A venture crowned with success was the initiative of The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, to organise the Match of the Millenials: USA vs. the World, in cooperation with FIDE, the U.S. Chess Federation, the Kasparov Chess Foundation and FIDE Trainer’s Commission. FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos and Continental President for America [...]

An open tournament is also in the program of Hoogeveen

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

It’s my Dad’s birthday today so I thought I’d show you one of his games. He also came back on the latest ECF Grading List a couple of days ago with a 240 grade, and would have been number 5 in the England over 50s (behind Short, Nunn, Speelman and Hebden) if he hadn’t switched […]

Μια από τις πρώτες ιστορικά προπαγανδιστικές αφίσες για το σκάκι στη Σοβιετική Ένωση που χρονολογείται στο 1925. Η τεχνοτροπία θυμίζει λίγο την αντίστοιχη δική μας (μεταγενέστερη) εικονίτσα “ο πωλών της μετρητοίς και...

This week, some feedback and follow-ups on recent posts. But first, something rather less recent. It was great to hear from Dr Robert Samuels, a chess player and senior lecturer in music at the Open University, concerning my articles on chess and music last year. I pointed him in the direction of The Even More […]

(ανάρτηση αρχείου) «Ποιος μπορεί να ξέρει πώς ήταν ο Τζάκομο Καζανόβα; Κρίνουμε τον ήρωα από ένα βιβλίο, το δικό του βιβλίο που ονόμασε Ιστορία του Βίου του, και μετά τον βλέπουμε να απομακρύνεται και να γίνεται ένα...

Chess players are a lot like musicians, running the personality spectrum from absolutely insane to completely sane and everything in between. As a musician, I’ve played with other musicians who were absolutely out of their minds but brilliant artists, always making up for their lunacy with great playing. The world of music is filled with […]

Ξεκίνησε σήμερα το απόγευμα το 26ο Διεθνές Τουρνουά Καβάλας, ένα από τα πιο μακρόχρονα σε ετήσια παρουσία και δίκαια καθιερωμένο ως ένα από τα ισχυρότερα που διεξάγονται στη χώρα. Στον Α’ όμιλο δυναμικότητας, ανάμεσα...

The 10th International Paleochora Open was organized by Municipality of Kandanos-Selino, Chania Chess Academy and Prefecture of Crete from 19-26th July in Paleochora, Greece. A total of 220 players from 27 countries, including 16 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters, competed in the 9-round Swiss event. Grandmasters Kirill Stupak (Belarus), Momchil Nikolov (Bulgaria) and Vitaliy Bernadskiy...

The very first English Correspondence Chess Championships started on 31/03/2017 with a Final, two Semi-Finals and three Preliminary sections. Curiously, the results for each section have been quite wide ranging so far, with the Final having 31/105 games finish with 30 draws and only 1 decisive game. The Semi-Final A has 19/55 games finish with […]

(φωτ. Ο Ν. Γεωργιάδης, αριστερά με τα λευκά κομμάτια, στον αγώνα του 3ου γύρου με αντίπαλο τον Γάλλο GM Ετιέν Μπακρό)  Άρχισε στις 22 Ιουλίου και θα ολοκληρωθεί στις 2 Αυγούστου το σκακιστικό φεστιβάλ της ελβετικής πόλης...

I think this is an interesting video by GM Yasser Seirawan. He looks at one of his student’s games in a French Exchange. I am searching for greater clarity when explaining to students why the centre is so important in chess and this helps. I’ve always talked about the centre as being e4 d4 d5 […]

The Russian Chess Federation and Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation announce that the International Russia-China Junior Match of Friendship will be held on August 3-5. This year the tournament will be played in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province. The Match of Friendship will be a part of the annual Xin Rui Festival. The [...]