The 2015 SPICE Cup Open, sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation, was held on 17-22nd October at the Crowne Plaza Clayton Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The 9-round Swiss tournament was open to the players rated over 2100 FIDE and provided opportunity for GM/IM norms. The captain of the Webster University [...]

Αποτελέσματα Β γύρου και κλήρωση Γ γύρου του Ομαδικού Παίδων – Κορασίδων ΕΣΣΠ 2015

Τη Δευτέρα 2 Νοεμβρίου στις 18:00μ.μ. ξεκινάει το τουρνουά Κάππα-64, με εθνική και διεθνή αξιολόγηση έλο. Θα είναι ανοιχτό τουρνουά με ελβετικό σύστημα επτά γύρων και παράβολο 20 ευρώ για ενήλικες και 10 ευρώ για ανήλικους. 2ο...

Τη Δευτέρα 2 Νοεμβρίου στις 18:00μ.μ. ξεκινάει το τουρνουά Κάππα-64, με εθνική και διεθνή αξιολόγηση έλο. Θα είναι ανοιχτό τουρνουά με ελβετικό σύστημα επτά γύρων και παράβολο 20 ευρώ για ενήλικες και 10 ευρώ για ανήλικους. 2ο...

The World Chess Championship for Disabled 2015 has come to an end. Lakhdar Mazouz of Algeria, Advisor to the FIDE President in chess development in Africa was an official guest of the Round. He has made the first ceremonial move on Board 1 in the game Smirnov vs. Gurbanov. Also, Mr. Mazouz gave an interview [...]

The 31st European Club Cup and the 20th European Club Cup for Women finished last night in Skopje, FYR Macedonia, with the closing ceremony held in hotel Aleksandar Palace. Russian team Siberia became the winner of the Men’s tournament after splitting the points with one of the biggest rivals Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova in the last [...]

1976 was the year Christmas came six days early for me. Just look at what happened in my games in the last two rounds at Islington. Going into Round 5 on 2/4 I was paired with the white pieces against Paul Littlewood, who had a grade of 214 at the time of the game. Paul […]

The Latin American and World chess elite is called from Monday on in Bilbao to compete for the Ibero-American and the final of the Grand Slam Masters championship. Bilbao Chess 2015, held from the 26th of October and the 3rd of November, gathers four of the top ten chess players in the world for the [...]

Bilbao Chess 2015, held from the 26th of October and the 3rd of November, gathers four of the top ten chess players in the world for the Masters Final. The lineup consists of: - GM Anish Giri, Dutch from Russian origin (21 years old and ranked sixth in the international ranking) - Chinese GM Liren [...]

Once a month, my students play in a local tournament here in San Francisco. The tournament is very casual because it’s meant to introduce new players to the idea of competitive play in a non stressful manner. My students do extremely well and have done so for a number of years, due to their hard […]

I was very impressed by this game with Black seeing a clever tactic with …Nxd4; Nxd4 Qc3. The Grandmaster must have missed this and then Black went on to win. Sam Davies

The FIDE World Youth & Cadets Chess Championships 2015 will be held in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, from 24th October to 6th November 2015. It is one of the most masssive FIDE events with participants from 90+ countries. The high interest is no surprise – Porto Carras is the jewel of the Greek seaside, while [...]

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   "Our Man in Havana" είναι ο τίτλος της βρετανικής ασπρόμαυρης κωμωδίας του 1959 σε  σκηνοθεσία του βραβευμένου με Όσκαρ Κάρολ Ριντ και με βασικούς πρωταγωνιστές τους  Άλεκ Γκίνες, Μπερλ Άϊβες, Μορίν Ο Χάρα, Έρνι...

“Tis all a Chequer-board of nights and days Where Destiny with men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates,and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays.” Omar Khayyam I learned to play checkers before I learned to play chess. My grandfather taught me checkers when I was six. He taught […]