Earlier today FIDE posted a news item announcing Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s resignation from the post of FIDE President. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced his resignation as FIDE President At the end of the Board meeting held in Athens, Greece on the 26th March 2017, Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced his resignation from the position of FIDE President. The Presidential [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου προτίθεται να μισθώσει λεωφορεία για να διευκολύνει την μετακίνηση των μαθητών και των συνοδών τους προς την περιοχή του Λουτρακίου που θα πραγματοποιηθεί η τελική φάση...

Την Κυριακή 2 Απριλίου στις 10.30 το πρωί θα διεξαχθεί ένα τουρνουά ράπιντ ακαδημιών του συλλόγου.Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής Κυριακή πρωί 10.00 με 10.20, έναρξη αγώνων 10.30. Λήξη μέχρι τις 13.00.Σας περιμένουμε όλους...Χαλκιδικής 77, τηλ...

The 15th Chess Festival Sagaalgan 2017 was held on 24-26th March at the Buddhist University in Ivolginsky datsan, near Ulan-Ude in the Russian Republic of Buryatia. The 13-round rapid tournament with the time control 15′+10” was a stage of the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia. An impressive number of 557 players participated in the single [...]

For the ninth consecutive year, the nation’s top 24 chess players will gather in Saint Louis to compete for the titles of U.S. Champion and U.S. Women’s Champion, which will be held simultaneously at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) from March 28 through April 10. The U.S. Chess Championship field [...]

One of the players I most admire is Magnus Carlsen. He likes to grind people down in the endgame from what often look like drawn positions. Here’s a good example from youtube in which he beats Sergei Karjakin from what looks like a drawn position: Sam Davies

The 6th Summer Chess Festival ‘Mare di Fano’ will take place from 29th July – 5th August, 2017, bringing together amateur and professional players. The tournament is organized by the Fano Chess Club 1988 and Dario Pedini. The club celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013. Awarded with Bronze Star by CONI. The organizing team has [...]

Ο 16ος διαγωνισμός έγινε την Κυριακή 26 Μάρτη 2017 στον σκακιστικό σύλλογο Αιγάλεω.Προβλήματα 1ος γύρος.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6MEhuT3RWQWNhMzA/view?usp=sharingΠροβλήματα 2ος γύρος.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6MXZsMkI0bjFlMVk/view?usp=sharingΛύσεις 1ος...

The prestigious annual Susan Polgar National Open Championship for Girls and Boys was created in 2006 and is sponsored by the SPF to give more opportunities to young chess players in the United States. The top player of each championship section in the SPFNO will be awarded: - Qualifications for the Prominent Susan Polgar National [...]

After a few relaxing weeks at home, we flew last Wednesday to Dubai to play in the 1st Sharjah Masters. We will head next to the Dubai Open with one rest day in between. We arrived at Dubai Airport around midnight Thursday and headed straight to the hotel which is right next to Sharjah’s airport. […]

O ΑΣΟ Αιγίου διοργανώνει τουρνουά rapid 5 γύρων την Κυριακή 2/4/2017 και ώρα 11:00 το πρωί στο εντευκτήριο του συλλόγου. Χρόνος σκέψης 15 λεπτά και 10 δευτερόλεπτα ανά κίνηση για κάθε αθλητή

ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΚΑΛΛΙΤΕΧΝΙΚΟΥ ΣΚΑΚΙΟΥΑθήνα, 08/03/201716ος ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΛΥΣΗΣ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝΗ Επιτροπή Καλλιτεχνικού Σκακιού σε συνεργασία με τον Σ.Ο Αιγάλεω  προκηρύσσει τον 16ο Πανελλήνιο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης...

Last week I looked at the format of Checkmates for Heroes, the first of my series of books designed to take children, or indeed older players, who know the basics up to the point where they can compete successfully in tournaments. This post considers the next book, Chess Tactics for Heroes. The principle is exactly […]

Η Ένωση Αθλοπαιδιών Πατρών διοργανώνει τουρνουά rapid 6 αγωνιστικών την Κυριακή 2 Απριλίου, στο Επιμελητήριο Αχαΐας στην οδό Μιχαλακοπούλου 58 στην Πάτρα. Οι συμμετέχοντες θα χωριστούν σε 3 γκρουπ δυναμικότητας ανάλογα...

In the last few articles, we looked at a tactic called the pin in which a piece of lesser value was stuck in front of a piece of greater value along a rank, file or diagonal. Should the piece of lesser value move, the piece doing the pinning, the attacker, swoops in and captures the […]