Life teaches us plenty of lessons along the way. One such lesson is to be open minded and actually listen to the feedback your students give you. Here is a simple scenario: you present a puzzle for solving and the students get started; some will do it seriously, excited by the challenge in front of […]

Με την διοργάνωση του τουρνουά rapid 9 γύρων και την συμμετοχή 45 σκακιστών τιμήθηκε και εφέτος η μνήμη του Νίκου Καραπάνου. Αποτελέσματα του τουρνουά και φώτο από τις απονομές....

Είναι πολύ πιθανό ότι υπάρχουν κι άλλες πρόσφατες συνθέσεις με συνεργασίες, κι αν θέλουν οι Έλληνες συνθέτες ας με ενημερώσουν. Επιλέγω δύο συνεργαζόμενες ομάδες για σήμερα.Πρόβλημα-823Fadil Abdurahmanovic (Βοσνία-Ερζεγοβίνη)...

In the Women section the world champion Hou Yifan made a debut in this Olympiad and won her game, but this was not sufficient for the top seeded China to beat Vietnam. Thi Mai Hung Nguyen leveled the score by defeating Zhao Xue – all highlights here. Video by Vijay Kumar

In last Monday’s problem, GM Plaskett played 1.Bg5! If Black plays 1…h6 , White replies with 2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3.Qe4 In the game Black tried 1… g6 and White came up with 2.Ba6 with a winning advantage. In this week’s problem, White has developed almost all his pieces and castled, and now has to think […]

Here’s a position from a London League game I played back in 1978. I was White and had to play one more move before the time control. I don’t remember how much time I had but I suspect it was enough to avoid making a blunder. What I do remember, though, is that I had […]

The long anticipated 42nd World Chess Olympiad began today at the beautiful Baku Chrystal Hall with the games of the first round. A record breaking 180 teams compete in the Open Section, while the Women Section has 140 teams participating. Video by Vijay Kumar

The 42nd Chess Olympiad was opened with a solemn but highly entertaining ceremony, held at the Baku National Gymnastics Arena, attended by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and other delegates, world chess champions as well as various state and government officials. [...]

You would never drive your car blindly into oncoming traffic because the results would be disastrous, right? Yet, how many of you have blindly made a move on the chessboard without putting much thought into that move because you became frustrated regarding exactly what to do? I’ve been guilty of doing this from time to […]

Live games with analysis

Last season my Hertfordshire team were relegated from Division One, the Ward-Higgs Trophy, to Division Two, the Sinclair Trophy in the English Counties and District Correspondence Chess Championships. I am very pleased to announce that we are nearing the end of this season’s play and now stand second, with a score of 10.5 / 15 […]

Update on the rules

Συνεργασία του Θέμη Αργυρακόπουλου Και τώρα που έχουμε την προσοχή σας, μια μικρή διευκρίνιση από αυτές που κοστίζουν τους μισούς αναγνώστες! Αν διαβάσετε αυτή τη συνεργασία με το skakistiko, μην περιμένετε να εμφανιστείτε...

Paul Marshall: I think he’s afraid of what’s gonna happen if he loses. Father Bill Lombardy: No, he’s afraid of what’s gonna happen if he wins. -from the movie “Pawn Sacrifice“ When, in 2014, the Denver Chess Club was invited to the focus group screening of “Pawn Sacrifice”, I almost skipped the event. After all, […]

Στις 2 Σεπτεμβρίου (ώρα έναρξης 14:00 ώρα Ελλάδας) θα παιχτούν οι συναντήσεις του πρώτου γύρου  γύρου της 42ης Σκακιστικής Ολυμπιάδας που θα διεξαχθεί σε κλειστό γυμναστήριο 25.000 θέσεων στο Μπακού του Αζερμπαϊτζάν...