The 2018 Chinese Championship is a 12-player round-robin taking place from 18-29 April in Xinghua. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Live games with analysis will be provided daily on Chessdom.com with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – [...]

Ο Σκακιστικός Σύλλογος Ζακύνθου είναι στην ευχάριστη θέση να αναγγείλει την διοργάνωση του 2ου LEVANTE RAPID στις 19 και 20 Μαΐου. Το τουρνουά θα διεξαχθεί στην αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων του ξενοδοχείου Varres. Χρόνος σκέψης 20' + 5'', 7...

Ο Αλέξανδρος Καραπιπέρης αναδείχθηκε πρωταθλητής 2018 της ΕΣΣΔΕΙΝ με 4.5 βαθμούς σε 6 αγώνες. Δεύτερος τερμάτισε ο Θόδωρος Παπαδόπουλος με 4.0 βαθμούς και τρίτος ο νεαρός Δημήτρης Ζαρονίκας με επίσης 4 βαθμούς

Από τις 19 έως τις 28 Απριλίου θα γίνει στο Σαμκίρ του Αζερμπαϊτζάν το 5ο Gashimov Memorial, κλειστό κορυφαίο διεθνές τουρνουά 10 σκακιστών. Προς τιμή μνήμης του Βούγκαρ Γκασίμοβ, του λαμπρού σκακιστή που έφτασε ως και νο6 του...

A rook on the 7th rank often gives you an initiative, but two rooks there is usually decisive. Here is a game of Capablanca against Nimzowitsch which illustrate this theme. And it is also quite interesting to see how Capa managed to get his both the rooks on 7th rank with couple of interesting moves […]

The first neural network engine in TCEC

The 2018 Croatian Championship is a 12-player round-robin taking place in Požega, Croatia from 17-27 Aprily. The prize fund is €10,000 with €2,800 for first place. 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 games with [...]

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer” Bruce Lee A quick reminder about how to do it: – Have a look at the position for 1 minute (watch the clock) – Think about the choices in front of you and pick the one […]

The 2018 Chinese Women’s Championship is a 12-player round-robin taking place from 18-29 April in Xinghua. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Live games with analysis will be provided daily on Chessdom.com with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship [...]

Με την συμμετοχή περίπου 50 νεαρών σκακιστών και σκακιστριών πραγματοποιήθηκε η τελική φάση των Ατομικών Πρωταθλημάτων Παίδων Κορασίδων Δυτικής Ελλάδος την δεύτερη εβδομάδα του Πάσχα στον όμορφο χώρο του Πάρκου της...

The Czech Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 28 April to 6 May, 2018 in Ostrava. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament will be divided in 3 sections. Top seeded players [...]

The 2018 Uruguayan Championship was a 10-player round-robin tournament which took place from 7-15 April in Montevideo. In the last round the two players, who were leading have met. GM Andrès Rodrìguez Vila, who needed only victory as a favorable result, had to make 24 moves to take advantage of the error of MI Bernardo [...]

11th Triandria chess open was held from 9 to 15 April in Thessaloniki. 100 players took part in the A tournament. The winner is GM Alexandr Fier with 7,5 points out of 9. Second is GM Marian Petrov with 7 points and best tie-break, third is IM Martin Petrov also with 7 points. replay the [...]

Λεζάντες για τις φωτογραφίες (από Νίκο Μενδρινό): 1) Από αριστερά Βαγγέλης Πετρίδης, Δημήτρης Σκυριανόγλου, Νίκος Μενδρινός, Πιοτρ Μούρτζια (διδάσκων!), Αλέξανδρος Κωστούρος (με το πιάτο!), Παναγιώτης Κονιδάρης...

Concluding my series of horrible Black wins in the Czech Benoni, here’s a game in which one of my Dad’s idols, Leonid Stein, was completely lost after 26…Rg8. He went on to win in the end but not thanks to his ugly position: [Event “RUS-UKR m”] [Site “Leningrad”] [Date “1957”] [Round “”] [White “Vladimirov, Boris […]