The 26th Kavala International Open Tournament is set to take place from 28th July to 4th August at the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre. The event is organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union. The tournament format is 9-round Swiss in three sections: Group A : Rtg > 1900 [...]

This article is aimed at beginners, to show them why they should study andlearn endgames. Here is my game from the current tournament where my last move was Re6 to win a pawn. My opponent was rated 1482 and played opening and middle-game really well, but finally I got a chance to win a pawn. […]

Δεν είναι όλα τα ματ σε μια κίνηση ίδιας ευκολίας. Σε ματ μιας κίνησης που προκύπτουν (συνήθως) από καλλιτεχνικές συνθέσεις ο άπειρος σκακιστής ή λύτης ενδέχεται να καταναλώσει παραπάνω χρόνο από τη μια απλή ματιά που...

Υπέροχα κινηματογραφικά πλάνα αρχείου, τα μόνα σωζόμενα, με τις εμφανίσεις το 1959 και το 1960 του όγδοου στην ιστορία παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή, του Μιχαήλ Ταλ. Το στυλ παιχνιδιού του διέφερε κατά πολύ. Είχε ένα «τρελό» τρόπο...

How do you feel about king and pawns endgames with equal number of pawns on the same side? Are you concerned and study them? Do you know them and believe they are simple to deal with? What do you think about the following classic endgame and how it got played out? Do you think White […]

The 25th Annual Southern Open was held from July 21-23, 2017, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001 International Drive, Orlando, Florida. There had five sections: Open, U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200, and the tournament format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10. Cuban Grandmaster Yuniesky Quesada Perez took a clear first place [...]

The 22nd Annual Bradley Open was held from July 21-23, 2017, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, 1 Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. There were five sections to play in: Open, U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200. The tournament format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10. The main Open section [...]

From 4 to 9 July 2017 the 52nd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Chess Federation of Honduras and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer of the seminar was IA Santiago Garcia Ramos (MEX), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Hector Mejia Espinal (HON). The Technical Organizer was Juan [...]

From 22 to 23 July 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Phyllis Hore Room, Kew, in Melbourne, Australia. The lecturer was IA Peter Tsai (AUS), FIDE Lecturer [...]

Estonian Grandmaster Kaido Kulaots took the winner’s trophy in Heart of Finland 2017 tournament by the virtue of superior tie-break. This is his fourth win in the HoF Open, after 2008, 2013 and 2014. Kulaots, last year winner IM Vadim Moiseenko and IM Miroslav Vlasenko completed the event with 7,5/9 points each. The 27th Heart [...]

Από τις 26 έως τις 29 Ιουλίου θα διοργανωθεί το Match of the Millennials στο Σεντ Λιούις των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών που είναι μια πόλη που έχει εξελιχθεί στο σκακιστικό κέντρο της Αμερικής. Είναι μια πρωτότυπη (σχετικά) μορφή...

Here’s a game from a couple of years ago in which my opponent, who was much higher rated than me at the time, tried to throw me with an unsound sacrifice (21…Bxh3). Fortunately I kept calm, exchanged off the attacking pieces and then won in the endgame. Sam Davies

“Chess. Quite boring if you ask me but chess club is the sort of thing you should belong to aged 8 if you’re going to graduate to the Bullingdon Club and then become a Tory MP.” (A note for non-UK readers: the Bullingdon Club is, according to Wikipedia, “an exclusive but unofficial all-male students’ dining […]

The 35th Andorra Chess Open takes place from 22nd to 30th July 2017 in Hotel Panorama, Andorra. A total of 153 players from 18 countries compete, including 13 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters. The tournament will be played according to Swiss System in 9 rounds, with the time control 40 moves in 90 minutes and [...]

On the International Chess Day, July 20, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NRU MGSU) hosted Moscow Blitz Cup dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of NRU MGSU President Valery Telichenko. Organizers: Chess Federation of Moscow with the support of a joint-stock company Vector Capital Partners. Tournament’s director: Zarif Safoev. Chief Arbiter: IA Artem [...]