Ανακοινώνονται οι δηλώσεις αγωνιστικών χώρων και των στοιχείων επικοινωνίας των υπευθύνων των σωματείων που θα συμμετέχουν στον ΠΟΑ και στον ΠΟΒ.

A common question, asked by post beginners after learning how to open the game, is what they should do next. Here I believe there are four most basic factors which can help you to find reasonable way to deal with the situation. 1) Look for tactics by eyeing for checks, captures and threats. Most of […]

The European Youth Team Chess Championship 2017 will be held from 16th to 24th August in Rymanów Zdrój, Poland, at the PST “Stomil” Rymanów Zdrój, which is the official venue of the tournament. The organizers of the Championships are PST “Stomil” Rymanów Zdrój and Polish Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. [...]

The Estonian Sports Association Kalev organized the 26th Paul Keres Memorial – Dedicated to Paul Keres 101 from 14-15th January at the Original Sokos Hotel Viru in Tallinn, Estonia. The 11-round Swiss event with 102 participants was played with the rapid time control 15′+5”. Five Grandmasters shared the first place with 8,5 points each: Igor [...]

“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation” Max Euwe This is an interesting puzzle because it requires astute observation to bring black the full point. It is easy to see the available 1… Qh1+ 2.Kg3 Qg2+ 3.Kh4 … How do you follow it up though? Please give it a try before reading on. Having the move […]

Top seeded Grandmaster Farrukh Amonatov from Tajikistan emerged clear winner of the 15th Delhi International Open after completing the event with 8,5/10 points. Local GM Ghosh Diptayan and GM Marat Dzhumaev from Uzbekistan shared the second place with 8 points each. The 15th Delhi International Open was organized by Delhi Chess Association and took place [...]

FIDE announces the first round pairings for the forthcoming Women’s World Championship to be held in Tehran, Iran. Colours of the first game for all players will be dependent on the draw made in the opening ceremony and may be reversed from the ones shown below. Ju Wenjun 1 – Lane, Nancy 64 Mezioud, Amina [...]

Kappa-68 (κάθε Τρίτη) Ανοιχτό τουρνουά με ελβετικό σύστημα 7 γύρων, εθνική (ΕΣΟ) και διεθνή αξιολόγηση (FIDE) (Οι διοργανωτές μπορούν να αλλάξουν σύστημα αγώνων κατά τον αριθμό συμμετοχών) Κάθε Τρίτη, στην αίθουσα μας...

Η κλήρωση για την απόδοση αριθμών στις ομάδες που δήλωσαν συμμετοχή στον ΠΟΒ θα πραγματοποιηθεί σήμερα 16/1/2017 στις 21.00 στο γραφείου του μέλους ΔΣ κ. Κουλουμπή, Κανάρη 48-52, 5ο όροφος στην Πάτρα. Οι ομάδες που δηλώσαν...

This game had a flashy finish with a queen sacrifice and smothered mate. I probably saw this because my Dad makes me do tactics training on Chessity, so he’s right to say it’s important. Sam Davies

The London Chess and Education Conference last month gave me the chance to find out more about the chess study run by the Institute of Education, which, you may recall, did not demonstrate that chess improved children’s academic performance. Unusually, the tests were based on public examinations which the children took a year after the […]

Αρχίζει, σήμερα Σάββατο 14 Ιανουαρίου, ώρα 2.30 μ.μ. το περίφημο παραδοσιακό τουρνουά Tata Steel 2017, στη μικρή πόλη της Ολλανδίας Βέικ ααν Ζέι. Στον πρώτο όμιλο της φετινής διοργάνωσης συμμετέχουν μεταξύ άλλων ο παγκόσμιος...

We have arrived in Wijk aan zee and today will  be the first round of the Tata Steel Masters and Challengers Chess Tournament. There are also many amateur events happening and everyone gets to play in the same hall. The round for Gawain’s game will start at 13.30 local time and is played in the […]

One of the most difficult ideas beginners must understand in order to improve is the concept of strategy. It’s difficult because it’s not as cut and dry as other forms of principled game play. With the opening principles, we know we have a specific goal to accomplish during the first ten to fifteen moves and […]

A blitz tournament commemorating the late Ivan Bukavshin (1995-2016) was organized on 12th January in SDYuSShOR #4 in Togliatti, Russia. More than 60 chess players, including students and coaches of the Russian Grandmaster Center, gathered to pay their tribute to the talented sportsman. Grandmasters Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Yakov Geller tied for first place with 7,5 [...]