Soon Gunina sacrificed a piece, playing in style of Mikhail Tal – her sacrifice might have been unsound, but was very enterprising and led to a very sharp game.

The 22nd edition of EY School Chess Tournament will be organized by EY on 21-22nd March, 2015, in the Tour First, one of the La Defense skyscrapers in the French capital Paris. The prestigious event will be closed by a simultaneous exhibition delivered by the greatest female chess player ever, Judit Polgar. Although she announced her [...]

The 22nd edition of EY School Chess Tournament will be organized by EY on 21-22nd March, 2015, in the Tour First, one of the La Defense skyscrapers in the French capital Paris. The prestigious event will be closed by a simultaneous exhibition delivered by the greatest female chess player ever, Judit Polgar. Although she announced her retirement [...]

The 140th MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place on 21-22nd March, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event is organized in honor of GM Liuben Spassov (born 1943 in Sofia). The event will be organized by FA Dimitar Iliev under the auspices of the University of mining and [...]

The 139th MGU Open 2015 was held on 14-15th March, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event was organized by FA Dimitar Iliev under the auspices of the University of mining and geology “St Ivan Rilski” Sofia,  Chess Club “An Pasan” and “Zora” Trading Company in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated [...]

The most spectacular chess event in Poland will take place this weekend (21-22nd March, 2015) in Katowice, Southern Poland. For the third time chess players from all over the world will have a chance to fight against each other in one of the biggest halls in Europe – The International Conference Centre in Katowice. The [...]

Fabiano Caruana is the winner of the New In Chess Yearbook Novelty of the Year Award 2014 for his dazzling move 14.Rc1! in the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Advance Caro-Kann. The Italian World #2 beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in St. Louis, as part of his amazing seven-games winning streak. His novelty got 32% of the [...]

The International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open 2015, dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev, is scheduled to take place from 1-10th May at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation. Last year the winner was Grandmaster [...]

Copa Latinoamericana Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2015 is the 6th edition of the traditional South American tournament.

The 15th European Senior Chess Championship for Men and Women will be held in Eretria, Greece, from 28th April to 8th May, 2015. The tournament venue is the conference center of the 4-star “Eretria Village” Hotel, near the legendary ancient city of Eretria. The Championship is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations who [...]

The 17-years old Russian Grandmaster Vladislav Artemiev took the winner’s trophy in the 9th Tashkent Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov after edging his compatriot Vladislav Tkachiev on tie-break. The two players finished on 7,0/9 points each. The 9th Tashkent Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov was held on 10-20th March at the Shodlik Palace [...]

I have just finished, with some relief, both my games in the English Counties and District Correspondence Chess Championships for 2014/15 which started in November 2014. I am relieved not to have lost either and to have held my own against a strong IM graded 152 points above me on Board One.  My two games […]

Και το 2015 η Σκακιστική Άνοιξη ενισχύθηκε σημαντικά μεταγραφικά με αθλητές που θα την βοηθήσουν στις αγωνιστικές τους υποχρεώσεις.  Η σημαντικότερη είναι του τέσσερις φορές πρωταθλητή Ελλάδος GM Σπύρου...

Following the games with the classical time control, the third day of the FIDE Women’s World Championship (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) was reserved for the tie-breaks with rapid and blitz games. As many as 11 pairs were to settle the score in this format. A reminder about the tie-break regulations: It starts with two rapid games [...]

Σας ενημερώνουμε ότι με Απόφαση του Υπουργού Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων  στις 9/3/2015 χορηγήθηκε ειδική αθλητική αναγνώριση στο Σωματείο μας "Σκακιστική Άνοιξη"Θα θέλαμε να ευχαριστήσουμε προσωπικά τον Υπουργο κο...