I think sometimes people underestimate the value of studying and training checkmate patterns. Like other patterns, such as pawn structures, basic tactics, or opening moves, checkmate patterns have many benefits. Here are some of the benefits of studying and practicing checkmates. Being able to spot checkmate patterns frees your mind from the burden of having […]

Με μεγάλη οργανωτική επιτυχία συνεχίζονται τα σκακιστικά τουρνουά του Ηρακλείου με τα βλέμματα να έχουν πέσει κυρίως στα δύο κλειστα τουρνουά με τις επωνυμίες “Fischer Memorial GM Norm Tournament” και “Capablanca Memorial ΙΜ Norm Tournament”...

In the 2017 Kortchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge Master Open, five players shared 1st place after seven rounds: GM Eltaj Safarli, GM Alexander Motylev, GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov, GM Ferenc Berkes and GM Gadir Guseinov. Winner on tiebreak is the Azeri Eltaj Safarli, who drew his last round game against Gadir Guseinov and thus came ahead of [...]

The 11th Annual Philadelphia Open was held over the Easter weekend from April 12-16, 2017, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event had 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400 and Under 1100. The main Open Section was a 5-day, 9-round Swiss tournament with [...]

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The Fagernes Chess International tournament took place from 9-16th April at the Scandic Valdres Hotel in Fagernes, Norway. The festival consisted of five events: - GM-group, also Norwegian Open Championship, a 9-round Swiss event for title holder and players rated above 2150 (above 2000 for women). Top prize was 1500 EUR. - IM-group, a 10-player [...]

The 55th edition of Doeberl Cup took place from 13-17th April, 2017 in at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. The event consisted of five tournaments: - Premier Tournament, a 9-round Swiss for the players rated above FIDE 1900 or ACF 1800. Prize fund $14,550 (first place – $4,000). - Major & Minor Tournaments, [...]

The second FIDE Grand Prix will take place from 11-22nd May at the Central Telegraph, the venue of 2016 Candidates Tournament, in Moscow, Russia. A press conference dedicated to the FIDE Grand Prix was held today in Moscow, with Ilya Merenzon, President of World Chess, Evgeny Kaspersky of the Kaspersky Lab, Mark Glukhovsky, CEO of [...]

Με την συμμετοχή περίπου 85 νεαρών σκακιστών και σκακιστριών ξεκίνησαν χθες τα ατομικά νεανικά πρωταθλήματα της ΕΣΣΠ για το 2017. Οι αγώνες ξεκινούν κάθε ημέρα στις 17.00 και θα ολοκληρωθούν την Κυριακή 23 Απριλίου...

The British Correspondence Championship 2016-18 now has 77 finished games out of the 105 which started. It is still too soon to have a clear leader, as some players have finished all or most of their games while others have hardly started!  The players with the most points, so far, are Welsh IM Tony Balshaw […]

Ξεκίνησε χθες στο Επιμελητήριο Αχαΐας το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών - Γυναικών με την συμμετοχή 21 σκακιστών και σκακιστριών. Οι αγώνες ξεκινούν κάθε ημέρα στις 17.00 και ο νικητής του πρωταθλήματος κερδίζει την πρόκριση...

Ο Α.Σ.Ο. Αιγίου διοργανώνει τρία ελβετικά τουρνουά Σάββατο και Κυριακή 26-27/5/2017 στα οποία ισχύουν οι Κανονισμοί FIDE και ΕΣΟ. Δηλώσεις ενδιαφέροντος συμμετοχής έως και την ΠΕΜΠΤΗ 25/05/2017. Αναλυτικά η προκήρυξη

Let me introduce a new Indian chess star. Nihal Sarin, now an International Master, was born in 2004 and started to play chess once a week in school. He became World U10 champion in 2010 and at recent tournament, the Fagernes International 2017, he scored his first GM norm. He scored 6/9, beating GM Evgeny […]

Nikita Vitiugov emerged winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2017 after concluding the race with 7,5/9 points and edging the opposition on tie-break. Three other players, Maxim Matlakov, Etienne Bacrot and Zdenko Kozul, scored 7,5 points as well, but due to a better Buchholz, Vitiugov clinched the title. Before the last round, Nikita Vitiugov and [...]

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