The International Open “Queima das Fitas” 2015 will take place from 30th April to 3rd May at the Hotel D. Luis, in Coimbra, Portugal. The tournament is part of the National Circuit in Classical Chess 2014/2015. The 7-round Swiss event is organized by the Chess Section of the Academic Association of Coimbra, with the support [...]

Mayet,C – Anderssen,A Berlin New York, 1851 This game demonstrates dangerous attack against castled king using h file. 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 The Spanish Game. Q: I always ask my students what White is threatening. A: Most of the time answer is “to win the e5 pawn”, but we all know that it […]

Οι δηλώσεις συμμετοχής στο Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών Γυναικών ΕΣΣΠ 2015 κλείνουν σήμερα (29/4/2014) το βράδυ και οι αγώνες ξεκινούν αύριο (30/5/2015) στις 17:00 στο Επιμελητήριο Αχαΐας Μιχαλακοπούλου 58 Πάτρα.

The national team of China continued its global domination by securing the gold medal at the FIDE World Team Chess Championship in Tsakhkadzor, having previously won the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromso. Earlier, China had three silver medals from the World Team Championships in 2005, 2011 and 2013. In 2005 they were on the brink [...]

Georgia concluded the 2015 FIDE Women’s World Team Chess Championship in style, by defeating the host country and three-times champion China. The decisive game of the match was Meri Arabidze’s fine victory on the second board. From the early opening stage the Georgian put a strong pressure on her opponent Shen Yang, won a pawn [...]

The 42nd Selangor Open Chess Tournament, dedicated to the memory of Mrs Jackie Wong, is scheduled to take place from 30th April to 4th May, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, the federal capital and most populous city of Malaysia. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with the participation of 92 players from 5 different countries. [...]

Here we end our series of games of the London System. In this game Black does two strategic things – he fianchettoed his queen bishop and also moved his Queen to e8; and as as seen in previous games you normally do one or the other, but perhaps not both. By move 20 Black has […]

Στον Α Γύρο του ομαδικού κυπέλλου,οι 5 από τις 8 αναμετρήσεις, έληξαν με το απόλυτο 4-0. Τα αποτελέσματα του Α Γύρου και η κλήρωση του Β και Γ Γύρου .......

While the just ended FIDE Zone 4.2 Africa Chess Championship Open winner, IM elect Arthur Ssegwanyi was the biggest beneficiary from the event, there were many individual winners who attained titles, hefty cash prizes and others gained rating points and invaluable experience. It was therefore not a case of winner takes it all at City [...]

The 2015 Bulgarian Individual Chess Championships took place from 18-26th April, in Hotel Rostov, in Pleven, a city in Bulgaria, located in the northern part of the country. Both Men’s and Women’s events were played in a 10-player round-robin format with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. GM Kiril Georgiev emerged a [...]

Often your opponent is defending an endgame, and he has arranged his pawns and pieces on just the right squares to defend against each and every threat you may have. However, if it is his move, he will have to move a pawn or a piece away from its current position and so weaken his […]

The 2015 Romanian Chess Championships for men and women were held from 18-26th April in Calimanesti. The men’s tournament had 32 participants, while the women’s section had 24 players. Both events were completed over nine rounds of Swiss system. Grandmaster Constantin Lupulescu emerged clear winner of the men’s championship with 6,5/9 points. This is his [...]

O Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Ρόδου «Ιππότης» συνεχίζοντας την προσπάθεια για την εξάπλωση του σκακιού στο νησί, ανακοινώνει τη διοργάνωση σεμιναρίου προπονητών της FIDE το οποίο θα γίνει σε 3 πεντάωρες διαλέξεις, το τριήμερο 12-14...

I’m lucky enough to be able to travel in my job (not as much as Ga) and this time we headed to Paris. I didn’t know what to expect as I’ve never been before – we were meant to go for my friend Larissa’s 21st  but unfortunately during this time I had my passport/visa issues […]

I was very sad to hear of the recent death of English IM Dr Colin Crouch at the age of 58. Colin was one of the most popular members of the English chess community. He was not just a strong player but also a highly respected author and a very successful junior chess coach. We […]