The third round of the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup was held today at the Fairmont Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, with 32 players that remained in the competition. The elo differences between the players were not as big as in previous rounds, and consequently many games were drawn. FIDE World Chess Cup/ Official website / Live games with [...]

The FIDE International Organizers Seminar was held from 28-30th August in conjunction with the Uganda Chess Federation with the endorsement of the African Continent and the FIDE Events Commission. 28 new organizers from East African countries participated in this seminar. The main goals of the seminar were to motivate, provide knowledge and create an environment [...]

The final list of the twelve participants in the first leg of the 2015-2016 Women’s Grand Prix 2015-2016 is published hereunder. The current World Champion, GM Maria Muzychuk as well as three former women world champions, GM Hou Yifan, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and GM Antoaneta Stefanova will battle it out with other top women players in [...]

Οι μεγάλοι σκακιστές πολύ συχνά μέσα από τα αποφθέγματά τους παρουσιάζουν την ουσία και την ομορφιά του σκακιού. Επίσης, τα αποφθέγματα αυτά δείχνουν την σύνδεση και την σχέση του σκακιού με την ίδια την ζωή. Σήμερα θα...

Playing 1. g3 requires that one learn not to lunge, as wins in 1. g3 generally happen when one player or the other lunges at the opponent. White musn’t lunge: White’s position is a spring under pressure; a lunge is a rupture. Instead of lunging, patient anticipatory motion behind the lines is required until Black […]

The 15 pairs of players who tied their round two matches with the classical time control returned to the playing hall at the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku to settle the scores in the rapid and blitz games. FIDE World Chess Cup/ Official website / Live games with analysis / Live games with chat / Round 1 pairings In the first set [...]

Έξι σωματεία ενώνουν τις δυνάμεις τους και διοργανώνουν τουρνουά Ράπιντ, 5 γύρων στις 27/9/2015, στο εντευκτήριο της ΝΕΠ.

The 8th Memorial Maria Albulet took place from September 10-16, 2015, in Braila, Romania. The event was a 9-round Swiss female tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 15′ + 30″. Top seed WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma from Romania took the trophy with 7/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. WFM Lena Miladinovic from Serbia and [...]

ΣΚΑΚΙ ΣΤΟ Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ2015-2016Τη φετινή χρονιά 2015-2016 ο Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης δημιουργεί μία πρότυπη σκακιστική ακαδημία. Η ακαδημία στηρίζεται στα πρότυπα της Ολλανδικής μεθόδου εκμάθησης σκακιού «Βήμα-Βήμα». Η μέθοδος αυτή...

                                                    William Roberts (1895–1980), "Τhe chess players" (1929-1930) Αλίευσα και άλλα τρία ποιήματα με θέμα το σκάκι...

The 2015 UAE Men’s chess championship was held from September 4th through September 13th, at Dubai Chess & Culture Club. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″ and 44 players took part. FM Saeed Ishaq emerged a sole winner with 7/9 points, leaving the nearest [...]

Today’s challenge is to find the typical pattern and react accordingly; White to move. Grunfeld against Torre in 1925 Q:Black now played 11…Nxe5. Should White recapture on e5 directly or does he have a better option? A: Capturing on e5 leads to resignation, which is what happened in the game. 12. dxe5?? Bc5+ 13. Kh1 […]

Τα μαθήματα στο σύλλογό μας, για τη σεζόν 2015-2016, ξεκινάνε στις 26/9/2015. Το πρόγραμμα των μαθημάτων είναι το εξής: Προχωρημένοι        Σάββατο 17:00-20:00    Διδάσκων: WFM Στεφανίδη Μαρία-Άννα Μέσου επιπέδου     Σάββατο 15:00-18:00   ...

Τα μαθήματα στο σύλλογό μας, για τη σεζόν 2015-2016, ξεκινάνε στις 19/9/2015. Το πρόγραμμα των μαθημάτων είναι το εξής: Προχωρημένοι        Σάββατο 17:00-20:00    Διδάσκων: WFM Στεφανίδη Μαρία-Άννα Μέσου επιπέδου     Σάββατο 15:00-18:00   ...

The Russian chess player GM Mikhail Antipov beat the representative of Italy IM Francesco Rambaldi in the final 13th round of the FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championship to secure the title World U-20 chess champion. Antipov edged Polish player GM Jan-Krzystof Duda on a better tie-break score after the latter finished equal in his last-round game against the [...]