Here is a game I played in our Club Championship. Nigel’s comments on the strategic elements of the position are very interesting and the variations he suggests are illuminating. I played the ridiculous 14.g4 because I didn’t understand the features of the position. I tried force something that shouldn’t be there. I had a chance […]

Lueneburger Chess Festival will be held from 6 to 13 July at Hotel-Seminaris Lueneburg. The tournament is divided in 3 sections. A-Open (open to all) B-Open (open for players from 1200 to 1800) C-Open (open to players up to 1400) Around 100 players are expected to take part in the tournament. The top seeded players [...]

The 37th Zalakaros Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 25 May to 2 June, 2018 in Zalakaros, Hungary. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with [...]

10th Rheinland-Pfalz-Open Nickenich will be held from 31 May to 3 June in Nickenich. Around 200 players are expected to take part. The top seeded are GM Alexandre Dgebuadze, GM Viesturs Meijers etc… Starting list 1 Dgebuadze Alexandre 2 Meijers Viesturs 3 Petrisor Adrian-Marian 4 Srinath Rao S.V. 5 Barzen Pascal 6 Syrov Arkadi 7 [...]

Για 2η χρονιά διοργανώνεται φέτος από τη Κοιν. Επιχ. του Δήμου Χερσονήσου, τη ΣΑ Χερσονήσου, το Ηράκλειο ΟΑΑ και το ΣΟ ΛΕΩΝ ΚΑΝΤΙΑ το Διεθνές Τουρνουά Χερσονήσου με συμμετοχές από 14 χώρες και 12 τιτλούχους εκ των οποίων 3...

Philippine National Games were held from 20 to 23 May. Venue was Robinson Galeria, Mandaue City, Cebu. In the Open section 66 players took part. The winner is GM John Paul Gomez with 6 points out of 7. Second is IM Paulo Bersamina with 5,5 points and third is GM Darwin Laylo also with 5,5 [...]

The 2018 Croatian Women’s Championship is 9-round Swiss tournament taking place in Zagreb, Croatia from 23-29 May. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess [...]

Kacper Piorun wins 6th edition Polish-Hungarian friendship chess tournament in Katowice Polish-Hungarian friendship chess championship was held on the week-end of 5-6 May 2018. The 600 players from ten countries participated in 6th edition chess event. 9-round Rapid Swiss open took place in the International Congress Center in Katowice city in Poland. The time control [...]

Του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη Εκεί που αγκαλιάζονται ο Σάβας με τον Δούναβη, συναντά κανείς την «Λευκή πόλη», το Βελιγράδι. Μια πόλη που δεν εξαπλώνεται κομπάζοντας στα ύψη των ουρανών, αλλά μάλλον ξαπλώνει ταπεινά και...

Παρακαλούνται οι σκακίστριες και σκακιστές που ανήκουν στο δυναμικό των σωματείων της πρώην ΕΣΣΠ, καθώς και όσοι αγωνίζονται με υποσχετική εκτός της ζώνης ευθύνης της Ένωσης και επιθυμούν να συμμετέχουν στα...

Το Όπεν του Ηρακλείου με την ονομασία Athens Challenge 2018 θα γίνει φέτος στο διάστημα 16-24 Ιουνίου στο Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο “Μελίνα Μερκούρη” του Δήμου Ηρακλείου Αττικής. Πρόκειται για ένα από τα μαζικότερα και ισχυρότερα...

Γράφει ο Παναγιώτης Κονιδάρης στο fb για το 13ο τουρνουά Λύσης Προβλημάτων Βελιγραδίου, 25-27 Μαΐου 2018 (http://matplus.net/pub/BPCF2018.pdf):Επόμενος σταθμός: Βελιγράδι.Τυραννισμένη πόλη. Σε πολλά σημεία στέκουν ακόμα τα κουφάρια από τα...

Czech Olympiad Qualification is a double round-robin tournament of six top Czech players taking place from 25 May to 3 June in Prague. Winner of the tournament will join David Navara, Viktor Laznicka and Zbynek Hracek as fourth member of this year’s Czech Chess Olympiad team. Last, fifth player, will be selected by the team [...]

The 2018 Romanian Championship was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 14-22 May in Băile Olănești. 53 players took part in the tournament. Before the last round Marian Tiberiu Georgescu was leading with a half point and all the top boards have finished draw. After 9 rounds the winner is GM Marian Tiberiu [...]

Having been a chess parent for eight years as well as a GM and coach, I thought I would offer a few tips on chess parenting. Despite my extensive background in the game itself I have been learning ‘on the job’ to a large extent. Richard James’s insights were very useful, certainly at the start, […]