Οι τελικοί του 23ου Ατομικού Σχολικού Πρωταθλήματος Αττικής 2011 έγιναν την Κυριακή 3/4 στα Εκπαιδευτήρια «Νέα Παιδεία» (Χαϊδάρι), με καλές συνθήκες. Βρέθηκαν εκεί 10 παιδιά του συλλόγου, 4 κορίτσια και 6 αγόρια, που είχαν...

(Εισαγωγή - http://chessnewsgr.blogspot.com/2011/04/grandmaster-repertoire-tarrasch-defence.html)Δεν είναι τυχαίο το ότι η πρώτη από τις 4 σχολιασμένες παρτίδες που έστειλε ο Νίκος έχει παιχτεί μεταξύ δύο σκακιστικών μηχανών. Οι υπολογιστές εκτός από...

Now that’s what we call hard core theory: one of the seconds of World Champion Vishy Anand playing the Poisoned Pawn variation of the Sicilian Najdorf. Learn all the ins and outs in ChessVibes Openings issue 118, which analyzes the theoretical game Nisipeanu-Wojtaszek from the European Championship. Other variations treated this week are the Perenyi [...]

The final rounds 14 and 15 of the Schachbundesliga take place 9th-10th April 2011. OSC Baden-Baden have a two point lead over Werder Bremen (who they meet on Saturday) and SC Eppingen. (Shirov-Eljanov and Svidler Gashimov are the top pairings, Baden Baden player is first named). There is a play-off if the teams finish level on match points. Arkadij Naiditsch (OSG Baden-Baden) has made 11.5 out of...

The 1st blitz tournament in the SP Masters Series will be played on Tuesday, 12th April, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Eight players will compete in the elimination/knockout format (2 games per match), with the time control 3min+2sec. The next tournament will be played on 10th May, and after that regularly every two weeks, always on Tuesdays and at the same time (20:00 Sao Paulo time, GMT -03:00).

The Biel Chess Festival takes place 16th-29th July 2011. The big news is that with a special sponsor they have secured the participation of Magnus Carlsen. Apparently Vugar Gashimov and Yannick Pelletier will also play along with three other players. This makes it a 5 round event. But in these days of tight economics it makes sense. Magnus Carlsen gets more publicity than anyone for an event and...

The Chinese Chess Championships 2011 are taking place from 30th March to 10th April 2011 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. Both groups are 12-players round robin tournaments. Women World Champion Yifan Hou competes in the Open section.

Judit Polgar recently tied for third in the European Championship, coming third on tiebreak, and along the way played (and won) some very interesting games. I had suggested in an earlier post that I wanted to have a look at those games, and have now done so. This week's ChessVideos show looks at four pretty different sorts of wins from her play there. There's a win in a probably drawn ending...

Τα παιδία παίζει σκάκι!   Με ένα εντυπωσιακό αριθμό συμμετοχών πραγματοποιήθηκαν φέτος τα σχολικά πρωταθλήματα Αττικής. Η διοργάνωση που βασικός της στόχος είναι να φέρει σε επαφή με το αγωνιστικό σκάκι μαθητές που...

A total of 200 players in 40 teams have already signed up, with players coming from more than 20 countries. So far top player is GM Viktor Korchnoi, followed by GM Slobodan Martinovic, GM Vitaly Tseshlovskiy, GM Evgeny Vasyukov, IM Georg Danner, GM Mark Tseitlin, and GM Borislav Ivkov.

Ο καλός φίλος Βαγγέλης Βιδάλης, με τον οποίο έχουμε συνεργαστεί σε σκακιστικά θέματα εδώ και πάνω από 35 χρόνια, έστειλε στα μέλη του ΔΣ της ΕΣΟ μία ανοιχτή επιστολή, την οποία μου ζήτησε να δημοσιεύσω και από εδώ, με την...

Apparently it’s the season of tournament announcements, and especially the second half of 2011 is becoming more and more promising. Today the organizers of the annual Biel Chess Festival proudly announced the participation of Magnus Carlsen (who was recently profiled in The New Yorker). We give the Sigeman line-up as well. The headline of the [...]

Το "Σκακιστικό Καφενείο" αναδημοσιεύει από το καλό και ενδιαφέρον blog "ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΩΜΑΤΟΣ" την συνέντευξη του Μίκη Θεοδωράκη που έδωσε στο κανάλι "ΑΝΤ" στις 5.4.2011. Να αντισταθούμε Έλληνες!

Πηγή εικόνας: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426258c/f5.item

Schachbundesliga 14th and 15th round will take place on the 9th and 10th of April. The title bout will take place in Baden-Baden where the German champion faces his strongest contender Werder Bremen.