The World Schools Individual Chess Championships 2018 was held from 20th to 29th April 2018 in Durres, on the Adriatic coast of Albania, under the auspices of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Albanian Chess Federation. The tournament is divided into six age categories, and is open for winners of individual school competitions aged [...]

Προς το παρόν, εδώ θα φαίνεται μόνο η Εύφημη Μνεία που πήραν ο Φαντίλ Αμπντουραχμάνοβιτς και ο Γιάννης Καλκαβούρας σε διαγωνισμό της Βουλγαρίας :http://www.kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/1195-kobulchess-helpmates-2-award-2017.htmlΣε επόμενη φάση θα...

Dutch youth Championship. -21, -17 and -15 years old. Program: Sunday 29 april 13.00 – 18.00 uur 1e ronde alle groepen Monday 30 april 13.00 – 18.00 uur 2e ronde alle groepen Tuesday 1 mei 09.00 – 13.00 uur 3e ronde Jeugd C 13.00 – 18.00 uur 3e ronde Jeugd AB, Meisjes ABC 14.00 – [...]

The 2018 Chinese Women’s Championship was a 12-player round-robin which took place from 18-29 April in Xinghua. Before the last round WGM Qian Huang was leading with half point. But she drew against Zhu Jiner, allowing WGM Mo Zhai to catch her with a win and eventually with better tie-break with both on 8,5 points [...]

10th China Xinghua National Chess Championship took place from 18-29 April at the Tianbao Garden Hotel in Xinghua, Jiangsu. In the final round of the tournament, GM Wen Yang and GM Bai Jinshi, the leading players with the same points, respectively played and Xu Xiangyu and Fang Yuxiang. They both drew their games. Wen won [...]

Тhe final round of the 2018 U.S. Chess Championships has been as explosive and exciting as one could have imagined. There were four players battling for glory going into today’s games: Sam Shankland, Fabiano Caruana, Annie Wang, and Nazi Paikidze. The outcome couldn’t be more dramatic! U.S. Championship – The Shankland / Caruana affair Shankland [...]

One of the most important endgame principles is not to hurry. My Dad says I should have played more patiently with 24.h4 and then brought the king up to h3 after my 24.g5 Black was fine, at least until he played 31…Rhh8. Sam Davies

The championship rounds are always the most promising. The tension, the suspense revolving around the result, all of these and more are what makes us love chess. With only one round to go, the stakes are at their peak, and the players will battle tooth and nail for the top spot in both divisions. But [...]

Something I noticed many years ago looking at lower level junior games is that passed pawns in the ending are worth much more than at higher levels. Children will often panic and make unnecessary sacrifices instead of calmly working out how best to stop them. One of my private pupils recently won an Under 9 […]

78 ετών έγινε προχτές ο Αλ Πατσίνο, ο κατά τον στενό του κόσμο Αλφρέντο Τζέιμς Πατσίνο. Συνδέθηκε με κορυφαίες στιγμές του σινεμά του 20ού αιώνα: με τον μοναχικό αστυνόμο Σέρπικο, με την ανεξίτηλή του ερμηνεία ως Φρανκ...

Stockholm Chess Challenge will be held from 30 April to 5 May. The tournament is open for players born 1993 or later and with a minimum rating of 2200 ELO. The venue is Stockholm’s Chess Salons in Sodermalm in the centre of Stockholm. The Address is Ringvägen 9. Time control is 40 moves in 90 [...]

Another exciting round in Saint Louis, as the favorites to win the event have once again showed their good form and continued their respective streaks. The most important change after today is at the top of the open championship table, where Shankland is now the sole-leader. Let’s get right into the recap and see what [...]

In these days of computer based preparation is there any benefit to using a board and pieces? It can certainly seem harder, especially if someone is used to whizzing through dozens of games using the right hand arrow. Yet there could be hidden benefits of the sort that makes many brain experts suggest that we […]

The U14 Polish Youth Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 29 April to 5 May 2018 in Sypniewo, Poland. It is divided in four sections. Under 14 Boys and Girls and under 12 Boys and Girls. Live games with analysis will be provided daily on Chessdom.com with the best chess software competing [...]

In what was surely one of the most important, and explosive rounds of the tournament, the players kept the spectators on the edge of their seats until the very last game of the round was finished (over 6 hours of play, a record for this year’s championships). Both championships are heating up, and the heat [...]