Το Αμπελόφυτο είναι ένα ολιγάριθμο σε πληθυσμό, αλλά δυναμικό και παραγωγικό χωριό, που υπάγεται διοικητικά στον Δήμο Πύλου – Νέστορος, στη Μεσσηνία. Σε πολύ κοντινή απόσταση ενός-δύο χιλιομέτρων βρίσκεται ένας...

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Συνεργασία του Έλιοτ Ρ. Πεδίο μάχης, βασιλείς, βασίλισσες, επιτελάρχες, ιππότες στρατιώτες και φρούρια. Χρυσοποίκιλτες στολές κι εξαρτήσεις διαμάντια, μαργαριτάρια, αχάτες κι άλλα πολύτιμα πετράδια να διακοσμούν τη...

Season 11 starts January 3rd

In my lesson today we looked at a QGD game I played against David Buckley. I was concerned about White playing 11. Ne4 instead of 11.O-O. Nigel suggested the Cambridge Springs as a possibility to consider in future. Here is a video clip by Andrew Martin on the Cambridge Springs covering some tactical ideas in […]

Tradewise 93th edition of the chess open in Hastings will be held from 28 December to 5th January.The venue will be Horntye Park Sports Complex.In the Masters events there will be more then 80 players.The top players are Deep Sengupta ,Alexander Fier and few other GMs and IMs.

The best way to play against traps is to know them, but that is not possible every time. The second best way is to check the consequences when you have been offered some bait and check the variations in details. This requires good calculation skills and beginners or kids might not have this. Don’t worry […]

Πλήθος από αγώνες κλασικού και γρήγορου χρόνου διεξάγονται ήδη ή θα ξεκινήσουν τις αμέσως προσεχείς ημέρες. Συνοπτικά, με σειρά χρονική oι σημαντικότεροι: – Απόψε ξεκινά το Χριστουγεννιάτικο Τουρνουά ΣΟ Ηλιούπολης...

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing” Emo Philips One day I stumbled over this doozy and it kept me hooked for a while. You have to admit the position is intriguing and it is hard to let go once you see it. In a […]

Exciting finish of the rapid championship

FIDE would like to clarify the following points regarding the King Salman World Blitz and Rapid Championships, being held between the 26th and 30th December in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. FIDE has been working very hard and in a discreet manner to organise and safeguard the process of entry visas for all participants [...]

Press-Secretary of the Russian President and Chairman of RCF Board of Trustees Dmitry Peskov considers that the acting RCF President Andrey Filatov should be reelected for a new term. On November 16, the RCF Supervisory Board decided to hold the RCF Presidential elections on February 3, 2018. “In the recent four years an enormous work [...]

The point of controlling an open file is to get a rook into your opponent’s position on the 7th or 8th rank. Here’s a rapid play game in which I managed to do this, my rooks getting to the 7th rank along the c-file. Sam Davies

We’re currently living in a golden age for chess history, due in no small measure to the American publishing house McFarland & Co, who, for some years now, have provided us with a constant stream of elegant, beautifully produced hardback books concerning the history of the Royal Game. I’ve recently enjoyed reading one of this […]

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