12ο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων 2016, στην Γλυφάδα, Αθήνα.Day 1Problemshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6SVpxaVhMWTZIOXM/view?usp=sharingSolutionshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6RFN1elNiZThkS3M/view?usp=sharingResults...

Having been sent the rook ending you saw last week I decided to look at the rook endings in my Richmond Junior Chess Club database to see how young players handled them. I started by looking at endings with rook and pawn against rook. Before you learn rook and pawn against rook you’ll need to […]

Grandmaster (GM) Gawain Jones of the UK defeated GM Boris Savchenko of Russia in the final round to rule the Dubai Open Blitz Cup on Friday at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Jones overcome an early third-round loss of Egypt’s International Master (IM) Hesham Abdelrahman by scoring 7.5 points from the next eight games [...]

The 3rd Vugar Gashimov Memorial – Shamkir Chess 2016 will be held from 26th May to 4th June in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, e3e5.com reported. The roster for the ten-player round robin tournament has been finalized. The organizers have been waiting for the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who also won the first and second edition of the [...]

International Chess Tournament dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the legendary World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili will take place from 21-30th April, 2016, at the Chess Palace, Kostava ave.37a in Tbilisi, Georgia. The tournament is organized by the Ministry of Sport and Youth of Georgia, Tbilisi City Hall, Georgian Chess Federation and ACP. There will be [...]

In this week’s article, we’re going to look at the most difficult checkmate for the beginner to master, mate involving Knight, Bishop and King versus lone King. This mate proves to be difficult even for “improvers” because it requires forcing the opposition King to a specific corner square using two minor pieces that move in […]

The 7th International Luc Open was held from 9-15th April at the Palais Rameau, 39 boulevard Vauban, in Lille, France. 124 players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The prize fund was 10,500 EUR with 1500 EUR reserved for the winner. Eventually six players shared the first place with 7 points each. GM Erik Blomqvist [...]

The 7th Thessaloniki Rapid Chess Festival was organized by the Pefka Chess Club and Thessaloniki & Halkidiki Chess Union on 9-10th April at the Philippion Hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. The tournament format was 10-round Swiss with the time control 15′+3”. 207 players took participation in the event. Grandmasters Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) and Athanasios Mastrovasilis (Greece)...

Open Tourney κατά την διάρκεια του 12 ECSC (European Chess Solving Championship) 2016, στην Γλυφάδα, Αθήνα.Τα προβλήματα :https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6TnFMOEVlWjVVeEk/view?usp=sharingΟι λύσεις :https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6b0dzVDUwcUFpR3c/view?usp=sharingΟι λύτες :(θα ανακοινωθούν...

Την Κυριακή 17 Απριλίου στις 6.30 το απόγευμα, θα γίνει το 1ο ράπιντ γυναικών Chess Square. Είναι η πρώτη φορά που διοργανώνεται ένα γυναικείο τουρνουά στο εντευκτήριο Chess Square και είναι ανοικτό για όλες τις σκακίστριες που...

Three-time British champion Grandmaster (GM) David Howell and two-time Armenian champion GM Vladimir Akopian remained the only players with perfect scores after registering emphatic wins in the fourth round of the  Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. In matching his clean sweep of [...]

My opponent in this correspondence chess game was an unrated player who was given a provisional rating of 1800 for pairing purposes. At the time that I am writing this, Mike O’Mahoney has lost to me and one other opponent. This win put me in temporary first place in this section and a subsequent draw […]

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GM Kuljasevic complete series on the Slav defense

Η συνεδρίαση του ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΠ για τον μήνα Απρίλιο θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Κυριακή 17 Απριλίου στις 20.00 στο εντευκτήριο της ΝΕΠ. Μπορείτε να διαβάσετε τα θέματα της ημερήσιας διάταξης στο άθρο.