These days it’s much harder to become a specialist in more than one field, but there are some who manage it. There are others who excel professionally in either chess or music while choosing the other as a hobby, or who play chess in their youth before switching to music. In this week’s article I […]

Η επιβεβαίωση των συμμετοχών για τα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα Παίδων-Κορασίδων 2016 θα γίνεται με φυσική παρουσία των αθλητών στο χώρο αγώνων στο ξενοδοχείο Porto Rio τη Δευτέρα 27/06 και ώρα 17.00'-21.00' και την Τρίτη 28/06 ώρα...

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Back to back games for Stockfish today

With just five games to finish, the 3rd British Webserver Team Tournament is heading for another really close finish and possibly a tie break. BCCA Kings are currently leading with a final score of 13.5 points with both BCCA Knights and Pawn Stars on 13 points, although BCCA Knights and Pawn Stars both have one […]

Το Variantim είναι ένα σκακιστικό περιοδικό από το Ισραήλ, που εκδίδεται τρεις φορές τον χρόνο.Ο γνωστός συνθέτης Paz Einat έχει στείλει το ακόλουθο μήνυμα:Αγαπητοί φίλοισας προσκαλούμε να μας αποστείλετε αδημοσίευτα...

This August in Greece

My opponent in this very short correspondence chess game is an ICCF master from Sweden. When White offered a draw on move number 11, I was surprised and then checked my database of games that had that position in them. I found that White won one game and the other three ended in draws. So, I […]

The battle for the top 8 positions is unpredictable

The good players are usually lucky. – Jose Raul Capablanca You make your own luck. – Yogi Berra Nine-year-old Sullivan McConnell is becoming a holy terror and climbing the ratings ladder. He could have equalized with 10… d5 instead of 10… Ne7. For my part, I held the advantage after move 10 until the lame […]

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Live games with analysis

My son Sam turns 14 today so I thought I’d devote today’s post to him and our ‘chess project’, which is a little more than 6 years old. I taught him the moves in March 2010 and he’s now well established in the tournament circuit. His new ECF grade will be around 146-147 (around 1800 […]

Μια βραδιά αφιερωμένη στο σκάκι και στη λογοτεχνία με αφορμή την Άμυνα του Λούζιν του Vladimir Nabokov Τετάρτη, 22 Ιουνίου 2016, στις 8:30 μ.μ., στην ταράτσα του ΠΟΛΥΧΩΡΟΥ ΜΕΤΑΙΧΜΙΟ (Ιπποκράτους 118, Αθήνα, 6ος όροφος) Το σκάκι είναι...