Σαν σήμερα, το 2009, έφυγε από κοντά μας ο φίλος και συμπαίκτης Νίκος Καραπάνος. Η παρουσία του πλούσια, οι αναμνήσεις μας πολλές. Ας τιμήσουμε την μνήμη του εντός και εκτός σκακιέρας. Αγαπημένες του θέσεις στην Νάιντορφ...

Ο Μπεντ Λάρσεν, σε μια φωτογραφία κατά την εποχή της σκακιστικής του ακμής. Ήταν ένας από τους ισχυρότερους παίκτες που προερχόταν από χώρες της δύσης, με ανεξάντλητο πάθος για τη νίκη και υπέρμετρη εμπιστοσύνη στις...

As The Chess Improver prides itself as being on the side of individual freedom, I though it worth taking a look at where chess and chess players have been banned by various authorities. Bill Wall produced a good list of chess bans here and there’s another good one here. One of the most disturbing features […]

Αποτελέσματα για το 41ο WCSC (World Chess Solving Championship)Ατομική κατάταξηhttps://wccc2017.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-09-WCSC-GER-Dresden-Result-Individuals-prelim.pdfΣυγχαρητήρια στους Έλληνες Σιδηρόπουλο Νίκο, Μενδρινό Νίκο!Κατάταξη...

The 2017 European Senior Chess Championship will be held from 11th-21st August in Sabadell, Spain. The Championship will be played in two categories: Senior 50+ and Senior 65+. The separated women’s competition will be organized only for 50+ group while women in 65+ group will play in Open competition with separate prizes. The top seed [...]

The chess library of a famous coach Mark Dvoretsky (1947-2016) was solemnly donated to Adi Akhmad Sports Club (Troitskoe, the Republic of Ingushetia) at the Palace of Culture of Nazran. Inna Dvoretskaya, Leonid Dvoretsky, Boris Gelfand, Ernesto Inarkiev (for many years he had been Dvoretsky’s trainee), President of ISCU Alexander Kostiev and Editor-in-chief of the [...]

When your opponent is controlling the open file, we automatically go for trade of rooks if possible. Here is a position in which White did this. Erich Cohn vs Akiba Rubinstein, 1909 At first glance it seems that White is perfectly OK as there is no way for Black to create any passed pawn in […]

The day after the rest day produced only one decisive game but quite a lot of action! Levon Aronian took advantage of Wesley So’s poor form and won the game in style, which improved his position in the standings. Magnus Carlsen, who is chasing the leader by half a point, gave his all to close [...]

Από το ωραιότατο πάρκο στον πολυχώρο “Μάνος Λοΐζος” στη Θηβών 245 στη Νίκαια όπου και φέτος, όπως όλα τα τελευταία χρόνια, θα διεξαχθεί  το Διεθνές Τουρνουά Νίκαιας “Τιμή στην Εθνική Αντίσταση”. Φέτος, η 25η...

Ο Ζαν-Πολ Σαρτρ σε μια γέφυρα στο Σηκουάνα, η φωτογραφία του Ανρί-Καρτιέ Μπρεσόν. Η Σταυρούλα Παπασπύρου εδώ, παρουσιάζοντας τη “Λέσχη των Αθεράπευτα Αισιόδοξων” του Γκεσανιά γράφει για το πως ο συγγραφέας, στη...

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer” Bruce Lee I have been talking a lot in my previous articles about gut instinct in chess. It relies heavily on personal knowledge and experience, reason why we all need to continuously work on both. I […]

Προβλήματαhttps://wccc2017.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-07-GER-Dresden-WCCC-Open-Problems.pdfΛύσειςhttps://wccc2017.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-07-GER-Dresden-WCCC-Open-Solutions.pdfΑποτελέσματαhttp://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/Open-Dresden-2017-preliminary-result.pdf

Grandmaster Aleksandr Lenderman is the clear winner of the 118th US Open Chess Championship after concluding the event with 8,0/9 points. 396 players competed in the single section of the Championship that took place from 29th July to 6th August at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. Final standings: 1. GM Lenderman Aleksandr NY [...]

From 11 to 15 July 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Jakarta, Indonesia, by the Indonesian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Gunadarma University and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Bunawan Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Hamid Majid (MAS). The lectures were in the English [...]

From 18th to June 24th, 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolian Chess federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturers were IA Sainbayar Tserendorj (MGL) and IA K.K Chan (HKG). The lectures were given in English language [...]