The European Amateur Chess Championship 2017 is currently ongoing under the splendid conditions in the Constantinus Hall of Tami Residence in Niš, Serbia. The Championship is perfectly organized by the Chess Federation of City of Nis under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The opening ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Nis Darko [...]

Grandmaster Maxim Matlakov from Russia (2714) emerged winner of the 18th European Individual Chess Championship 2017 with 8,5/11 points. The Russian scored the same points as Baadur Jobava (GEO, 2713) and Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS, 2690), but thanks to better tie-breaks he became the new European Chess Champion, while the other two won silver and bronze [...]

The 2017 Mediterranean Youth Chess Championships are set to take place from 21-27th October in Chania, Crete, Greece. 1. Invitation This is the official invitation to all national chess federations of the MCA (Mediterranean Chess association) to participate in the Mediterranean Youth Championships 2017. The championships will be held in Chania, Crete in Greece. The [...]

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White exchanged into a pawn endgame here, thinking this had to be a win. But he missed Smyslov’s clever and sneaky defence with 45…hxg3 and 46…g4. White can even lose if he then moves his king across to attack Black’s queenside pawns. Sam Davies

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A few weeks ago a poster on the English Chess Forum posed a question about whether chess education should be based on skills or knowledge. I was tempted to answer but before I got round to it the discussion on that thread had moved onto something else, so I decided to write a blog post […]

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The 48th final tournament of the traditional all-Russian scholastic chess team event Belaya Ladya (also known as White Rook) finished in Dagomys, Sochi. Since 2015, Belaya Ladya welcomes teams from foreign countries. This year, almost 100 teams from 80 regions of Russia and 17 countries of the world took part in the final event. Apart [...]

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The last round of the European Individual Chess Championship 2017 in Minsk will decide the Champion, as Maxim Matlakov and Baadur Jobava took over the lead, both with 8 points. Live games with analysis Matlakov defeated the leader David Howell on the top board, while Baadur Jobava was better than Anton Demchenko. In the final [...]

We’ve looked at what to during the opening and what not to do during the opening. To review, what we should do is control the board’s center from the start with a pawn, develop our minor pieces (Knights and Bishops) to active squares (those that control the center) and Castle our King to safety. What […]

Σε υψηλούς ρυθμούς αλλά με μικρή μείωση 10% από το 2016 κινήθηκαν οι φετινές συμμετοχές των Πανελλήνιων Νεανικών. Οι νεαροί σκακιστές της περιοχής μας αξιοποιούν στο έπακρο το 'προνόμιο' της φιλοξενίας των αγώνων στην...

The British Correspondence Chess Championship Final has now been running since 1st October 2016. As with all correspondence tournaments it is not always easy to gauge the winner until most of the games have finished, as some players like to play slower than others. With 88 games finished and 17 still in play, the player […]