From 22 to 26 July 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Astana, Kazakhstan, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Astana Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Ashot Vardapetian (ARM), FIDE Rules Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer. The lectures were in Russian language. Twenty three [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 21 to 24 September 2017 in Rize, Turkey, by the Turkish Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Guran Unal (TUR), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Fahri Karabay (TUR). The language of the Seminar will be [...]

When your are playing the Minority Attack in the Queen’s Gambit Declined it’s important to take your time preparing it. If you don’t then Black can sometimes get the c-file, as he did in this game from the British Championships: Sam Davies

Round 5 of the Sinquefield Cup was the final round before the day off and the players certainly gave their all. The most remarkable games were played by the current and former World Champions. Viswanathan Anand played a sparkling sacrifice, completely demolishing Fabiano Caruana and winning in style. Magnus Carlsen was able to shake off [...]

The hard-fought game between Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave produced the sole leader of the tournament for the first time. Far from the perfect, the game was a rollercoaster ride which started as advantageous for Carlsen but several mistakes later ended in Vachier-Lagrave’s favor. Clearly a heartbreaking loss for the World Champion, who needs to [...]

Ένα έγγραφο που δείχνει τις προγραμματισμένες εκδηλώσειςhttps://wccc2017.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170805_wccc_info.pdf

Με πληθυσμό περίπου 750.000 κατοίκους, η Ρίγα είναι η μεγαλύτερη πόλη των χωρών της Βαλτικής. Μεσαιωνικές μνήμες και αποτύπωμα της χανσεατικής ένωσης, πρόσφατο σοβιετικό παρελθόν. Πολλές φορές επιλέγεται σε ψηφοφορίες...

One genre of chess book I find useful involves games between masters and amateurs. This originated with a series of books by Max Euwe and Walter Meiden in the 1960s, and there have been a few others since. I’ve always thought that you can probably learn more from the play of those rated, say, 300-400 […]

(το εξώφυλλο και μια από τις πολλές φωτογραφίες που περιέχονται στην έκδοση, εδώ με παιδιά που παίζουν σκάκι στο Πάρκο Σιδηροδρόμων της Καλαμάτας) Τον Πέτρο Διαμαντέα είχα γνωρίσει πριν είκοσι περίπου χρόνια, Αύγουστο...

Πρόσθεσα πριν λίγη ώρα τέσσερις ακόμη καρτέλες στο πάνω μέρος της κεντρικής σελίδας. Στο σημείο αυτό να επιχειρήσω μια απλή σύνοψη για το τι δείχνει ή που οδηγεί η καθεμία από τις καρτέλες όταν κάνετε κλικ, με τη σειρά...

Despite a last round defeat, 25-year old International Master Anwesh Upadhyaya of Odisha won the National Rapid Chess Championship that concluded at Kolkata on August 3, 2017. In the interesting final round, Anwesh who was leading with 9/10 lost to top seed Grand Master Laxman. Strangely, P Saravanakrishnan of Tamil Nadu who was in the [...]

Today was the most peaceful round so far with all draws, but the results don’t tell the entire story! Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had a dominating position against Peter Svidler, but one slip allowed his opponent to solve all his problems tactically. Fabiano Caruana also had great winning chances against Ian Nepomniachtchi but the position was very [...]

There’s an old saying, “you can bring a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” That neatly sums up what many chess teachers face, the student who just doesn’t want to learn how to play the game. Of course, in every teaching environment, there’s always at least one student who just isn’t into […]

Απονομή σε νεανική κατηγορία σε παλιότερο διεθνές τουρνουά “Αποκόρωνας” που είχε γίνει στους Αρμένους. Ο Αποκόρωνας 2017 θα γίνει θα γίνει στον οικισμό Πλάκα, με θέα τον κόλπο της Σούδας και την χερσόνησο του...

(ανάρτηση αρχείου) Από την παρτίδα Κέρες (αριστ.) – Ρεσέβσκι (δεξ.). Όρθιοι παρακολουθούν οι Αλιέχιν, Καπαμπλάνκα και Φλορ. Σπουδαία παρέα! Το τουρνουά του AVRO (εταιρείας της Ολλανδικής ραδιοφωνίας που συνεχίζει έως...