Για 25η χρονιά διεξάγεται το Διεθνές Όπεν της Καβάλας, πολύ ισχυρό, όπως όλα τα τελευταία χρόνια. Μετά τον 4ο γύρο, στην πρώτη θέση με το απόλυτο 4/4 βρίσκεται ο διεθνής μετρ Αντρέας Κελίρης, και ακολουθούν με 3.5/4 οι...

Συνεχίζεται το 12ο Διεθνές Τουρνουά Γαζίου – Ηρακλείου Κρήτης με συμμετοχή εκατοντάδων σκακιστών. Μετά τις παρτίδες του 5ου γύρου, στη βαθμολογία προηγείται ο Ριτσάγκοβ με 5/5 και ακολουθούν Αντρέεβ, Χαριτόνοβ...

With the reigning ICCF World Champion, GM Ing Leonardo Ljubicic, on Board 1 for Croatia it looks like a close finish for the England v Croatia Match on the ICCF Server. The current score is England 22.5 and Croatia 20.5 with 3 games still to finish, 2 of which are on Board 1. It is […]

The 15th Annual Manhattan Open was held from July 29-31, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave. (32nd-33rd St, across from Penn Station), New York, NY. The event had 6 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000, and the playing format was 5-round Swiss with time control 40/100, SD/30, [...]

The solution to last Monday’s problem is that White can punish Black’s greed by playing 1. Qc1 and the Black Queen is trapped. 1.. Qa5 is met by 2. Bb5+. This week’s problem shows the pitfalls of making automatic replies. White sees that his Queen is attacked and that the Black Pawn on b6 is […]

The FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2016 (for boys & girls under 20) will be held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA from 7th August (arrival) to 22nd August (departure) 2016. The Championship will be organized and conducted by All Odisha Chess Association at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India under the auspices of AICF and FIDE. The [...]

The 22nd Annual Northeast Open will be held from August 5-7, 2016, at the Sheraton Stamford Hotel, 700 Main St, Stamford, Connecticut. The event has 4 sections: Open, Under 2050, Under 1650 and Under 1250. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (August 5-7) or 2-day schedule (August 6-7) to participate in. The tournament format [...]

A special match between Alexander Morozevich (Russia) and Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden) took place during the European Go Congress, which gathered more than 1000 participants. The famous Grandmasters played two games of rapid chess and two games of go on the 18th floor of Azimut Hotel in St. Petersburg. Morozevich won 2-0 in rapid (25 [...]

Στη Σερβία, παιδιά με σύνδρομο Ντάουν παρακολουθούν τα μαθήματα σκακιού του προπονητή Ιβάν Αρνισίγιεβιτς, που οργανώνονται αυτό το καλοκαίρι από το σύλλογο γονέων “8η ημέρα”. Είναι γνωστό πως η διανοητική...

So I went along to the Thames Valley League AGM for the first time for some years. As I’m currently captaining a team in the league I thought I ought to be there. Still very much the same people who’ve been attending for the past 40 years or so. No change there. And, of course, […]

The 2016 African Individual Chess Championships were held from 17-26th of July with the Classical, Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue was the TICK hotel in Kampala, Uganda. In the classical event there were a total of 30 players from Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Somalia, Uganda and Zambia. The field consisted [...]

The 2016 Sinquefield Cup features ten of the top international chess players from eight different countries.

Ο δεκάχρονος Παύλος με τον πατέρα του έκατσαν στο μπαλκόνι του καφέ, παρήγγειλαν και ξεκίνησαν να παίζουν σκάκι. Παράδοξη εικόνα. Ένας πατέρας που παίζει με το παιδί του. Συνήθως το πρώτο πράγμα που ρωτάνε τα παιδιά κι...

Have you ever played someone who seems to anticipate every move you make as if they have a crystal ball that allows them a glimpse into the game’s future? It happens a great deal to beginners who sit mystified at the chessboard, wondering how their opponent had developed such an impressive skill. When they learn […]

Look on any internet chess forum and you’ll find much discussion of particular opening variations. The participants will look up similar games and use the latest engines running on fast computers but appear to neglect the most important thing. It is vital, in playing any opening, to understand the sort of middle game it will […]