FIDE Zone 4.2 had their championships at the same time as Zone 4.3 and this event was held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

As I predicted in June 2015 and confirmed in September the clear winner of the Adrian Hollis Memorial CC Tournament was ICCF GM Nigel Robson (ENG) with a remarkable score of 8/10 (+6, =4, -0). The final game of the tournament finished in a draw at the end of April 2016 between GM John G. […]

Μπορείτε να παρακολουθείτε τα αποτελέσματα και τις κληρώσεις του ατομικού πρωταθλήματος παίδων-κορασίδων στους παρακάτω συνδέσμους....

The strongest ever edition of the premier computer chess championship TCEC is currently going on. A total of 32 engines, 12 of which over 3100 ELO, are competing for the coveted title. TCEC is currently in the Preliminary stages. After two rounds of Stage 1a leaders in the standings with 2,0/2 are Komodo (3225), Texel [...]

Live games with computer analysis

The match Poland-Hungary will be one of the many accompanying events of this year’s festival in Katowice. This is the second leg encounter after the meeting held in Budapest in 2014. Top Polish and Hungarian players will participate in the match in Katowice on 3-6 May. A day later everyone will enter the 4th Polish-Hungarian [...]

Brilliancy at the start of TCEC

Live games with analysis

Σκακιέρες στην περίφημη ταινία “V for Vendetta” (2005). Οι αδερφοί Γουατσόφσκι, ως παραγωγοί και σεναριογράφοι, έκαναν με βάση το graphic novel του Άλαν Μουρ ένα ενήλικο ψυχαγωγικό προϊόν με πολιτικό μήνυμα, που σκάει στο φινάλε...

Montenegro Chess Federation organizes the International Chess Open Tournament Cetinje 2016, from 4 to 10 May 2016, on the occasion of 10 years of renewal of the independence of Montenegro. Cetinje, the old capital of Montenegro – the city museum, is only 30 km from Budva, the center of Montenegro’s tourism, and 30 km from [...]

Seeing the two previous examples in “Chess for Life” called to mind another similar case, which has always been a favourite of mine. In the diagram, it is far from obvious how Black can create a passed pawn. Unlike the Arkell examples, he is not a pawn up and has no pawn majority. But despite […]

After claiming the winner’s trophy with one round to spare, Valentina Gunina had a pressure-free game against Nino Batsiashvili. It was still an interesting encounter as black sacrificed two pawns for active play. The battle settled in a draw before the time control. In the only decided game of the day Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Zhao Xue [...]

Λόγω της αργίας/απεργίας της Πρωτομαγιάς οι αγώνες του ατομικού πρωταθλήματος παίδων-κορασίδων ηλικίας έως 16 ετών μετατίθενται κατά μία μέρα και θα ξεκινήσουν την Τετάρτη 4-5-2016….

The FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016 (open and girls) will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from the 20th of September (arrival) till the 4th of October (departure) 2016. The Championships will be organized and held by AI “UgraMegaSport” with the assistance of the Ugra Chess Federation and under the auspices of Russian [...]

In this week’s problem, White is faced with the task of stopping Black’s pawn from winning the game by being promoted into a Queen. This is not an easy task. How does White move and save the game? The solution to last Monday’s problem is that Black can draw with 1… Rxh7! 2. Kxh7 Kxc3 […]