The 39th Zurich Weihnachtsopen is taking place from 26th to 30th December, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) is a 7-round Swiss FIDE event with top seed players: GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2698 (last year winner), GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2627, GM Bauer Christian FRA 2624. A total of 22,000 CHF will [...]

In the last few posts I’ve demonstrated my games from the 1977 Major Open in Brighton. What happened next? I’d already made the decision to give up playing in weekend congresses, my last one having been a few weeks earlier. By now Richmond Junior Club was going well and I decided I really didn’t want […]

φωτ. Το smartphone που βρέθηκε στην τουαλέτα κρυμμένο πίσω από ένα ρολό χαρτιού υγείας είχε στην οθόνη ακριβώς την θέση της παρτίδας. Οι περισσότεροι θυμόμαστε το περιστατικό που συνέβη νωρίτερα το 2015, όπου ο γκρανμέτρ...

Μετά από μια κοινή προσπάθεια πολλών συντελεστών που κράτησε πάνω από ενάμιση χρόνο ολοκληρώθηκε η πρώτη δισκογραφική δουλειά των Δημήτρη Δαμάσκου και Βασίλη Κοτρωνιά με τίτλο «ΠΡΙΝ ΤΗ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ». Και τα 11 τραγούδια...

The 4th Lorca Open 2015 is taking place from December 26-30, in Lorca, a city in southeastern Spain. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with first prize in the amount of 1,500 EUR. A total of 128 players from 10 different countries take part in the tournament. Top seed is Armenian player GM [...]

I teach chess to a broad spectrum of children and have dealt with a plethora of young personalities. I’m the go to guy when it comes to troubled kids and chess in my geographic area. I’d love to tell you that I have a well researched scientific method that allows me to succeed with the […]

The 25th Annual North American Open will be held from 26-30th December, 2015, at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250. The Open Section is a 5-day schedule (December 26-30) while all [...]

The Administrative Court of Sofia has ruled to cancel the decision of Bulgarian Chess Federation (BCF) and to lift all the sanctions that were imposed on Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev, ACP President Emil Sutovsky announced on his Facebook page. According to the ruling, the BCF will have to compensate the financial losses, which Grandmaster Georgiev has [...]

Fans of Steven Spielberg are familiar with the Jurassic Park movies in which some scientists recreated various species of dinosaurs. The  dinosaurs got lose and chased some people around and ate them. Jarecki sounds like Jurassic and once I started losing this correspondence chess game I felt like I was being chased by a pack […]

World Champion Magnus Carlsen singled out on the top of the standings after five rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open. Carlsen defeated Li Chao B of China and is now on 4,5/5 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack of eight players. Live games with analysis Vijay Kumar presents the [...]

The 12th Vandoeuvre International Christmas Chess Open took place from December 19th through December 23rd, 2015, at Sports Park Vandoeuvre, France. The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with prize fund in total of 7,000 EUR. GM Sergey Fedorchuk from Ukraine emerged a solo winner with 7.5/9 points. He grabbed the first prize of [...]

2012Καλκαβούρας Ιωάννης, Μανωλάς ΕμμανουήλΠηγή: http://www.problemiste.fr/#/2012/4200366, Section #3/nΠρόβλημα-2012-01Καλκαβούρας Ιωάννης (Kalkavouras Ioannis), Μανωλάς Εμμανουήλ (Manolas Emmanuel)2nd Commendation, Problem-6 01/20122R1RB2/bs1p1p2/5k1K/2pp1Pps/rPPp2P1/3p4/1r3P2/8 (9 + 13)#10Δοκιμές: {1.Re1...

2011Καλκαβούρας Ιωάννης, Μανωλάς Εμμανουήλ, Crusats JoaquimΠηγή: http://www.schach-udo.de/pdf/tro2015.pdfΠρόβλημα-2011-01Καλκαβούρας Ιωάννης (Kalkavouras Ioannis), Μανωλάς Εμμανουήλ (Manolas Emmanuel), Crusats Joaquim3rd Prize, Troll 2011-2012, Section n# mehrzuegers4S1s/1p1B1p2/1P5p/2Pk4/1P1p3r/K2PpSp1/2P3R1/6B1 (11...

2001Μουτεσίδης ΠαύλοςΠηγή : [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5q-tH0LZuDnQ2hJLWo5b3JiMUk/view]Πρόβλημα-2001-01Μουτεσίδης Παύλος (Moutecidis Pavlos)Prize, CSAK-MAJOROS 2001, Section s#5-106k1/P2S1b2/3PBB2/5Q2/7p/p6P/P2p2P1/1K1R4 (11 + 5)s#8Δοκιμές : {1.Qg6+??}, {1.a8=Q+??}, {1.a8=R+??}, {1.g3? hxg3!}, {1.Qg4+? / Qg5+? / Qh7+? K(x)h7!}, {1.Bxf7+...