In the closing stages of an international tournament Réti was playing one of the weaker competitors and had obtained a won game… he seemed to fall into a brown study, did not move for ten minutes; then suddenly started up from his chair – still without making his move – and sought out a friend, […]

The 44th Annual World Open will be held from June 30-July 4, 2016 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The event has 9 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200, Under 900 and Unrated. The Open Section is a 9-round Swiss, 5-day tournament [...]

Dubai Chess and Culture Club will host a Fide Trainer’s Seminar on July 11-13 to be conducted by renowned Greek chess coach and author Grandmaster (GM) Efstratios Grivas. “The seminar supports the club’s mission of promoting chess in the grassroots by providing better access to world-class chess training and coaching resources,” said Yahya Mohamed, Planning [...]

The CSIT World Workers Chess Championship will be held in Puebla, Mexico, from November 12/13 (arrival days) through November 19/20 (departure days) 2016. The CSIT World Workers Chess Championship is open to all chess players who have FIDE ID Number and had neither FIDE title above FIDE Master (FM) nor FIDE rating above 2350 as [...]

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

Today, we will see a typical exchange sacrifice on c3 (usually taking a knight) in the Sicilian defence. Black players like to make this sacrifice in order to get one or more following advantages: 1) Usually Black ends up with a knight and a central pawn against a rook with White’s busted pawn structure creating […]

Intense fight for the top positions in TCEC

I thought today’s column should offer some cheer for the English after recent events. Sadly the game below is not against an Icelandic player but it does feature an English Opening played by English GM Jon Speelman. And it’s even a win! Nigel Davies

Two weeks to the start of the traditional event

Elementary endings are not as simple as they first appear. In this week’s problem, each side only has one King and one pawn. You can hardly make chess simpler…. But it is still a tricky problem. White has to play and draw. How does White draw the game? The solution to last Monday’s problem is […]

Live games with analysis

Για τα Πανελλήνια Νεανικά Πρωταθλήματα 2016 μπορείτε να παρακολουθείτε τις κληρώσεις, τα αποτελέσματα, τα νέα και οτι αφορά στους αγώνες στην επίσημη ιστοσελίδα της διοργάνωσης στον σύνδεσμο chessfed.gr/youth2016

Στο διάστημα 30 Ιουλίου - 06 Αυγούστου 2016 θα διεξαχθεί στο Βελιγράδι της Σερβίας το 59ο Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο για την Σκακιστική Σύνθεση (59th World Congress of Chess Composition, WCCC).Η επίσημη σελίδα του στο διαδίκτυο...

A view of the famous Seychelles beach at IkariaThe organizational committee of International Chess Tournament Ikaros 2016, in collaboration with Hellenic Seaways, one of the main sponsors of the tournament, offers considerable discounts on the price of the ferry tickets for those who will travel to and from Ikaria for the tournament. The offer includes a 50% discount on all passengers’ tickets...