Τον Ιούνιο είχα την ευκαιρία να επισκεφτώ στη Χάγη (για δύο ξεχωριστά τριήμερα) την Εθνική βιβλιοθήκη της Ολλανδίας που στεγάζει και την περίφημη σκακιστική βιβλιοθήκη. που προήλθε από τις εξαγορές και δωρεές των...

The FIDE World Junior Chess Champions for 2017 are proclaimed. The event for boys and girls under 20 took place in Tarvisio, Italy from 12th-26th November. In the Open section, after 13 rounds and harsh struggles, three players emerged on the top with the same score of 8.5/13. Aryan Tari from Norway took the gold [...]

Magnus Carlsen (Norway), the highest-rated chess player in the world and World Champion in classical chess, will take part in the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships that takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between 26th and 30th December 2017, FIDE confirmed today. The incumbent World Rapid and Blitz Champions — Sergey Karjakin (Russia) [...]

When trouble comes knocking, I’m paid to answer the door! Not only do I teach chess and coach junior chess teams but I deal with the problems that sometimes come with the students I teach and coach. What kind of trouble could possibly occur when your career is teaching chess to young people? Let me […]

“I think that would be tremendously exciting for all chess players and fans."

Ο Αργεντινός Γκιγιέμο Μαρτίνεθ (1962) στο πρώτο του μυθιστόρημα Σχετικά με τον Ροδερέρ το οποίο κυκλοφόρησε στην Ελλάδα μετά την επιτυχία της Ακολουθίας της Οξφόρδης, μαθηματικός ο ίδιος βάζει τους ήρωες του να παίζουν...

The 1st European Corporate Chess Championship starts today in the reception hall of the Town Hall of Asnières, in Paris, France. The innovative European event aims to bring closer the Business community with Chess and the European Chess Union. The Championship will be declared opened at the Opening Ceremony with  the attendance of the Mayor [...]

Over 20 works by journalists have already been submitted for the competition for the best material about the Moscow Chess Museum and the Central Chess House on Gogolevsky Boulevard. After 10th December, the stories and paragraphs from the Moscow and regional printed and online media, TV programmes and subject matter will be reviewed by the [...]

Ο Σπύρος Μπίκος μπροστά από την σκακιέρα. Υπήρξε ο ιδρυτής του ΣΟ Ηλιούπολης και αν και έχουν περάσει 30 χρόνια από το θάνατό του θεωρείται δίκαια και σήμερα ως μια από τις πιο σημαντικές προσωπικότητες ακούραστης...

Στην πόλη Άκουι Τέρμε της Ιταλίας ολοκληρώθηκαν την Κυριακή τα παγκόσμια πρωταθλήματα βετεράνων. Η wgm Μαρίνα Μακροπούλου αγωνίστηκε στην κατηγορία γυναικών 50+ και σημείωσε μεγάλη επιτυχία κατακτώντας το αργυρό...

As ever, I will be very interested to hear what Nigel thinks of this game when we go through it. My position was very cramped and I thought I was worse after the advance of White’s b pawn. However, looking at it with HIARCS the engine prefers Black after the gain of the bishop pair […]

Interview with video excerpts with the engine authors of TCEC

The Golden Cleopatra Open will be held in Cairo – Olympic Mondial hall at Eastern Company Club Center from 10th – 20th December 2017 under the patronage of Mr. Mohamed Osman Haroon, the Chairman of Eastern Company. The tournament is open to all Fide-rated players with a standard rating of 1000 and above (as of [...]

Great fights, quick draws, medals winning or losing in last minute – during the last round of WSCC 2017 in Acqui Terme players and spectators saw the whole range of action. Open +50 Top favorite GM Julian Granda Zuniga (Peru) had already won the tournament after his victory in round 10. Therefore, in last round [...]

Γράφει ο Κοσμάς Κέφαλος Ο Αυστριακός συγγραφέας Στέφαν Τσβάιχ, απελπισμένος για μια Ευρώπη που χάνεται από τον χάρτη, περιπλανάται από χώρα σε χώρα και καταφεύγει στη Βραζιλία. Λίγο πριν την αυτοκτονία του, τον...