The Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier is taking place from 23-26th March 2016, during Easter Chess Festival in Fagernes. Like in the previous editions, the Norwegian Chess Federation will hold the qualifier event to appoint the 10th player in the  Norway Chess 2016 super-tournament. Four participants will be vying for one spot: Jon Ludvig Hammer, Norway 2705, Hou Yifan, China 2673, Nils [...]

In my last article we saw the demolition of the pawn structure in front of a castled king when the pawn is h6 (h3) with the help of sacrificing a piece on h6 (h3). Today we will see how to to break the king position open with a pawn lever of g4-g5. Peter against Prasatzis […]

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Με διακρίσεις για τα παιδιά του Συλλόγου μας πραγματοποιήθηκαν τα Ατομικά Σχολικά Πρωταθλήματα του  Κεντρικού Τομέα Αθηνών στο The Mall Athens το Σάββατο 19/03/2016. Η Σουτούσκο Αριάδνη βγήκε πρώτο κορίτσι στην Α΄Δημοτικού και...

The 10th Annual Philadelphia Open will be held over the Easter weekend from March 23-27, 2016, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown,1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400 and Under 1100. The Open Section is a 5-day tournament (March 23-27) with FIDE [...]

On 6, 7 and 13 February 2016 the 46th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Chess IQ Academy (USA) and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer and Technical Organizer of the seminar was IA/IO Sevan Muradian (USA), Secretary of the FIDE Rules Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was [...]

Ο Δήμος Καλλιθέας σε συνεργασία με το Σκακιστικό Όμιλο Καλλιθέας, το Δήμο Μοσχάτου – Ταύρου και την ΕΣΣΝΑ διοργανώνουν την Κυριακή 27/03/2016 και ώρα 14:00 στο σχολικό συγκρότημα Αγ. Νικολάου (Ελ. Βενιζέλου 175) το σχολικό...

Understanding how upsets occur can help bring them off in your own games. They don’t come about in the way that most people think, for example trying a quick attack is unlikely to work. The most valuable weapon an underdog has at his disposal is in fact frustration. If a higher rated player is having […]

The 20th Annual Mid-America Open was held from March 18-20, 2016, at the Clayton Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. The event had seven elo-sections and the playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10. The main Open section had 57 participants. GM Aleksandr Shimanov took a [...]

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The 43rd Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda is organized by the Club Ajedrez Polideportivo La Roda from 23-27th March at the La Caja Blanca – Avda. Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain. The 9-round Swiss open has attracted 294 players from 14 countries, including 15 Grandmasters. Top seeded is last year winner GM Julio [...]

The 2016 Fagernes International Chess Tournament is taking place from March 20-27, in the Norwegian city of Fagernes. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament open to all titled players. Top seed is the U.S. GM Samuel Shankland (2648). Official website/ Standings and statistics

If the pieces are working together as a team, they are much stronger than than working as individuals. In this week’s problem, the White Bishop and Rook work together very well, while the Black King and Queen are stepping on each others toes. This helps White to draw the game. How does he do that? […]