Μέρος 1ο - Εισαγωγή, Μόσχα 1949/1950Μετά το πρώτο μεταπολεμικό τουρνουά για τον Παγκόσμιο Τίτλο του 1949/1950, ορίστηκε ένα νέο σύστημα διεξαγωγής, αντίστοιχο με αυτό που ήδη λειτουργούσε για τον ανδρικό τίτλο. Άλλωστε, λίγους...

BCF bans its national champion

Καλοκαιρινό Νεανικό Τουρνουά διοργανώνει η ΝΕΠ από 15/6 έως 19/6/2015. Το τουρνουα θα είναι 9 γύρων με εθνική αξιολόγηση και θα γίνει στο Εντευκτήριο της ΝΕΠ στο Κολυμβητήριο Πεπανός

This year is the 50th anniversary edition of the traditional tournament Capablanca Memorial. The 2015 will start in the 14th of June in Salón Embajadores in Hotel Habana Libre. One more time the chess fans will have a special coverage with commentary and analysis in the live section of Chessdom.com, as well as detailed reports [...]

When we start playing chess as beginners, we play because we are intrigued with the game. We play purely for the pleasure of an intellectual challenge! I say this because when I started playing I did so because I was fascinated by the game. I was fascinated by the endless positional possibilities within a single […]

The 2015 Guam International Open Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place on 17-22nd July, 2015, at the Guam Reef Hotel, Tumon, Guam. The tournament will be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations. The total prize fund is US$8,000. Prizes may be increased if [...]

On 5 June, the city of Dagomys played host to the fifth round of the 46th final of the White Rook All-Russian Chess Tournament for School Teams. The city of Dagomys near Sochi was the venue for the latest round of the international White Rook tournament, which started on 1 June. More than 320 children [...]

Here is another correspondence chess game that I played back in 1978. This is also from the first round of the Golden Knights Postal Championship. We both missed a few things in this chess game, but I found enough good ideas and moves to eventually win. Back then, the US Chess Federation (USCF) had  different rating […]

The 16th ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships (AAG) will take place in Singapore from 8-17th June 2015. Immediately following the 11th Asian Schools Chess Championship, the AAG is the flagship event of the ASEAN Chess Confederation (ACC) and which has for many years now been the most eagerly awaited event in the region. ACC has [...]

The 2015 European-ACP Women’s Rapid Championship was held on 1-3rd June at the Kutaisi City Hall in Kutaisi, Georgia. The event was organized by the European Chess Union, Georgian Chess Federation and ACP. The playing format was 11-round Swiss tournament with the rate of play 15 min + 10 seconds increment per move. 48 players [...]

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Θα αναβιώσω κάποιες από τις παλιές στήλες του μπλογκ. Καταρχήν θα συνεχίσω την "Ορολογία Προβληματιστών" γιατί είναι κρίμα να μείνει στη μέση. Θα επανέλθουν τα Computer Chess Notes αναβαθμισμένα ενώ και η στήλη "Σήμερα από το...

The 19th Voronezh International Chess Festival 2015 will be held from 10-20th June at the Voronezh Chess Club, in Voronezh, Russian Federation. Pavel Ponkratov, the famous GM from Chelyabinsk, is a frequent visitor to Voronezh and has often been among the festival’s winners. This time he is coming as the last year’s “Master Open” champion. However, this is [...]

Grandmaster Mohammed Al-Sayed of Qatar came close to losing his first game in the tournament, but Algerian GM Mohamed Haddouche misplayed the endgame to allow the Qatari to save the draw.

The Asian Schools Blitz Chess Championships was held on the morning of 4 June 2015 and less than two and a half hours later we had twelve new Asian Champions! Surprisingly the majority of participants had opted to play instead of spending the “off” day enjoying the many sights of Singapore! In a three way [...]