Φωτογραφία με το Γερμανό συγγραφέα Χανς Φάλαντα μπροστά από μια σκακιέρα. Μάλλον τραβήχτηκε πριν τον πόλεμο. “Αυτός που βλέπετε εδώ μπροστά σας είναι ο γνωστός συγγραφέας Χανς Φάλαντα, ή μάλλον ό,τι απέμεινε απ’...

NASHVILLE, TN: The 501(c)3 US Chess Federation’s 2018 National Elementary School (K-6) Championship was contested from May 11-13, at Nashville, Tennessee’s Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Four players tied for first in the K-6 Division. All four players are 2018 National Elementary School K-6 co-champions. Nathaniel Lande Shuman, Age 12, is from New York, [...]

Leuven, Belgium – 11 May 2018 – The Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz chess tournament will be returning once again to the historical City Hall of Leuven with play scheduled to take place from Tuesday 12th June until Saturday 16th June 2018. The best chess players in the world will compete [...]

“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement” Bo Bennett (businessman) Wikipedia provides a very nice introduction for this entry: “The Center Counter Defense is one of the oldest recorded openings, first recorded as being played between Francesc de Castellví and Narcís Vinyoles in Valencia in 1475 in what may be […]

Από τις 13 έως τις 21η Μαΐου η ACO (ιδιωτικός οργανισμός με έδρα τη Γερμανία που δεν σχετίζεται με τη FIDE) διοργανώνει στο νησί της Κω -ξενοδοχείο Helona Resort- το “Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Ερασιτεχνών 2018”. Η ΑCO (Amateur Chess Organization)...

4th International Chess Bodensee-Open was held from 5 to 13 May in Bregenz. 133 players took part in the tournament. Before the last round leader was IM Thomas Henrichs with 7 out of 8. He was playing with white against GM Roeland Pruijssers and lost, which gave the first place to his opponent. The other [...]

The Bamberg Open (Prof. Dr. Robert Pfleger Memorial) was a 7-round Swiss tournament which took place from 6-13 May 2018 in Bamberg, Germany. 125 players took part in the tournament. Before the last round they were 6 players with 5 out of 6 and plenty more with 4,5 points. Two of the games between 5 [...]

The 2nd FIDE World Cadet Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018 will be held from 21 June (arrival) to 25 June (departure) 2018 at the Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus. There is no limit of participants per federation in each of the categories ‐ U8, U10, and U12 (boys and girls). A player must not [...]

Passed pawns can often be a winning advantage in rook endgames, but not always; if they can be blockaded by a king they can easily become weak. The following game is a good example of this with White’s d-pawn looking strong until Black played 33…Kf8, getting the king in front of it: Sam Davies

The 2018 Romanian Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 14-22 May in Băile Olănești. 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 the best chess software [...]

The Brazil Open – Three Borders is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 16-20 May 2018 in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. The venue is hotel Da AVM . Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Around 100 players are expected to take part. Top seeded [...]

I left you last time in Plymouth in 1938. Now we’re going to move forward 38 years and sail round the South Devon coast until we reach the seaside resort of Paignton. Regular readers may recall that I played in the Challengers there in 1974, sharing first place in my section, so now it was […]

The 7th international Llucmajor is a 9-round Swiss open taking place from 13-20 May, 2018 in Llucmajor, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 150 players are expected to take part in the tournament, among them 18 GMs. Top seeded are GM [...]

Το φύλλο της εφημερίδας Allgemeine Zeitung (Chemnitz) του 1929, όπου δημοσιεύεται στα γερμανικά η συνέντευξη του Αλιέχιν, αμέσως μετά το ματς που έπαιξε για το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα με αντίπαλο τον Μπογκολιούμποβ. Στην κάτω...

8th International Chess Tournament „Bosna 2018“ was held from 5 to 11 May at hotel „SARAJ“, Sarajevo. 135 players took part in the tournament. Until the round 7 GM Zdenko Kozul and IM Velimir Ivic were leaders with 6 points. In round 8 they both lost to Turkish GMs Mustafa Yilmaz and Emre Can. The [...]