Η τελική φάση του Ατομικού Πρωταθλήματος Αντρών θα πραγματοποιηθεί το διάστημα 09-15 Απριλίου στο Πάρκο της Ειρήνης στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών με την συμμετοχή 8 σκακιστών αντί για 10. Οι αγώνες ξεκινούν την Δευτέρα του...

Welsh Championship was held from 30 March to 2 april. Venue was Radisson Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff. 25 players took part in the tournament. The winner is David Jameson with 5 points out of 7 and best tie-break. Second is FM P. Sven Zeidler and third is Gerry Heap also with 5 points. final standings [...]

“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement” Bo Bennett (businessman) If a draw is what you need with White, the London System is a solid choice. First and foremost you can play its standard setup against the majority of defences Black might want to use. That is incredible flexibility if […]

Incredible, sensational!! 13-year old Vincent Keymer who is coached by Peter Leko, beats Richard Rapport in the last round and wins the Grenke Chess Open with 8.0 points from nine games. The German junior hope started as No. 100 of the seedling list and left more than 50 grandmasters behind. Keymer qualified for the Grenke [...]

O2C Doeberl Cup was held from 29 March to 2 April at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Woden. In the Premier section 68 players took part. After 9 rounds two players have finished with 7,5 points. The winner is GM Timur Gareyev, with better tie-break from IM James Morris. Third is IM Igor Bjelobrk with [...]

Το τριήμερο 31 Μαρτίου έως 2 Απριλίου έγιναν στο Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο Περιστερίου τα Πανελλήνια Μαθητικά Πρωταθλήματα 2018, διοργάνωση της ΕΣΟ με τη συνεργασία της ΠΣ Περιστερίου και την αρωγή του Δήμου Περιστερίου. Στους...

I had a tough tournament over the Easter weekend in Bolton where I felt I played poorly. Fortunately I won my last two games to end up with a respectable result. Before my last round game my Dad showed me the Czech Benoni for 10 minutes in the car, mainly because I’d lost the last […]

The 45th La Roda Open was held from 28 March to 1 April 2018 in La Roda, Spain. 257 players took part in the tournament. The winner is GM Manuel Candelario Perez with 8 points out of 9. GM Daniel Esteban Forcen is second with 7.5 points and GM Carlos Jose Jerez Ibarra is third [...]

The 41st Open Internacional Ciudad de San Sebastián was held between March 24 and 31. 112 players took part in the tournament. GM Stanley Lelys Duany Martinez is the winner with 7,5 points. Second is IM Christof Sielecki also with 7,5 points and third is FM M Jesus Villaluenga Iruzubieta with 7 points. replay the [...]

The 11th Pedro Lezcano Montalvo Memorial took place from 24-31 March in Gran Canaria. 103 players took part in the tournament. IM Maciej Klekowski was leading from the start and won the event with 8 points out of 9. Four players have finished with 7 points,second place was for GM Bojan Kurajica and third for [...]

Karpos chess open was held from 24.03.2018 till 31.03 in Skopie. 165 players took part in the tournament. IM Radoslav Dimitrov was leading from the start and with a draw in the last round against GM Kiril Georgiev took the first place with 7,5 points out of 9 and have achieved his final GM norm. [...]

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about John Cochrane’s games against Moheschunder Bannerjee from the 1850s. Bannerjee had learnt chess using the rules prevalent in India at the time, in which, amongst other differences, pawns were not allowed to move two squares on their first move. In many of the games in which Bannerjee […]

Σκακιστική σκηνή του Τζάρμους στη φωτογραφία και έχοντας εξαντλήσει τα χρήματά τους και χωρίς παροχή αίματος να χαλιναγωγήσουν τον πόθο τους, το ζευγάρι των βαμπίρ εντοπίζει ένα ζευγάρι νεαρών εραστών να φιλιούνται...

During the opening, we play for centralized control, moving our pawns and pieces to their most active squares. The opening principles essentially tell us what to move, when to move it and where to move it to. Things aren’t as clear cut during the middle game. With so many pawns and pieces on the board, […]

Η αφίσα μεγεθύνεται με κλικ. Με την συμμετοχή 100 ομάδων σχολείων και 1500 μαθητών όλων των βαθμίδων της εκπαίδευσης ξεκινούν το Σάββατο 31 Μαρτίου, στο Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο Περιστερίου, τα Πανελλήνια Ομαδικά και Ατομικά...