5οΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΛΥΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝΔελτίο Τύπου (09/01/2018)Το καθιερωμένο πια «ραντεβού» των φίλων του καλλιτεχνικού σκακιού πραγματοποιήθηκε την πρώτη Κυριακή του νέου έτους, 07.01.2018, σε 11 ελληνικές πόλεις...

Τις δυο φωτογραφίες έστειλε ο φίλος Βαγγέλης Βιδάλης, μεγεθύνονται με κλικ – και τον ευχαριστούμε. Γράφει για τους φίλους του skakistiko: “Την πρώτη φωτογραφία την είχα δει στη σελίδα 176 του περιοδικού Tijdschrift van den...

Exciting first half of Third Division

European ACP Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018 will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 29th March- 2nd April. The European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Championships are open to all players representing the Chess Federations, members of the European Chess Union regardless of their title or rating. There is also no limit of participants [...]

Municipality Veliko Gradište, Chess Club VGSK, Branicevo Chess Union and Danubia Hotels are warmly welcoming all participants and guests to the Chess Festival “Silver Lake 2018″. The Chess Festival will take place from 17-24th June, 2018, at the “Kamin hall” of Restaurant Sidro and “Great hall” of Danubia Park Hotel on Silver Lake in Serbia. [...]

The 16th Delhi International is a 10-round Swiss Open taking place from 9-16 January 2018.The venue is Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India. 264 players are taking part in the tournament.Top seeds are GM Arkadij Najditsch, GM Farukh Amonatov, GM Abhijeet Gupta, GM Timur Gareyev etc.. Live game with analysis will be provided [...]

“Any problem that features a pawn moving from its starting square to promotion in the course of the solution is now said to demonstrate the Excelsior theme.” Excelsior by Sam Lloyd Chess offers many more opportunities to enjoy it than what we get from the original position and normal play. There are several chess variants […]

Όσοι έχετε οργανωτική σύνδεση με σκακιστικό σύλλογο, με βεβαιότητα έχετε συναντήσει έναν τύπο ανθρώπων που εγώ ονομάζω, μην κρυβόμαστε πίσω από πολιτικές ορθότητες και ευγένειες: ψώνια ολκής. Δεν τον έχετε ξαναδεί...

Here’s a great attacking game in the Closed Sicilian by the Hungarian Grandmaster Istvan Bilek. The attack started with 9.f5! is very typical of this opening though in this case it was followed by a brilliant exchange sacrifice (11.Rxf5). There is one very important tactical point, after 13…f5 14.Bd5+ Kh8 15.Ng5 h6 White has the […]

Τα θέματαhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1y5b9Xaj-HsCkNgdUoLGJZIjslFH-iTih/view?usp=sharingΟι λύσεις, σχολιασμένεςhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWnn2HnP0phQkx_bELXZWDkeA3I6e7_b/view?usp=sharingΑποτελέσματα λυτών(αυτό θα συμπληρωθεί αργότερα)

“Σε ένα χωριό της Μάντσας που δεν θέλω να θυμάμαι το όνομά του…” Ο Μιγκέλ ντε Θερβάντες το 1615 εκδίδει τον δεύτερο τόμο του Δον Κιχώτη. Δέκα χρόνια μετά την έκδοση του πρώτου τόμου, ο Θερβάντες νιώθει την ανάγκη...

When Mike Fox and I were writing our Addicts’ Corner column in CHESS one of our regular features was ‘Short and Sweet’, in which we invited readers to submit their own very short wins (or losses). Every week I download the latest TWIC and search for mini-miniatures. This week’s TWIC offers a bumper 7872 games, […]

Defenchess, the brand new engine by Can Cetin and Dogac Eldenk, is the winner of division 4 of the Top Chess Engine Championship. It collected a full point more than the closest opposition and finished undefeated with six wins and eight draws. Defenchess was released in September 2017 and now advances to the higher division [...]

The question is not should my child take chess lessons but when should the lessons start. The reason we’re seeing so many highly rated and talented young players has a great deal to with when they start studying under a qualified coach or instructor. Many professionals believe the target age for starting chess lessons is […]

Από τη διοργάνωση που έγινε τον περασμένο Νοέμβριο στην κεντρική βιβλιοθήκη του ΕΜΠ. Η πανεπιστημιακή κοινότητα στην Ελλάδα είναι ένας χώρος που μέχρι στιγμής δεν έχει καταφέρει πολλά στην ανάπτυξη του σκακιού. Πολύ...