του Στέφαν Τσβάιχ Σκηνοθεσία: Μαριλίτα Λαμπροπούλου Ερμηνεύει ο Γιάννης Νταλιάνης από 1 Δεκεμβρίου 2016, για 6 μόνο παραστάσεις, κάθε Πέμπτη στις 21:30. Γι’ αυτό θα παίξω. Αλλά για τελευταία φορά… Η Σκακιστική Νουβέλα...

I’ve written about this subject before, but feel it’s so important that we must revisit it in greater detail! When I coach a group of students, I go from board to board, watching each individual game. I make notes regarding problems I see within each game such as poor development in the opening, poorly thought […]

The Norwegian Chess Federation and Oslo City Council have partnered in an attempt to bring the 2018 World Chess Championship match to the city, NRK reported. Ten days ago Magnus Carlsen retained the title in his third World Championship match. Now for the first time Norway is stepping in to be the host. Olso Mayor [...]

Sharjah, Moscow, Geneva and Palma De Mallorca in Spain will host the four revamped World Chess Grand Prix events in 2017. The new-look Grand Prix series will be contested by 24 players, rather than 12 as had previously been the case, with 18 players in each tournament. The dates are as follows: Sharjah, UAE: February [...]

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One of the most underrated qualities a chess player can have is a good memory. This might be because many players want to see themselves as intellectuals and prefer to put their chess skill down to brain power rather than intense learning. Yet psychologists have discovered that chess skill is largely down to a process […]

The 2016 London Chess Classic starts on Friday, 9th December at Olympia Conference Centre in London, England. The event features all the world’s Top 10 players, except the World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin. London Chess Classic is one of the four events in Grand Chess Tour series, played in 9 rounds with the [...]

We are back in London and it’s been quite strange. After being away for 3 months and with the last month spent in Sheffield my pace of life has definitely slowed down, so coming back into the manic rush that is London meant that I wasn’t quite hip to it. I got myself squashed in […]

Στο τελευταία Δ.Σ της ΕΣΣΠ στις 4/12 πραγματοποιήθηκε η κλήρωση του πρωταθλήματος του προκριματικού ομίλου της Α Εθνικής για το 2017. Στο πρωτάθλημα θα συμμετέχουν η ΝΕΠ, ο ΣΟΠ , η ΕΑΠ, ο ΣΟ Ρίου, ο Πατραϊκός και η ΓΕ Αγρινίου...

I made my debut for Gawain’s Munich 2nd team on Sunday.  We flew over Saturday morning and spent a lovely but frosty evening in Munich. We went to Feuerzangenbowle to drink mulled wine (I had the little kids version) from the largest cauldron and then to the famous Augustiner-Bräu for dinner. Last year we were lucky […]

Still on the subject of the Ruy Lopez, here’s a classic game by Vassily Smyslov in which he completely outplays a strong opponent. The first thing to look at in this game is 12…f5!, presenting White with a passed e-pawn but on a square where it inhibits the activity of his minor pieces. Next there’s […]

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Φίλες σκακίστριες, φίλοι σκακιστές Μπροστά στις εκλογές της 18ης Δεκεμβρίου για το ΔΣ της ΕΣΟ η ΝΣΚ απευθύνεται στα σωματεία, τους αθλητές, τους παράγοντες, τους φίλους του σκακιού. Καταθέτουμε τον απολογισμό δράσης της...

Every win brings us joy! Some of us are delighted by crushing our opponents with sacrifices and tactical shots, but others, like me, like to squeeze. A squeeze is a way of exploiting a bind by gradually building up pressure on the opponent’s position. As new threats are created the opponent’s pieces are too overworked […]

Δημοσιεύτηκε σε συνέχειες ένα σπουδαίο κείμενο του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη, συγγραφέα σκακιστή και φαρμακοποιού από το Μεγανήσι Λευκάδας, σχετικά με τις σπουδές.Οι σπουδές είναι συνθέσεις (δηλαδή δεν έχουν οπωσδήποτε...