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The 39th Zurich Christmas Open took place on 26-30th December, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza in Zurich, Switzerland. The 7-round Master Tournament, for players rated over 2000, had 105 participants from 18 countries, including 16 Grandmasters and 9 International Masters. Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch repeated the success from the previous tournament and defended the trophy by [...]

As we get older, our muscles tend to ache more and function less. The same holds true for our brains. As we age, we all have what are referred to as “senior moments” where we forget something, be it where we parked our car or what we were just talking about. Like the rest of […]

Ο επισκέπτης του σάιτ Elliott, ο οποίος κατοικεί στη Μελβούρνη της Αυστραλίας, μας έστειλε την παραπάνω φωτογραφία που τράβηξε στη Νέα Υόρκη. Είδε εκτεθειμένο προς πλειστηριασμό ένα σκάκι με χρυσελεφάντινες διακοσμήσεις...

O Μπέκετ υπήρξε δεινός σκακιστής και προτιμούσε να μελετά παρτίδες φημισμένων σκακιστών και να λύνει σκακιστικά προβλήματα. Ο Μπέκετ έγραψε το πρώτο μυθιστόρημα του Μάρφυ το 1938 στο Λονδίνο και στην αγγλική γλώσσα και...

The jubilee edition of the traditional 25th Erfurt Chess Festival was held December 26-30, 2015 at the splendid area of Radisson Blu Hotel. Official website The event in the Thuringian capital Erfurt, Germany, attracted 428 players from 18 countries, thus making it one of the biggest chess tournaments  in Europe and the world! Suffice to [...]

The 27th “Villa de Roquetas” International Chess Tournament is taking place from January 2-6, 2016, in Roquetas de Mar, Spain. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE open tournament with first prize in the amount of 1,200 EUR. Top seed is Armenian GM Karen Grigoryan (2602). Official website/ Standings and statistics

The 48th Greek Youth Chess Championship U20 is taking place from December 2-8, at Hotel Lucy****, in the city of Kavala. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. Alexandros Papasimakopoulos (2224) heads the field of 9 players. Official website/ Standings and statistics

The 2016 Greek Youth Chess Championship for girls U20 is taking place from December 2-8, at Hotel Lucy****, in the city of Kavala. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. Official website/ Standings and statistics

The 2016 Greek Youth Chess Championship U18 is taking place from December 2-8, at Hotel Lucy****, in the city of Kavala. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. Labros Giannoulakis (2272) heads the field of 38 players, including 1 FM. Official website/ Standings and statistics

The 2016 Greek Youth Chess Championship for girls U18 is taking place from December 2-8, at Hotel Lucy****, in the city of Kavala. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. Reveka Salahidou (1926) heads the field of 21 players. Official website/ Standings and statistics

Review of My Chess Goals for 2015 This time of the year I would normally review my chess goals for the year that is ending and post my chess goals for the new year on my personal chess blog. However, I have been remiss in doing this for the past two or three years so there […]

The 32nd Boeblingen International Chess Open took place from December 26-30, 2015, at Hotel Mercure in the city of Boeblingen, Germany. The event was a 9-round Swiss event and 158 players competed for the first prize of 1,000 EUR. The first place was shared in a five-way tie by GM Alexander Zubarev from Ukraine, his [...]

With the trophy ensured a round to spare, GM Wang Hao of China agreed to a draw with top seed Yuriy Kryvoruchko of Ukraine in the last round of the 4th Al Ain Classic Chess Championship at the Hili Reyhaan Rotana Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. The victory earned Wang the top prize of $13,000 [...]

January 2016 rating list and overview of top 10 players