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Ο Α.Σ.Ο. Αιγίου, η Α.Σ.Α. Αιγιαλείας και ο Α.Σ.Ο. Σταφιδαλώνων Συνοικισμού Τεμένης Αιγίου προκηρύσσουν το Χειμερινό Τουρνουά Αιγιαλείας. Οι αγώνες θα ξεκινήσουν το Σάββατο 10/12/2016. Παράβολο συμμετοχής 5 ευρώ

When I was a boy we had a dog. Every day one of us would take her for a walk in the local park, where we’d meet a lot of other dogs and their owners. I still live very near the same park now, but about a mile away. (It’s a linear riverside park, about […]

The final leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series 2015/2016 takes place at the Ugra Chess Academy, famous for its world class competitions, including Women’s World Blitz and Rapid Championships of 2013 and 2014, 2014 Candidates tournament, final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix 2014/15. These days the Academy once again gathered renowned grandmasters, [...]

Sergey Karjakin has announced today that he will conduct a charitable simultaneous chess exhibition in NYC on February 1st, 2017. Ten chess lovers will get to play with Mr. Karjakin during this event.

The Egyptian Chess Federation is organizing the Golden Cleopatra Open, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt – Mondial Hall at Eastern Company Club from 12th to 22nd December 2016, under patronage of Mr. Mohamed Osman Haroon, the Chairman of Egyptian Eastern Company. The tournament is open to all Fide-rated players with a standard rating [...]

The Russian Chess Federation and FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE) will hold a Seminar for International Organizers in Sochi, Russia, from 4-6th December. The seminar is co-organized during the World School Championships 2016. Subject: This seminar will be held at Sochi, Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina (3, Tchernomorskaya st, Sochi 354002, Russian Federation) from December 04 – 06, [...]

During the European Club Cup 2016 in Novi Sad, Serbia, the ECU organized the 1st ECU Arbiters’ Refreshment Course, which was held from 8th to 10th November. The organizers can proudly say that the course was a big success, as it was attended by 31 participants from 8 different countries: Serbia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Denmark, [...]

When I take my son Sam to tournaments I often get asked why I’m not playing. A few years ago it certainly wouldn’t have been easy to combine chess parenting with playing, but as he gets older this is no longer clearly the case. So is a ‘comeback’ on the cards for me? I certainly […]

Live games with analysis

I am not a bomber. I’m more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all parts of my game firing if I’m going to win. Luke Donald, Professional Golfer Small Differences In chess and golf, small differences in position and in movement can mean either winning or losing. There are many positions […]

Live games with analysis

and now he’s doing the same for other children

Here’s another game in my series on instructive old games, a nice Ruy Lopez game by Edward (rather than Emanual) Lasker. There are some instructive ideas here, for example the use of c5 by Black’s knights, 14…Bxf3 followed by 15….Bg5 which gets Black’s ‘bad’ bishop out and penetration along the open b-file. I also like […]

In India cricket is extremely popular and the best rewarded sport compared to other sports. And when I look at some other countries, I must admit that India seems like a good model to follow as far as motivating sports professionals, and this includes chess players. Financial support and a good environment is provided from […]