Two passed pawns can often beat a rook. The solution to last Monday’s problem is that Black can create two passed pawns by playing 1…Rc4! After 2. bxc4 Bc5! 3. Rc1 b3, the two passed pawns beat the White rook. But two passed pawns don’t always beat a rook. In this week’s problem, White can […]

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The London Chess Classics has come to an exciting lack of conclusion - a three way tie between Giri, Vachier-Lagrave and Carlsen.

Με τις πετρελαιοπηγές να αποτελούν τη βασική πηγή πλούτου του εμιράτου, το Κατάρ είναι πλέον ο βασικός ανταγωνιστής του Ντουμπάι στην περιοχή του Περσικού Κόλπου για τον – κατά πολλούς ματαιόδοξο- τουρισμό τύπου...

The Melbourne Masters, a 9-round GM single round-robin tournament is taking place from December, in Melbourne, Australia. The venue is non other than the historical Melbourne Chess Club, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2016, and with the following list of participants, averaging 2443, it will be Category 8 with 6.5/9 required for a GM norm. Participants: [...]

The Lithuanian Open Rapid Chess Championship 2015 took place from December 12-13, in Panevezys, the fifth largest city in Lithuania. The event was an 11-round Swiss FIDE rapid chess competition, organized by the Lithuanian Chess Federation. The tempo of play was 15′ + 10″. IM Roland Berzinsh from Latvia took the trophy after scoring 9/11 [...]

The 27th International Chess Tournament in Memoriam of Grandmaster Carlos Torre Repetto is scheduled to take place from December 17 – 21, 2015, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. The event is split into seven different tournaments: - Magistral – 9-round Swiss open tournament; - Yucatan – 7-round Swiss tournament for players rated between 1700 and 1899 [...]

With four rounds to play I was back to 50% and was given the black pieces against another strong teenager (unlike today there were a lot of them around), Clive Hill. I chose a rather suspect line of the Modern Defence which had been recommended by Keene and Botterill in their book on the opening. […]

Today’s penultimate round saw a lone decisive result, but the players treated us to plenty of fighting chess and set the stage perfectly for tomorrow’s 9th and final round in which a huge amount is at stake. The winners of the London Chess Classic and Grand Chess Tour will be decided as well as who [...]

Ivan Bukavshin wins the Russian Cup 2015 after defeating Dmitry Kokarev in the finals in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Norwegian TV set the standard for TV coverage of chess. The chess TV feber has now reached it’s neighbour – Sweden. Sweden’s best chess player Nils Grandelius challenges USA’s super talent Sam Sevian in a duel. The match will be broadcasted live on Expressen TV on January 5 at 8.30 PM CET. - I have [...]

The Panamerican Schools Chess Championship 2015 will take place from December 14 to 18 in Costa Rica.

Ένα διήγημα με τίτλο σκακιστικό αλλά και με περιεχόμενο πλούσιο σε σκακιστικές αναφορές, της Τουρκάλας συγγραφέως και λογοτεχνικής συνεργάτιδος της εφημερίδας “Ραντικάλ” Ναλάν Μπαρμπαρόσογλου (γεν.1961, φωτ.)...

Qatar Masters Open 2015 is a strong tournament that will take place in Qatar from December 19 to December 30. This is the second edition of the competition; last year, Yu Yangyi won the tournament. This year the competition will be even more fierce, where just the top 5 is comprised of GM Magnus Carlsen [...]

The 2015 Dutch Team Competition is currently in progress. LIVE games with analysis