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We have today a world-wide art of efficiency and practicability … Beauty today is magnificent and overpowering, but it means the death of individualism. – Richard Réti, Modern Ideas in Chess Today comes the news item claiming, likely hyperbolically, but not implausibly, that Google AI researchers have cracked the game of Go. I first began […]

In section “Women +65” the legendary GM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) won the tournament with 7 points out of 9 games

Restrictive measures against FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov were introduced on Wednesday, November 25, because he was allegedly “materially assisting and acting for or on behalf of the Government of Syria, Central Bank of Syria,” the U.S. Department of Treasury said in a statement. The Russian Financial Alliance Bank, which is co-owned by Ilyumzhinov and Syrian [...]

The 1st China Chess Queen Tournament is taking place from 24th November to 1st December, 2015, in Taizhou, China. The event is an 8-player knockout tournament with participants: Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, Shen Yang, Guo Qi, Lei Tingjie, Ding Yixin, Zhu Jiner. Official website/ Standings and statistics/ 1st China Chess King 2015 LIVE Do not miss [...]

The 1st China Chess King Tournament is taking place from 24th November to 1st December, 2015, in Taizhou, China. The event is an 8-player knockout tournament with participants: Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Zhao Jun, Lu Shanglei. Official website/ Standings and statistics/ 1st China Chess Queen 2015 LIVE Do [...]

The 10th Pavlodar International Open will take place from 6-16th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The tournament is organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and Pavlodar Chess Federation. The playing format is 10-round Swiss and the tournament will be valid for [...]

Η Ναυταθλητική Ένωση Πατρών προκηρύσσει το Χριστουγεννιάτικο Νεανικό τουρνουά της, το οποίο απευθύνεται σε σκακιστές/ριες μέχρι 16 ετών με δελτίο στην ΕΣΟ. Έναρξη: 6/12/2015. Χωρος: εντευκτήριο ΝΕΠ Κολυμβητήριο Πεπανός...

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of PSPB maintained his unbeaten record and a lead by full point, defeating the second placed P. Karthikeyan of Railways in the ninth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association, today. Karthikeyan Murali of Tamil Nadu moved ahead of Karthikeyan to second place with [...]

«Όταν ήμουν παιδί έκανα τον γύρο της Ευρώπης και των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών σαν παιδί-θαύμα του σκακιού. Οι επιδόσεις μου έγιναν θέμα πολλών συζητήσεων. Όλοι ήταν περίεργοι να μάθουν πως ένας μπόμπιρας 8 ετών νικούσε με...

The Ramratna 42nd Indian National Premier Women Chess Championship was organized by the Bengal Chess Federation from November 13th through November 24th, 2015, at Bengal Gallery in Kolkota, India. The event was a 12 player single round-robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2219. IM Rout Padmini secured the title with 8.5/11 points, leaving [...]

Today the pattern I am going to discuss is very familiar to us; we’ve seen the same thing many times while learning importance of development in the opening: Legal’s Mate Based on the captioned theme, try to solve following problems: Tony Ladd against Joseph Lonsdale in 1993: White to move. Q: Here Tony played d4. […]

(κλικ στην αφίσα για μεγέθυνση) Γράφει ο Κώστας Κλώκας Ο Ηράκλειο ΟΑΑ, ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Ηρακλείου και τα υπόλοιπα 7 συνεργαζόμενα σωματεία ολοκλήρωσαν το Σεπτέμβριο του 2015 την 5η συνεχόμενη χρονιά σκακιστικών...

Live games with computer analysis

Interview with the President of the Italian Chess Federation