The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) and Organizing Committee of the World Youth & Cadets Chess Championships from 2-4th November in Porto Carras, Greece. The objective of the Seminar was to educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. Successful Seminar attendees receive a FIDE IO Norm necessary for [...]

The 2015 Edmonton Invitational Chess Tournament is taking place from November 6th through November 12th, in Edmonton, the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The event is a 10 player round-robin tournament with the participation of: GM Jesse Kraai (2506) USA, GM Enrico Sevillano (2464) USA, GM Tejas Bakre (2438) IND, FM Steven Breckenridge [...]

You’ll find a lot of chess playing royalty in The (Even More) Complete Chess Addict, but this isn’t about that sort of royalty. A few weeks ago I received my six-monthly royalty statement covering sales of Chess for Kids and The Right Way to Teach Chess to Kids between January and June 2015. Chess for […]

Στη Σοβιετική Ένωση του παλιού καλού καιρού κυκλοφορούσαν ανάμεσα στον κόσμο πολλά αντικαθεστωτικά ανέκδοτα. Ένα από αυτά ήταν: “Οι Ρώσοι επιστήμονες κατασκεύασαν στα εργαστήρια την ουσία που ανασταίνει τους...

Sadly, it doesn’t matter which major chess federation this open letter is addressed to because they’ve all committed the same heinous crime; sending the game of chess back into the dark ages. They’re slowing killing the game we love so much and their destructive weapon of choice is the most dangerous weapon of all, politics. […]

Komodo with brilliancy at the strongest chess match in history

The Swedish Elite League 2015/2016 is taking place from November 6, 2015, to March 20, 2016. The teams of SK Burgsvik Alva, SK Eksjo, SK Farsta, Kungstornet, SK Limhamns, ASK Lunds, SS Manhem, SK Rockaden Stockholm, SK Team Viking and SK Vasteras are vying in a round-robin format in 9 rounds. Tournament website

American chess is getting stronger and is on the rise. This fall, Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the top two players in the United States, will visit the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) and compete in a series of games over four days: Thursday, November 12 through Sunday, November 15. The exhibition match includes: ● 4 games Fischer [...]

This was my best game in the British Rapidplay Championships, U146 section. My opponent played the weird 1.b4 and I countered with a solid London System set up. I got the better endgame, won a pawn, won more pawns and then avoided any tricks at the end: Sam Davies

Αυτές τις μέρες συμπληρώνεται ένας χρόνος από την έναρξη λειτουργίας του Chess Square, του εξαιρετικού σκακιστικού εντευκτηρίου που στεγάζει τον ΣΟ “Θωμάς Γεωργίου” και τον ΣΟ Αμπελοπήπων και που βρίσκεται στους...

Τέσσερα νέα βιβλία μόλις κυκλοφόρησαν στα ελληνικά από τις εκδόσεις «Αλλοστρόπος» και την Ολλανδική σειρά εκμάθησης σκακιού «Βήμα-Βήμα». Πρόκειται για τρία Βιβλία Ασκήσεων: Το Βήμα 3 Είναι το βασικό βιβλίο ασκήσεων...

The 10th Annual Svetozar Gligoric Transatlantic Cup, a traditional match between the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Belgrade, will be held on 6th November from 20:00 CET on the Internet Chess Club (ICC). Dallas board order: GM Aleksandar Indjic GM Gil Popilski GM Denis Kadric GM Dani Raznikov GM David Berczes [...]

The final round of the FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 was played today in Porto Carras, Halkidiki. The players from India dominated the event, winning as many as 11 medals, among them 5 gold. Russia and USA took 4 medals each, but none of them was gold. Iran, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, Uzbekistan [...]

The Organizing Committee of the 2015 FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship is pleased to announce that the following players have achieved title norms after the completion of the tournament: WFM Kiolbasa Oliwia POL – WIM norm WFM Harazinska Ewa POL – WIM norm Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI – IM norm FM Marek Matyas CZE – [...]

Μάχεται για την πρώτη θέση στην κατηγορία κοριτσιών κάτω των 16 ετών η Καβαλιώτισσα Σταυρούλα Τσολακίδου. Ολοκληρώνονται σε λίγη ώρα στο Πόρτο Καρράς της Χαλκιδικής τα World Youth & Cadets Chess Championships 2015. Συμμετέχουν πάρα...