Ukrainian Grandmaster and former World Champion Anna Ushenina (2450) added another prestigious trophy to her collection – the title of European Champion! She triumphed at the recently ended 17th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship, which took place in Mamaia, Romania from 26th May to 8th June. Ushenina took the lead after seven rounds and maintained [...]

Ο Γεράσιμος Μαλαταράς είναι ο νικητής του Ατομικού Πρωταθλήματος Ανδρών Γυναικών της ΕΣΣΠ. Ο Ευστάθιος Μακρίδης και ο Παναγιώτης Μασούρος κατέλαβαν την δεύτερη και τρίτη θέση. Αποτελέσματα και η Τελική Κατάταξη

The first leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour is set to take place from 9-12th June at La Maison de la Chimie in Paris, France. Ten Grandmasters will compete in the round robin rapid on 9-10th June and double round robin blitz on 11-12th June. The total prize fund is $150,000. Participants: Levon Aronian, [...]

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Today we will see another typical way to destroy a king’s shelter, this time by sacrificing material on g7/g2. This sacrifice often opens the h1-a8 (a1-h8) diagonal and the g-file and the success of such an attack usually depends upon available whether these can be used. You may need to check the possibilities of further […]

Τελευταίος γύρος αύριο (8/6/2016) για το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών – Γυναικών ΕΣΣΠ 2016 και τα μετάλλια διεκδικούνται, μαθηματικά, από 8 παίχτες. Τα αποτελέσματα των αναμετρήσεων Μαλαταράς(5)-Μακρίδης(4,5) και Μασούρος(4,5)...

The medals are up for grabs

Viktor Korchnoi, who died yesterday, was one of my chess heroes. Meeting him over the board was one of my most memorable chess experiences, and Viktor was very nice to me in the post mortem telling me how I did better than Leonid Stein with whom he played a similar game in 1962. He was […]

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RIP Grandmaster

Ο Βίκτωρ Κορτσνόι το 2008 στο τουρνουά της Μπάνια Λούκα. Ο “τρομερός Βίκτωρ” πέθανε πριν μια ώρα στην Ελβετία. «Κάποιες φορές, αισθάνθηκα ότι έπρεπε να σταματήσω» παραδεχόταν. «Μου λένε, “Έχεις κάνει τόσα πολλά σ΄...

It is well known that a game can be saved if you leave your opponent with only a Bishop and a rook’s pawn of the wrong colour. If you can do that, you can save the game by getting your King to the corner, so that your opponent can not promote the pawn, and will […]

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