα.Τώρα θα μου πείτε: «Είναι δυνατόννα μπορέσω...

Αρχίζει το μεσημέρι στην πόλη Γκαζαντιέπ της Τουρκίας το Ευρωπαϊκό Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών 2012. Με τη λήξη της κύριας εκδήλωσης, που είναι το τουρνουά κλασικού χρόνου (συμμετέχουν 103 σκακίστριες), θα διεξαχθεί το...