I made my first visit to Macedonia for the European Club Cup , it was an interesting place to visit, but unfortunately SOCAR weren’t able to defend their title and we lost 3.5-2.5 to the other powerhouse team Siberia in round 5; which unsurprisingly proved decisive. Five wins and a last round draw in the... Continue Reading

Ding Liren and Alexander Grischuk are going to play a friendly match in Wenzhou, China, from 19-22 July 2016. The games are with classical time control and the prize fund is 30 000 USD, with 20 000 USD going for the winner of the match. This is a second preparation match for Ding Liren. He [...]

There seem to be two different types of talent for chess, strategic and tactical. Strategic talent is the ability to see macro movements of the pawn structure and understand which plan should be used. Tactical talent, on the other hand, is the ability to visualize tactical ideas and crunch forcing lines. Some players are blessed […]

Ολοκληρώνεται το πρωί της 19ης Ιουλίου το 5ο Διεθνές Όπεν “Ιδαίον Άντρον” στα Ανώγεια της Κρήτης. Οι εντυπώσεις από τους συμμετέχοντες και τους συνοδούς είναι έως τώρα εξαιρετικές. Στην μικρή ορεινή κωμόπολη το...

GM commentary by GM Valentin Iotov

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

The solution to last Monday’s problem is that White can keep a winning advantage with 1. Re1! I missed that move and resigned instead. This week’s problem shows that careful calculation is needed in even simple positions. White has to play and draw. It is not difficult, but you have to get the right move. […]

Θα θέλαμε να σας ενημερώσουμε ότι ο σύλλογος μας θα παραμείνει κλειστός από την Τρίτη 19 Ιουλίου εώς και τη Κυριακή 4 Σεπτεμβρίου.Οι εγγραφές για τη νέα σεζόν θα ξεκινήσουν από τη Δευτέρα 5 Σεπτεμβρίου ενώ τα μαθήματα...

Carlsen keeps on winning in Bilbao

Scientific study by David Kramaley

My increasingly busy social life recently took me to the small riverside suburb of Thames Ditton, a short journey from me, to witness the start of a new English Chess Federation initiative to bring chess out of the ghetto and into the community at large by taking chess into local pubs, with a grandmaster taking […]

Άποψη από τον άνετο χώρο αγώνων στο Αθλητικό Κέντρο του Αγίου Κηρύκου που φιλοξενεί τους αγώνες.Την Κυριακή 17 Ιουλίου, επέτειο της Απελευθέρωσης της Ικαρίας από τον οθωμανικό ζυγό, θα παιχτεί ο τελευταίος γύρος του...

Στην Ικαρία γίνεται για μια ακόμη χρονιά το σκακιστικό Τουρνουά Ίκαρος.Πληροφορίες και αποτελέσματα εδώ : http://ikariachess.blogspot.gr/search/label/Ίκαρος%202016Θα γίνει και ένας διαγωνισμός λύσης προβλημάτων.

Professional poker players, as the old song goes, “know when to hold them and when to fold them,” meaning that the seasoned card player knows when to stop playing and walk away if lady luck is nowhere to be found. They know when to cut their losses, step away from the poker table and come […]