The 2018 Budapest Spring Open took place from 18-26 April in Budapest, Hungary. 165 players took part in the A tournament. The winner is GM Kaido Kulaots with 7,5 points out of 9. Five players have finished with 7 points. Second place was for GM Laszlo Gonda and third is GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy. replay the [...]

The U.S. Championships deliver once again. As expected, the players returned to the board after the rest day with renewed energy and acute desire for winning. We are entering the last stretch and the games have been explosive; let’s get into the recap and see what happened in today’s crucial round! U.S. Championship Caruana vs [...]

The Nordic Championship for girls 2018 will be hosted by the Icelandic Chess Federation. The tournament and the accommodation will take place in Borgarnes (Hotel Borgarnes.Borgarnes is situated in the west coast of Iceland – 72 kilometres distance from Reykjavik. TOURNAMENT RULES Five rounds using the Swiss system. Each player gets 90 minutes with a [...]

Η τρίτη αγωνιστική της Β τοπικής κατηγορίας θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Κυριακή 6 Μαΐου και όχι την εμβόλιμη ημερομηνία της Τρίτης 1 Μαΐου.

Ben is friend and former Battersea team mate. This was a QGD that we played at last years London Chess Classic. He played his attack very well. I do feel uncomfortable with these opposite side castling QGDs. I don’t feel happy with Black’s attacks and need to play more! In this game I remembered that it is […]

The official invitation for the 43rd Chess Olympiad and 89th FIDE Congress is issued by the Batumi Chess Olympiad Organizing Committee. On behalf of the Georgian Chess Federation and the Chess Olympiad Organizing Committee, it is my great honor to invite all FIDE member countries to 43rd Batumi Chess Olympiad and 89th FIDE congress, to [...]

The 13th version of the Copenhagen Chess Challenge tournament is organised by one of the largest chess clubs in Denmark: “BMS Skak”. The tournament is played from Wednesday 25th of April and until and including Sunday 29th of April 2018, which is the weekend of the Danish holiday “Store Bededag” (Friday 12nd of April). The [...]

Το σκάκι στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες έχει περάσει από διαφορετικές φάσεις δημοφιλίας μέσα στο χρόνο. Τη μαζική φρενίτιδα στην περίοδο του Μπόμπι Φίσερ δύσκολα μπορεί να φανταστεί κανείς πως οι κύκλοι της ιστορίας θα την...

While I was going through some games, I found this one very entertaining and instructive. In this game the Ukrainian Grandmaster came up with a very simple and solid strategy. He sacrificed his queen for a rook, bishop & a passed pawn in the early middle game. Then he exchanged pieces, and with every exchange […]

From 17 to 19 April 2018 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Kathmandu, Nepal by the Nepal Chess Association in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Golden Gate College. The Lecturer of the Seminar was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), FIDE Lecturer [...]

Round six of the U.S. & U.S. Women’s Chess Championships has brought important changes to the top of the standings and has cleared the path for what will surely be an explosive finish in the second part of the event. The general consensus among chess players is that the day before the rest day is [...]

The 2018 FIDE World School Chess Championships are being held from 21-29th April at Hotel Fafa in Durres, Albania. A total of 387 participants from 40 federations are taking part in the event throughout twelve age categories from U7 to U17, boys and girls. LIVE Games The Organizer shall award trophies to the players taking [...]

Για δεύτερη φορά στο διάστημα των τελευταίων μηνών σκέφτηκα να προβάλω σε κεντρική ανάρτηση και όχι σε σχόλιο μια δραστηριότητα της σκακιστικής ομάδας του ΕΜΠ Le Roi. Διότι το σκάκι φοιτητικής κοινότητας στα ΑΕΙ και ΤΕΙ...

“It is better to learn late than never” Publilius Syrus I have been talking about turn based chess for a while now. To some having 3 days to think for a move sounds outrageous; to others they understand you do not really think for 3 days. Life happens around us and that reduces the reflection […]

Today was a calm day in Saint Louis. The players seemed to have decided in unison to catch a breather, as eleven out of twelve games were drawn, with some of them being non-combative games. Let’s get right into the recap! U.S. Championship Shankland vs Caruana After yesterday’s disaster, Caruana was surely looking to get [...]