Live games with analysis

This is another example of rook endings guru, Keith Arkell, manufacturing a supported passed pawn, using the same technique as we saw in last week’s example. Once again, this comes from “Chess for Life”. Again, the obvious way to create a passed pawn from Black’s majority is by arranging e6 and d5, but this would […]

The I.R. Iran Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE), has the honour of inviting all Asian national chess federations to participate in the 12th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2016 to be organized in Tehran, Iran from 9th July (arrival) to 18th July (departure) 2016. [...]

On Saturday 9th April I headed back to Munich. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to play much for Munich 1836 this year but at least could drop in en-route to Dubai for the last round. We were in second place, ahead of the other Munich team (Tarrasch) by just one and a half board points, and […]

Σημαντικές επιτυχίες για τους μαθητές και τις μαθήτριες που εκπροσώπησαν την ΕΣΣΠ στην τελική φάση των Πανελληνίων Πρωταθλημάτων Μαθητών Μαθητριών. Ο συνολικός απολογισμός των τεσσάρων μεταλλίων είναι ένας από τους...

The 25th Annual Eastern Class Championships were held from April 22-24, 2016, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The event had 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10. [...]

The 3rd Lviv Tradition April Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from April 25-30, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, Ukraine. The event consists of two 10-player single round-robin FIDE Category 1 tournaments. Facebook Group / Lviv Tradition Archive / 2nd Lviv Tradition Chief Organizer and Chief Arbiter – IA, IO [...]

There is a saying in chess that rook and pawn endings are always draws. This is not true, but it is possible to get draws from difficult positions in such endings, if you play well. In this week’s problem, White is threatening to play Rh5 and then promote his pawn. How can Black draw the […]

Το Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα λύσης σκακιστικών προβλημάτων, που είχε αναγγελθεί (δες http://kallitexniko-skaki.blogspot.gr/2015/09/2016.html) για τις 08/05/2016,αναβάλλεται μέχρι νεωτέρας.

The FIDE Zone 4.3 Championships will be happening in Mauritius at the Riu Le Morne Hotel. The event for the women’s section will be a round robin event starting on 24th of April and finishing on the 1st of May. The Federations represented are Angola, Botswana, Mauritius and South Africa. The top players are WFM [...]

Last time I considered some simple rook and pawn v rook endings from the Richmond Junior Club database. In this article I’ll show you a few slightly more complicated examples. Caspar Bates, who had to choose a move with white in this position against his brother Pascal, returned to chess several years ago and is […]

The Greek Chess Composition Committee, in co-operation with the Greek Chess Federation, organized the 12th European Chess Solving Championship from 15-17th April at the “Oasis Hotel Apartments” in Glyfada, a cosmopolitan suburb of Athens. Seven-times world champion and seven-times European champion GM Piotr Murdzia added another feather in the cap by winning the individual gold [...]

The Asian Youth Chess Championships held from 5th Apr to 14 Apr 2016 at the Cultural Central Palace of Mongolian trade Union welcomed more than 470 players from 18 countries. The competition was organised by the Mongolian Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and World Chess Federation. This year’s edition is [...]

Team, information, and games

While checkmate with a King and Queen against a lone King is simple enough for the beginner to grasp, things change when there’s an opposition Queen still on the board (King and Queen versus King and Queen). Add a white pawn on the seventh rank, one move away from promotion, and things can get a […]