The 5th Rapid Chess Championship of Kabardino-Balkaria was held on 8-9th March in Nalchik. 46 players aged 7 to 67 competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control 10 min + 5 sec. Chaman Gedgafov (Baksan district) took a clear first place with 8,0/9 points. Second was David Temirkanov with 7,5 points, while [...]

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. Live games with analysis Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar Official website

Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy and Allsport Management are organizing the 2nd International Grandmasters Chess Tournament from 15-24th March at the Indian Council For Cultural Relations, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata-71, India. Players with elo rating 2000 and above only are eligible to participate. The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws Of Chess [...]

The 19th Annual Mid-America Open will be held from March 13-15, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. All sections have either 3-day (March 13-15) or 2-day (March [...]

Ένα αγόρι και μια σκακιέρα στην ταινία του Πάτσι Αμέζκουα “25 Καράτια” (25 kilates, 2008). Με την κάμερα στο χέρι και νευρώδες μοντάζ, ο πρωτοεμφανιζόμενος σκηνοθέτης βουτά απότομα στα βαθιά νερά του κοινωνικού περιθωρίου...

του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη Φινάλε πύργου εναντίον ελαφρού κομματιού Ενδιαφέρον φινάλε εδώ έχουμε κυρίως όταν η πλευρά με το ελαφρύ έχει και πιόνι. Ας ξεκινήσουμε με κάτι κλασικό. A.Troitzky, tb19# 320, 1911 Win 1.e7 Rh6+ 2.Kf5! (θυμόμαστε τον...

Η παραπάνω θέση προέκυψε στην παρτίδα Χατζηκυριακού-Κληρίδης, στο Πρωτάθλημα Κύπρου 2015. Τα Μαύρα κάνουν ένα πολύ ωραίο ματ σε 2 κινήσεις. Τη μισή απάντηση στο εύκολο αυτό ερώτημα την περιέχει ο τίτλος της ανάρτησης.

Την Κυριακή 15/3/2015 και ώρα 10:00 θα  πραγματοποιηθούν οι αγώνες του Σχολικού Πρωταθλήματος Νοτίου Τομέα Αθηνών στο The Mall Athens, με μεγάλη συμμετοχή παιδιών του Συλλόγου μας. Οι μαθητές και μαθήτριες θα αγωνιστούν σε ένα...

Στην 7η αγωνιστική στο πλαίσιο των αγώνων της Β΄Εθνικής, η ομάδα μας έφερε ισοπαλία  5– 5 στον εκτός έδρας αγώνα την ομάδα Α.Ο. Πεύκης. Αναλυτικά τα αποτελέσματα είναι τα εξής: Τασσόπουλος Μάριος – Κούρκουλος-Αρδίτης...

This week I provide a couple of Sicilians from prehistoric days. I hope you enjoy them. In the first game I played against Mike Goodall, a well respected and beloved chess organizer in Berkeley in those days. You can find more chess history about him here. Ed Rosenthal

Live games with analysis

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. The organizers have also invited high guests, including legendary Icelandic Grandmaster and former [...]

The 16th Annual Pittsburgh Open was held from March 6-8, 2015, at the Wyndham Garden Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, One Industry Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event had 4 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1700 and Under 1300. The main Open section gathered 36 participants. Four players shared the first place with 4,0/5 points each, but GM [...]

The Arab Chess Federation is going to organize an Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 20 to 24 April 2015, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councilor and FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Mohammed El Husseiny (EGY). The Technical Organizer will [...]

The 2015 Spring Break UT Brownsville Grandmaster Tournament was held from 6-11th March at the Salon Cassia, Campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas, USA. The event was a 10-player round robin with participants representing eight countries. The average elo of the field was 2465. GM Holden Hernandez and FM Guillermo Vazquez shared [...]