FIDE has published February 2016 rating list. World champion Magnus Carlsen is leading the chart with 43 points advance in front of Vladimir Kramnik. Hou Yifan is first among women with no less than 90 Elo point more than Humpy Koneru. Richard Rapport is juniors #1 with Wei Yi following him closely, while Aleksandra Goryachkina [...]

The 2016 Croatian Men’s Chess Championship was taking place from 19-29 January, at Valamar Diamant Hotel, in Porec, Croatia. The event was a 10-player single round robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2560. After tense fight three players shared the first place with 6.5/11 points each, but 2006 European champion GM Zdenko Kozul emerged a winner [...]

The Russian State Social University hosted “The largest chess lesson” as part of RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2016 on 29th January. More than 250 students and pupils listened to 35-minute lecture of the International School Chess Union president, PhD Aleksander Kostiev about the first chess world champion Wilhelm Steinitz with a demonstration of chess [...]

Last season I played six games with Black starting 1. e4 e5. They all continued 2. Nf3 Nc6, whereupon I encountered 3. Bb5 and 3. Bc4 twice each, and 3. d4 and 3. c3 once each. I chose unusual ways to meet the Spanish: 3… g6 in one game and 3… Nge7 in the other. […]

The European Chess Union and the International School Chess Union have the honour of inviting all National Chess Federations of the European Chess Union and eligible players to participate in the European School Championships 2016 organised in Kassandra, Halkidiki, Greece from 16-26 June. The Championship is organized in 12 different age categories: U7, U9, U11, [...]

The 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from January 25th to February 4, at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The main event consists of many top Grandmasters and can be followed live with analysis here Morning events start on Monday at 9.45. They are 5-round Swiss events for players rated under 2250 (Challengers) and under 1900 [...]

Beginners tend to employ major pieces for early attacks when they first start learning to play chess. We’ve all brought our Queen out early when we first learned the game only to watch her be captured by our opponent. The same holds true for the Rook. Beginners tend to think about using their minor pieces […]

Have you seen this video featuring Stephen Hawking and Paul Rudd? If not, you should watch it. I don’t know anything about quantum physics but the chess wasn’t ridiculous. Quantum Chess was originally created by Alice Wismath from Queens Univesity, Belfast but the version they play in the video is different. According to the Nerdist,  a kickstarter […]

Οι διαιτητές που ενδιαφέρονται να διατηρήσουν την ιδιότητα του διαιτητή για το 2016 πρέπει να δηλώσουν την πρόθεσή τους αποστέλλοντας e-mail έως 1/2/2016 στην ΤΕΔ ……..

The Russian State Social University provides the live streaming of the opening ceremony of RSSU Student Cup and RSSU School Winner Cup, which are starting today as part of the Moscow Open 2016. The ceremony is taking place on January 29 in the RSSU Event Hall and begins at 10 am Moscow time. Later today [...]

The 12th International RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2016 is set to take place from 29th January to 8th February at the Russian State Social University in Moscow, Russia. The event consists of eight competitions and is organized by the Russian State Social University, Moscow Chess Federation, Management of Sport and Entertainment Activities of Moscow [...]

This chess game is from the first round of a chess tournament that is being played on Wednesday nights in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There is one round each Wednesday night and I have completed two rounds so far. I have lost both rounds, and there are only eight players in this section! I should have […]

The press conference dedicated to the organization of the International RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2016 was held in the multimedia centre of TASS news agency on Tuesday, January 26. The press conference was attended by Vladimir Palikhata, the President of Moscow Chess Federation; Natalia Pochinok, RSSU Rector, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor and [...]

Δυο άντρες παίζουν σκάκι στο κέντρο του Νιτρόιτ, την πόλη-φάντασμα, την zombieland όπως δηλώνει το γκράφιτι του παλιού ερειπωμένου νοσοκομείου. Άλλοτε ήταν η “ατμομηχανή της Αμερικής” – το παγκόσμιο κέντρο της...

Πειραιάς, τέλη της δεκαετίας του ’40. Το “κόκκινο τραμ” στην Ακτή Κονδύλη. Εκείνα τα χρόνια (συγκεκριμένα το 1946) ξεκινούσε το Πρωτάθλημα Πειραιά, πριν ιδρυθεί η Ελληνική Σκακιστική Ομοσπονδία και πριν...