Την Κυριακή 17 Ιανουαρίου αρχίζουν τα διασυλλογικά πρωταθλήματα Αττικής σε όλες τις κατηγορίες. Πολλές καλές ομάδες στον ΠΟΑ, που θα διεκδικήσουν τις τρεις θέσεις που εξασφαλίζουν συμμετοχή στην τελική φάση της Α’...

Κλικ στη φωτογραφία για μεγέθυνση. Μέρες του 1952, άνδρες και γυναίκες ενός σκακιστικού συλλόγου πριν επιβιβαστούν στο τρένο για να ταξιδέψουν σε μια μικρή γειτονική πόλη, για διασυλλογικό αγώνα. Όλοι φαίνονται κάποιας...

The 18th Dubai Open Chess Tournament – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is scheduled to take place from April 10-20, 2016, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club’s Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Hall. The Middle East’s longest-running elite chess tournament will be open to all FIDE-rated players with a standard rating of 1500 and above. The participants will [...]

President of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) Andrey Filatov talks to “R-Sport” special correspondent Oleg Bogatov, summing up the past chess year and outlining the key tasks for 2016: to win the Candidates’ Tournament in Moscow in March and the World Chess Olympiad in Baku in August. He also speaks about the specifics of the [...]

Second seed Grandmaster Ivan Popov of Russia surged ahead of the field defeating Vitaly Sivuk of Ukraine in the seventh round of the premier section of 14th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival.

The 15th Rochefort International Chess Festival is set to take place on 20-26th February, 2016, Room Colbert, at the Congress Palace, Rochefort, France. The organizers have invested big effort to propose an interesting event for all-level players. The players will be separated in two groups: “Masters” for players with rating above 1900 and “Accession” for [...]

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player. – Savielly Tartakower The unspoken corollary of Tartakower’s observation above is that the inability to control the tension of battle is a characteristic of the patzer. Tension, and the release of same, is the lesson […]

Wesley So placed second in Tata Steel 2015, can he improve his performance in the 2016 edition?

The 2016 Marienbad Open Tournament is taking place from January 16-23, in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic. The event is a 10-player single round robin tournament with the participation of: GM Kononenko Dmitry UKR 2618, IM Moulthun Ly AUS 2474, GM Teske Henrik GER 2461, GM Kim Alexey KOR 2460, IM Kobo Ori ISR 2437, IM [...]

Η Παγκόσμια Ομοσπονδία για το Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι WFCC (World Federation for Chess Composition) προκηρύσσει τον 12ο Διεθνή Παράλληλο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Ο διαγωνισμός θα διεξαχθεί την ίδια ημέρα και ώρα στις χώρες...

The 2016 ITT CXG Memorial Marcel Duchamp Rio de Janeiro is taking place from January 10-17, at Chess Club Guanabara, in Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro. The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament with the participation of: GM Alonso Salvador 2491, GM Hungaski Robert Andrew 2478, GM Galego Luis 2451, GM Garcia Palermo Carlos [...]

The world shocked by the loss of a great person and top chess talent

Yifan Hou is the former World Champion who is now the top ranked woman in the world (2673).

These match ups are not getting more flattering for the humanoids, now they’re giving mankind odds! Here’s a video, Hikaru Nakamura vs. Komodo: Nigel Davies

Round by round report of the recently concluded African Junior Chess Championship 2015.