O Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Αιγάλεω και ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Κορυδαλλού συνδιοργανώνουν σεμινάριο προπονητών της FIDE. Θα διοργανωθεί το τριήμερο 27-29 Μαρτίου στο Πνευματικό Κέντρο του Δήμου Κορυδαλλού, (Γρηγ. Λαμπράκη και...

The FIDE Zone 4.4 Individual Championships 2015 are being organized by the Togo Chess Federation under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation (ACC) from 13-22nd March in Lome, Togo. The Championships will be held at Novela Star Hotel on the beach of Atlantic Ocean in Lome, capital of Togo. The event will comprise an [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Sainbayar Tserendorj (MGL). [...]

FIDE has published the final list of participants for the 2015 Women’s World Chess Championship which will be held in Sochi, Russia from 16th March to 7th April. The drawing of lots to determine the colours in the 1st game of the 1st round will take place during the opening ceremony. The pairings tree is [...]

In last week’s game, with more time and more ability I might have had to assess this king and pawn ending (with White to play) before choosing my move. So what’s happening here? Let’s start by considering this position. If Black has to move his king it’s clear he will lose. If it’s his move […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 30 March to 1 April 2015, by the Arbiters’ Committee of the Tunisian Chess federation, in cooperation with the Tunisian Chess Federation and the African Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the African [...]

From 28 February to 1 March 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne. The lecturer was IA N.Y. Wong (SIN), FIDE Lecturer and [...]

India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad. In round 5 China won again 2,5-1,5 to take the lead 10,5-9,5. Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

Appearing on the West Coast for the first time, the SPFNO attracted approximately 400 players which included nearly all of the top scholastic chess players from California as well as very strong competition from every corner of the United States and beyond.

Eight participants from Curacao attended the Seminar organised by the Curacao Chess Federation with financial support from the Confederation of Chess for the Americas and under the aegis of the Events Commission of FIDE. The Seminar was held from 27th February to 1st March. Facilities were provided by the Curacao Sport & Olympic Federation. There [...]

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held at Makkah city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 19th to 21st February 2015. The seminar was organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE), Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and Saudi Chess Association. The Lecturer was Dr. Hesham Elgendy (IO, IA & FT) and the Assistant Lecturer was Yaser [...]

Ο Μπόμπι Φίσερ στην Ολυμπιάδα της γερμανικής πόλης Ζίγκεν το 1970. Όρθιος παρακολουθεί την εξέλιξη της παρτίδας ο Σαμ Ρεσέβσκι. Κάθε μύθος, για να επιζήσει στην περιπέτεια στον χρόνο, απαιτεί ικανούς παραμυθάδες. Το 2003, ο...

Sokolov about Carlsen in Wijk aan Zee and Baden Baden and much more

Being a life long Star Trek fan, the passing of Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) hit me hard. My band’s long time drummer posted a video clip of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock playing chess on my Facebook page yesterday. Spock announces he will checkmate Kirk on the next move. Well, it’s Kirk’s move and the […]

The 133rd Varsity Chess Match between Oxford and Cambridge will take place at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London, on Saturday 7th of March 2015. This year’s event will be officially opened by GM Luke McShane, who played board one for Oxford in the 2004 and 2005 Varsity chess matches. The approximate average age of [...]