A view of Aghios Kirykos, the capital of Ikaria, that hosts Ikaros tournament during the last 41 years (photo: Chrysa Karafti).For one more year, Ikaros International Chess Tournament is preparing to welcome the chessplayers and all friends who will visit the beautiful island of Ikaria in order to combine an interesting chess tournament with relaxing vacations.Ikaros tournament, that commenced in...

Άποψη του Αγίου Κηρύκου, πρωτεύουσας της Ικαρία, που φιλοξενεί για 41η χρονιά τον ΊκαροΓια ακόμη μια φορά το Διεθνές Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά Ίκαρος ετοιμάζεται να δεχτεί τους σκακιστές και του φίλους που θα προσέλθουν στο...

The 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic was held in Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden, Germany from 31 March to 9 April Fabiano Caruana is the winner, just two weeks after his success at the Berlin Candidates Tournament. He finished with 4 wins and 5 draws and was point clear from the world champion Magnus Carlsen, who won only [...]

“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement” Bo Bennett (businessman) A while ago I wrote two articles about Volga-Benko gambit. The first one was based on a game I played and the second one was a follow up with ideas of improvement for Black’s play. You can review the second […]

Με την συμμετοχή 6 ομάδων στον ΠΟΑ και 4 ομάδων στην Β Τοπική θα πραγματοποιηθούν φέτος τα διασυλλογικά ομαδικά πρωταθλήματα της περιοχής μας. Αναλυτικά η κλήρωση σε κάθε όμιλο

The chess community expanded by 27 Grandmasters, after the 1st quarter Presidential Board approved their titles in Minsk. The new Grandmasters come from Armenia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iceland, Peru, Russia, Slovakia, USA, and Azerbaijan. The Board approved also 48 International Masters, 2 Women Grand Masters, and 7 [...]

The 18th Bangkok Chess Club Open is being held in the Regent Cha-am Beach Resort from 13-21 April 2018. In total almost 350 players take part, with around 240 playing in the main 9-round open. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with [...]

Ο Γιώργος Μακρόπουλος ανακοίνωσε από το Μινσκ της Λευκορωσίας την υποψηφιότητά του για πρόεδρος της Διεθνούς Ομοσπονδίας Σκακιού (FIDE). Στην ομιλία του στο presidential board που έγινε στο Μινσκ είπε πως πολλοί αξιωματούχοι...

Following up my Czech Benoni debut from last week, here’s an even uglier win with it by the Romanian Grandmaster Victor Ciocaltea. Black did absolutely nothing for most of the game while his opponent tried to figure out how to break though. Finally he got going with 44.f4 but had to resign a few moves […]

Ο σκηνοθέτης Ζαν Ζιρώ παρεμβάλλει μια σκακιστική σκηνή στην ταινία “ο θυρωρός” (le concierge – του 1973). Επιλέγει για πρωταγωνίστρια στη σκακιέρα μια ωραία κυρία, απόγονο των ηττημένων Ρώσων Λευκών οι οποίοι μετά τον...

Αρχίζουν αύριο 10 Απριλίου και θα ολοκληρωθούν στις 16 Απριλίου στα Χανιά (Πνευματικό Κέντρο, Α. Παπανδρέου 70) τα φετινά Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα  Νέων Ανδρών – Νέων Γυναικών μέχρι 20 ετών. Οι αγώνες θα καλυφτούν...

Mr. Makropoulos made the announcement during the FIDE Presidential Board in Minsk. He advised that he had been approached by the majority of the Presidential Board and many delegates asking him to run for President to sort out the present problems and ensure stability in FIDE.

The FIDE Presidential Board was held throughout the weekend in Minsk, Belarus, and among other items on the agenda, discussed the situation regarding the FIDE bank accounts. As it was reported earlier, the Swiss bank UBS has announced that they will close the FIDE accounts. The senior management of the bank extended the deadline from [...]

Everything is set for European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2018 which takes place from 8th-20th April, in Hotel Belluve, located in the national park of Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia. 144 players from 30 different European federations registered for the event, among whom 13 Grandmasters, 29 International masters, 35 Women Grandmasters, 22 Women International masters and in [...]

One of my private pupils rushed in excitedly to tell me he’d discovered an amazing new opening: he always wins whenever he plays it. I asked him the name of the opening. “The Tennison Gambit”, he replied. The what? Unless you’re an expert in obscure gambits you could be forgiven for not knowing what he […]