Εκτιμώντας τις δηλώσεις συμμετοχής αποφασίστηκε τελικά να χρησιμοποιηθεί ένα λεωφορείο για την Παρασκευή 22/4 το βράδυ. Το δρομολόγιο θα είναι ως εξής....

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Three-time British champion David Howell and UAE national coach Ivan Sokolov join leaders Three-time British champion David Howell and UAE national coach Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands lead seven other grandmasters (GMs) who remain unblemished after three rounds of action in the Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup  at the [...]

(Ανάρτηση 09-02-2016)Εθνικές Ομάδες για το Πανευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων 2016Όπως γνωρίζετε το φετινό Πανευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Λύσης Σκακιστικών προβλημάτων (ECSC) θα πραγματοποιηθεί στη χώρα μας, στη...

Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich has scored back-to-back victories in the Russian Rapid Grand Prix after grabbing the trophy in Cheboksary. Earlier this week he won the Star Trek tournament in Korolev. Cheboksary, the capital city of Chuvash Republic, Russia, hosted the V.D.Sergievsky Memorial from 11-13th April. The tournament format was 11-round Swiss with the time rate [...]

Ree asked Fischer about … how Steinitz believed he could give odds to God. Fischer … replied that no one could give odds to the Almighty. He added “But with White I should be able to draw against Him. I play 1. e4 and if we have a Ruy, the position would be balanced. I […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22 to 26 June 2016 in Silver Lake – Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, by the Serbian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the Danubia Park Hotel. The Seminar will be held concurrently with the huge Silver Lake [...]

The Romanian Chess Championships 2016 for men and women were held from 2-10th April at Hotel Parang in Olanesti. The Championships were organized by the F.R. Sah, CS Tinerii Maestrii Bucuresti and IO Elena Cristian. Both sections were played as 9-round Swiss events. The women’s championship had 23 participants. WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma convincingly took the [...]

The Portes du Soleil International Open Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place from 20-27 August, 2016, in mountain village of Morgins, Switzerland. The tournament will be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system with the rate of play 90′+15”. GM John van der Wiel (NED) will play in the tournament and hold free chess [...]

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UAE’s GM Salem Saleh joins leaders with inspired second straight win The top two boards ended in draws as the majority of Grandmasters started to face each other in the second round of the Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Employing the [...]

Bobcat chess engine by Gunnar Harms enters TCEC

Today, we will see a simple endgame pattern which is quite easy to remember but difficult to recognize over the board. As we will see in the following example, even a strong grandmaster failed to spot it; during the game, Black played 74…Ke4 and won on move no 237. Laurent Fressinet (2650) against Alexandra Kosteniuk […]