The new World Amateur Champions for 2015 have been crowned in Porto Carras: Mire Deniz Dogan from Turkey and Paula-Alexandra Gitu from Moldova are the new title holders for the categories of men and women with a FIDE rating less than 2000! In the open section (men), Mire Deniz Dogan scored 8 points in 9 [...]

The Russian Individual Chess Championship for girls is taking placed from 21-30th April, 2015, in Loo. The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament and the winner will qualify for the 2015 World Girls Championship and 2015 Russian Women’s High League. Top seed is WIM Alina Bivol (2350). Official website More: Play online chess / Chess Arena Video Channel / Modern [...]

The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial is taking place on 16-25th April, 2015, in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. World Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, moving into the lead with 4/5 points after Wesley So lost to Viswanathan Anand. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored a win against Vladimir Kramnik. Round 5 results: GM Mamedov Rauf – GM Adams Michael 1/2-1/2 [...]

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Η ΕΣΣΠ εξέδωσε συμπληρωματική προκήρυξη για το Ομαδικό Κύπελλο

I found this documentary interesting, especially the comparisons between chess and go in their applications to warfare. My view is that chess wasn’t actually designed as a war game at all, and that instead it evolved from fortune telling rituals. This would certainly explain why chess thinking doesn’t necessarily work so well if applied to […]

The 5th International Ferdynand Dziedzic Chess Memorial was organized by Stowarzyszenie im. Ferdynanda Dziedzica on 19th April in Trzcianka, Poland. The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with the time control 10′+5”. The event was also valid for the Polish Rapid Chess Championship. 301 players from 11 countries competed. Among them were 27 Grandmasters and 10 [...]

Federation of University Sports of China and Asian University Sports Federation are announcing the 1st Asian University Chess Championship, which will be held from 18-25th October in Capital University of Physical Education and Sports in Beijing, China. Events: - Men’s Individual Event - Women’s Individual Event - Team Event Only competitors who meet the following [...]

When Nigel Short, one of UK’s greatest ever chess players, challenged Garry Kasparov for the world title in 1993, the pair met as bitter rivals. But it appears the British grandmaster has finally found common ground with his Russian opponent: they both believe women are not suited to the game. Short, who lost to Kasparov [...]

The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial is taking place on 16-25th April, 2015, in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. GM Wesley So defeated GM Rauf Mamedov in a superb game to take sole lead with 3,5 points from four games. World Champion Magnus Carlsen is half a point behind. All the other remaining games ended in draws. Round 4 [...]

Με 19 ομάδες θα διεξαχθεί το Ομαδικό Κύπελλο ΕΣΣΠ 2015. Την Κυριακή 26/4/2015 ο Πρώτος γύρος. Η Κλήρωση του πρώτου γύρου ανέδειξε τα παρακάτω ζευγάρια....

Ξεκινάνε αύριο στην Ύδρα το 65ο Πανελλήνιο Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών και το 38ο Πανελλήνιο Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών. Συμμετέχουν από το Σύλλογό μας, στο Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών ο FM Κούρκουλος-Αρδίτης Σταμάτης και στο...

Ξεκινάνε αύριο στην Ύδρα το 65ο Πανελλήνιο Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών και το 38ο Πανελλήνιο Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών. Συμμετέχουν από το Σύλλογό μας, στο Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών ο FM Κούρκουλος-Αρδίτης Σταμάτης και στο...

The 4th European Small Nations Tournament is held from 18-25th April at Les Cotils, Guernsey. The event is  a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″ and an average Elo rating of 2088. GM Aguado Oscar De La Riva of Andorra (2507) heads the field of 49 players from [...]

Sometimes we have bad positions, and we need to try to save them. One way to get a draw in the endgame is to ensure that your opponent doesn’t have enough material to checkmate you. In this week’s problem, White has been put in no less than two pins. This type of pin is called […]