The 2015 edition of the traditional chess tournament Reykjavik Open was held from 10-18th March at the Harpa Conference Hall. A total of 274 players from 37 countries, including 42 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters, took part in the event. Grandmaster Erwin L’ami (NED 2605) secured the overall tournament victory with a game to spare [...]

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Γράφει ο Κοσμάς Κέφαλος Στις 31 Ιουλίου 1968 ο 25χρονος Αμερικανός γκραν μετρ και μετέπειτα 11ος παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Μπόμπι Φίσερ αντιμετώπισε στην Αθήνα 5 Έλληνες μετρ σε αγώνα χάντικαπ-σιμουλτανέ. Νίκησε τους...

I’ve always been a bit slack about midgames. In the 1980’s I experienced rapid rating rise. It was largely due, I now realize, to the gift of memory juxtaposed with the narrowness of 20th-century opening lines as played by American amateurs. I had an intuitive feel for choosing lines to memorize. My midgames were pre-planned, […]

The return games of the first round of the FIDE Women’s World Championship were played at the CS Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 18. The top seeded players Humpy Koneru (India), Ju Wenjun (China), Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), Victoria Cmilyte (Lithuania), Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Valentina Gunina (both – Russia) won their matches and advanced to [...]

The 2015 Malaysian Individual Chess Championship for men and women took place from 14th to 18th March Kuala Lumpur, the capital and most populous city of Malaysia. The event was organized by the Malaysian Chess Federation and split into two tournament – 9-round Swiss open for men and 9-round Swiss open for women. The playing [...]

The 2015 edition of the traditional chess tournament Reykjavik Open is taking place from 10-18th March at the Harpa Conference Hall. A total of 274 players from 37 countries, including 42 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters, are taking part in the event. GM L’ami Erwin (NED 2605) secured the overall tournament victory with a round [...]

The 1st International Open Chess Tournament “Eftihios Krommidakis” is scheduled to take place from 13th to 19th April, 2015, in the Hotel Caldera Creta Paradise (****), Gerani, Platanias, in the Greek island of Crete. The event is organized by Kydon Sports Club and Krommmidakis Group in collaboration with the Region of Crete, the Municipality of  Chania and the [...]

This my follow up article about teaching kids through classic games. The game we’ll look at this time is my ideal game for attacking a fianchetto formation with opposite side castling. What you can learn through this gem is: – The ideal squares for your pieces – Attacking a fianchetto formation by opening up the […]

The first round of the FIDE Women’s World Championship (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana), attended by 64 players from 28 countries, was played today at the CS Galaktica. Igor Levitin, adviser of the Russian President, made a symbolic first move of the championship in the game of the highest rated player Humpy Koneru (India). In a first [...]

A press-conference dedicated to cooperation of the Sistema Charity Fund and the Non-profit Partnership Chess in Schools aimed at introducing chess into the Russian school curriculum and increasing the role of chess in general education took place at the Women’s World Chess Championship press center on March 17. It was attended by the FIDE President [...]

The Al Ain Chess Club invites all youth players U15 with FIDE ID to participate in the 1st ALAIN Youth Chess Championships U15, that will be held for the first year in the chess city of ALAIN between 5h and 12th of April 2015. The tournament will take place at ALAIN Rotana Hili Hotel. The [...]

The International Chess Festival “Waves of the Danube” is scheduled to take place from 30th April to 3rd May, 2015, in  Continental Hotel, Drobeta Turnu Severin, in Romania. The event is organized by Chess Club Oltenia and is separated into five different FIDE tournaments with guaranteed prize fund in total of 12,000 RON (approximately 2,700 €): - PROLOGOS [...]

Ο 83χρονος Βίκτορ Κορτσνόι (αριστερά, με εμφανείς κινητικές δυσκολίες) εναντίον του Ούλμαν, σε φιλικό ματς στο πλαίσιο του πρόσφατου σκακιστικού φεστιβάλ της Ζυρίχης. Από τους ισχυρότερους σκακιστές του δεύτερου μισού...

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