Η είδηση δημοσιεύτηκε χτες το μεσημέρι στο σάιτ της Διεθνούς Ομοσπονδίας Σκακιού (FIDE) και στη συνέχεια υπήρχε νέα ανάρτηση όπου η διατύπωση τροποποιήθηκε ελαφρά, χωρίς να αλλάζει η ουσία. Ο πρόεδρος της FIDE Κιρσάν...

I am not an expert on poker, so I do not know if a flush beats a full house. But I do know that two passed pawns can beat a rook. In this week’s problem, Black has a mighty pawn on the seventh, but how can he turn it into a Queen? The obvious move […]

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The ACP Masters, organized by the municipality of Ashdod and the Association of Chess Professionals, is taking place on December 7-10 in Kivoonim Centre (The City district), 4 Hatzionut st. Ashdod. The event is 18th category rapid tournament with an average Elo rating of 2695 and prize fund in the amount of 41,000 USD. Participants: [...]

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It was a very peaceful day as all five Classic games ended in draws. In the most anticipated clash of the day, Carlsen thought he had a minimal edge on the white side of a Berlin, but Caruana defended perfectly to hold a rather comfortable draw. Carlsen was still in a cheerful mood at the [...]

Ο γερμανός Έρμαν Έσσε (φωτ. 1877 – 1962) εκδίδει το 1927 το Λύκο της Στέπας.  Ο ήρωας του μυθιστορήματος Χάρυ Χάλλερ ανακαλύπτει ότι ο ασφαλής κόσμος του παρελθόντος έχει χαθεί και μαζί του έχουν χαθεί όλοι εκείνοι οι κανόνες...

Continuing my series on the 1977 Major Open, after four rounds I was on 2½ points. In the fifth round I had White against Paul Carey, a teenage player with a slightly higher grade than mine. I played an early c3 against his Sicilian Defence. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. […]

The Russian Chess Federation organizes the Women’s Final of the Cup of Russia from 4-11th December, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Participants: 1. Alexandra Goryachkina (2493, YaNAO) 2. Anastasia Bodnaruk (2456, St. Petersburg), 3. Olga Girya (2456, Ugra), 4. Marina Guseva (2439, Stavropol Territory), 5. Daria Charochkina (2385 Moscow), 6. Elmira Mirzoeva(2379, Moscow), 7. Alina Bivol (2344...

The Russian Chess Federation organizes the Men’s Final of the Cup of Russia from 4-13th December, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Ian Nepomniachtchi, who received an invitation to the ACP yearly tournament in Ashdod, Israel, and Ernesto Inarkiev, who decided to skip the final, were replaced by Adam Tukhaev and Ildar Khairullin. 12 players qualified through preliminary events – Dmitry Kokarev, [...]

The 7th London Chess Classic, which constitutes the last leg of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour, kicked off at Olympia Conference Centre this afternoon. The tournament got off to a perfect start as it was publicised on primetime TV last night, when Magnus Carlsen was a guest on BBC’s ‘One Show’. In case you missed [...]

The 2nd San Salvador Chess Open is scheduled to take place from 5-10th December, 2015, at the Palacio de los Deportes Carlos el Famoso Hernandez in San Salvador, El Salvador. The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Federacion Salvadoreña de Ajedrez and offers $8000 in prizes. A total of 103 players from ten countries [...]

This is a open letter to all the well meaning and loving parents out there who work so hard to give their children an advantage in life by teaching them, in this case, the game of chess. I know you love your children and I appreciate your efforts to aid them in their journey through […]

Παράξενη είναι η είδηση που γράφεται σε σημερινό άρθρο στην ιστοσελίδα της ChessBase. Οι διοργανωτές του Ατομικού Πρωταθλήματος Ουκρανίας 2015 αποφάσισαν, όπως υποστηρίζει ο αρθογράφος Αντρέ Σουλτζ, να μην αναμεταδίδουν...

The 25th Erfurt Chess Festival is going to take place from December 26-30, 2015, at the Radisson Blue Hotel Erfurt, Germany. The event is organized by ESV Lok Sömmerda, in cooperation with the Radisson Blu Hotel Erfurt. It is split in four different groups: Master Tournament – for players rated above 1900 DWZ or Elo rating; [...]