Here's the finish of an online blitz game I watched Sunday afternoon. White has just played 57.Kg1-h1, and now it's Black to move. Is 57...f3 a good move? Work it out for yourself, and then click here to see what happened.

Here's a position from the game Stojanovic - Patrucic, played several weeks ago in the Bosna Open. It's Black to move here, and no matter what you come up with, it can't be worse than what Black did - thus the "house money" title for the post. But can you do better? Click here to find out. HT: ChessVibes Training, which used this example in its tactics section. It's not bad for that end, but my...

Here's a nice tactical display from elite French grandmaster Laurent Fressinet, played in the ongoing French Team Championship. As a fun exercise, see if you can think of predecessors to his 16th and 23rd moves. HT: Ken Regan

The matches are played on five individual boards (three men, two women), and the tournament system is not strict on following the names' order in the basic roster, thus each team is shuffling the players for the next round. The earlier leaders Shanghai won only one match allowing the team of Beijing to take over the helm.

GM Henrik Danielsen continues the free chess course in the Sicilian Grand Prix system (1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4). The lectures are inspired by MagnusCarlsen who brought real development to the system. Part 1 and 2 are introductory courses, later it is an extra fast course following real life Sicilian Grand Prix example by Short and Gelfand in Part 3, while Part 4 shows how to turn a bishop into...

Hikaru Nakamura added to his win in the classical match against Ruslan Ponomariov by a win in the rapids too. The exhibition match took place in Saint Louis.

Hikaru Nakamura added to his win in the classical match against Ruslan Ponomariov by a win in the rapids too. The exhibition match took place in Saint Louis.

Με νίκες ολοκλήρωσαν τα Νεανικά Κύπελλα οι ομάδες μας! Η ομάδα κάτω των 14 ετών επικράτησε με 4-0 της Β ομάδας της Ελευσίνας (κέρδισαν ο Σπύρος , ο Δημήτρης , ο ιώργος και ο Σταύρος)  ενώ και η ομάδα των Παμπαίδων νίκησε με...

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                             Round 7 on 2011/05/30 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 6   4½ SIENCZEWSKI ZBIGNIEW [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                             Rank after round 6                             Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Club Pts Fide 1 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 2295 UKR   6 21 2 3 [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                               Round 6 on 2011/05/27 at 18:00                               Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo. 1 4 PANTAZOPOULOS STAYROS 4 0  -  1 [...]

Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! –> IM Yochanan Afek’s Official Website Y. Bazlov 2010 White to play and draw Next week the solution. Solution last week O. Pervakov 2010 new [...]

Στον πρωτο γυρο του τουρνουα του Παγκρατιου αντιμετωπισα τον Χριστοδουλου ( 1900 ) με τα μαυρα και η παρτιδα πηρε μια ενδιαφερουσα τροπη.. Στην αρχη μια σειρα απο μικροανακριβειες επιτρεπουν στο μαυρο να ισοφαρισει και...

ΤΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΩΝ Δ.ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ       ( δνση:Νίκος Σκιαδόπουλος,Ιακώβου Πολυλά 22-49100 Κέρκυρα          τηλ.-fax : 2661039995,6944754765,e-mail: skiad@otenet.gr)          ΘΕΜΑ...

The timeless question ... Does Blitz Chess do more harm than good for your serious chess game? This question has puzzled chess players since the beginning of the game itself. I’m not surprised that in the short 5 months I've been running my website the topic has been already been brought up 3 times.