Traps and tricks are extremely popular with junior chess players. The young beginner starts out learning Scholar’s Mate and, as their chess skills improve, so does the complexity of their traps. In a perfect world, I wouldn’t teach a single trap until a student had been working with me for at least a year, ensuring […]

The rapid portion of the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour came to an end in Paris, and what a day it was! Report by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan Going into the second half of the event, world champion Magnus Carlsen was tied for first place with American GM Hikaru Nakamura. On paper, Carlsen had [...]

The traditional match between the national chess teams of Russia and China starts in Moscow. The opening ceremony of the friendship tournament, which was established in 2001, was held on 10 June 2016 at the Botvinnik Central House of Chess (14/1 Gogolevski Boulevard). Game dates: June 11-15. Games will begin at 3pm Moscow time. The [...]

The final of 2016 Belaya Ladya scholastic team competition ended on June 8 in Sochi. The team from China secured first place with a round to spare, however, second and third places were contested in a tense struggle. In the last round, Moscow lost to China 1-3, St. Petersburg defeated Volgograd Region 2.5-1.5, Sverdlovsk Region [...]

Μια διαφορετική σκακιέρα δημιούργησαν φοιτητές του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου. Η «Σκακιέρα του Κόσμου», όπως ονομάζεται, είναι μια γιγάντια υπαίθρια σκακιέρα, έμπνευση της καλλιτέχνιδος και μέλους της πανεπιστημιακής...

Η ΝΕΠ προκηρύσσει 2 καλοκαιρινά τουρνουά. Το πρώτο από 15/6 έως 18/6 απευθύνεται σε νέους έως 16 ετών ενώ στο δεύτερο από 21/6 έως 24/6 οι συμμετέχοντες θα προσκληθούν από το διοργανωτή.

Η ΕΣΣΠ οργανώνει σεμινάριο κληρώσεων και προαγωγής διαιτητών στις 25-26/6/2016.

GM Iotov analyses the Grand Chess Tour in Paris

This is my third a final loss to Corey Acor that will be published here. However, in chronological order, this is my first loss to Corey. I had won the previous round against Benson Walent and then lost this one to Corey Acor. Unless I move back to Florida, Corey moves to Colorado or Corey […]

Emilio Cordova from Peru is crowned American Continental Champion after winning the tournament in El Salvador with 9,0/11 points. The 2016 Continental Championship was held from 28th May to 5th June, 2016, at the CIFCO in San Salvador, El Salvador. On the shared second place are Aleksandr Lenderman (USA) and Anton Kovalyov (Canada) with 8,5 [...]

ΔΗΜΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΘΕΑΣ – ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΚΑΛΟΚΑΙΡΙ 2016 Στο πλαίσιο των πολιτιστικών εκδηλώσεων του Δ. Καλλιθέας οργανώνεται σε συνεργασία με τον Σκακιστικό Όμιλο Καλλιθέας  στις 11 Ιουνίου 2016 και ώρα 19:00 στην Πλ. Δαβάκη...

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Grandmaster Ivan Ivanisevic from Serbia has won the main section of the 35th Zalakaros Chess Festival that was held from 27th May to 4th June, 2016, in Zalakaros, Hungary. The event was organized by the Hungarian Chess Federation and Zalakaros City Council, under the patronage of Mr. Tamás Seszták, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation, [...]

The 21-years old Grandmaster Denis Kadric delighted the local fans in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, winning the 46th International Tournament “Bosna 2016″ that was held from 28th May to 3rd June. Kadric took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points in the field of 132 players from 12 countries. The tournament was sponsored by Federation [...]

“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders” – Savielly Tartakower The Chigorin French this week gave rise to some frank soul searching. It’s hard to say why we miss simple moves, or why we miss more complex ones. Moves that are obvious in blitz chess sometimes elude us when we have more time to […]