Την τρομακτική άνοδο και πτώση της ιδιοφυΐας του Μπόμπι Φίσερ, που αιχμαλώτισε την φαντασία ολόκληρου του κόσμου, καταγράφει η νέα ταινία του  Έντουαρντ Ζούικ με τίτλο «Θυσιάζοντας ένα πιόνι» (Pawn Sacrifice), η οποία κάνει...

As someone who hasn’t played many tournaments of late it’s always interesting to see what other former competitors are up to. Garry Kasparov has certainly kept himself busy defending humanitarian causes and giving numerous interviews about Russia, but the chess player is still there. Knowing that a certain young journalist would interview him Kasparov learned […]

Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler returned today to the playing hall at the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku to finally decide the FIDE World Cup winner in quick-play tie-breaks. After the games with the classical time control the result was even 2-2. Official website / Live games with analysis / Live games with chat  In the first set of [...]

Sam Sevian, 14 years old, has agreed to play in 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival in Stockholm, Sweden December 27–January 5. USA:s youngest GM has a clear goal in the tournament – to play for the top spots. Official website/ LIVE games with analysis Sam Sevian became famous when he broke Bobby Fischer’s ”impossible” record of becoming the [...]

The 2015 Georgian Club Chess Championship is taking place from October 5-11, in the town of Ureki, Georgia. The event is a team championship with an average rating of 2317 Elo. 8 teams will be vying in round-robin format. Top seed is “Rustavi” Kvemo Kartli, led by GM Tamaz Gelashvili (2570). Tournament website

Sometimes, zugzwang is the only way to win a game. When your opponent’s pieces are placed as well as they can possible by posted, then he has to move them to a worse position when he would prefer to leave them where they are. In this week’s position, White has to arrange a zugzwang to […]

Ο ΣΕΠΟΚΕ προκηρύσει τον 3ο Πανελλήνιο Διαγωνισμό Σκακιστικού Σκίτσου.........

The 2015 Croatian Men’s Team Chess Championship is taking place from October 3 – 11, in Bol, at the Croatian island of Brac. The event is a round-robin team championship, consisting of 10 teams. Top players are: GM Ivan Cheparinov BUL (2681) from  ”ETF-Osijek”, Osijek, GM Ivan Saric CRO (2678) from “Liburnija”, Rijeka, Evgeny Postny [...]

The 1st European Universities Chess Championship is taking place from October 6-11, 2015, in Yerevan, Armenia. The event is a rapid tournament with tempo of play 25′ + 10″. A total of 18 European universities from 9 different countries have registered. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The 2nd Isle of Man International Chess tournament started with 104 chess players from 27 countries and with as many as 37 Grandmasters in the field. GM Michael Adams is the top seed followed by India’s 2nd highest player Pentala Harikrishna. Live games with analysis Video report courtesy of Vijay Kumar

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 5 to 9 November 2015 in Samara, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the Tsiolkovsky Sanatorium in Samara region, Russia. The Lecturer will be IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant [...]

Sergey Karjakin has staged a miraculous comeback by equalizing the score in the 2015 FIDE World Cup final after being 0-2 down in the first two games. Karjakin won the next two games against the former World Cup winner and his compatriot Peter Svidler to tie the match with the classical time control and reach [...]

The first ever Thailand Open Rapid Chess Championship took place from 3-4 October 2015 in Nakhon Sawan, which is both the capital and also the central province best known as the meeting place of four major rivers including the mighty Chao Phraya, and is a pleasant and comfortable three hour drive north from Bangkok. Following [...]

Over the past two weeks I’ve considered the view that the whole structure of English chess is really not suitable for the 21st century. Over the past decade or so various groups of modernisers have attempted to get their candidates elected to positions on the English Chess Federation board, but, while some of them have […]

The 2nd Isle of Man International Chess tournament started with 104 chess players from 27 countries and with as many as 37 Grandmasters in the field. GM Michael Adams is the top seed followed by India’s 2nd highest player Pentala Harikrishna. The ceremonial first move on the Top Board was made by the Chief Minister [...]