India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad. In round 3 India won 2,5-1,5 to take the 6,5-5,5 lead. Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

The traditional 5th blitz match between “Blondes” and “Brunettes” took place on 3rd March at the telecenter “Ostankino” in Moscow. The playing format was Scheveningen with eight players in each team. It was a close call before the last round, but eventually the Blondes won with the score 34:30 to extend the overall lead to [...]

The Chile Chess Federation held its final 2014-2015 championship stage from 21-28th February at the Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Bellavista, in Santiago. The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with 24 participants. IM Cristóbal Henríquez and FM Pablo Salinas shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. In the dramatic rapid tie-break Henríquez won by 1,5-0,5 [...]

Την Πέμπτη 12 Μαρτίου, στις 10 το βράδυ, στο HolyWood Stage (Λεωφόρος Βουλιαγμένης 289, Αγ. Δημήτριος, τηλ. 210 9700418) o τραγουδιστής Χρήστος Λούφης με την ορχήστρα του θα ερμηνεύσει διασκευασμένα έργα Ελλήνων συνθετών καθώς και...

ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ «ΤΟ 5o ΤΟΥΡΝΟΥΑ ΤΗΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑΣ» 1.ΠΡΟΚΉΡΥΞΗ:Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης σε συνεργασία με την Ε.Σ.Σ.Θ.-Χ προκηρύσσει το  « Το 6o Τουρνουά της Παρασκευής»  2. ΠΡΌΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΑΓΏΝΩΝ...

ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ «ΤΟ 7o ΤΟΥΡΝΟΥΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ» 1.ΠΡΟΚΉΡΥΞΗ:Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης σε συνεργασία με την Ε.Σ.Σ.Θ.-Χ προκηρύσσει το  « Το 7o Τουρνουά της Παρασκευής»  2. ΠΡΌΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΑΓΏΝΩΝ...

Chess as a research method

The Sport History and Statistics Fan Club has conducted a survey of journalists (primarily sports journalists) and press officers of sports federations. The aim was to identify which Russian sportspeople had been popular in 2014 – a minimum of seven athletes – and also the most popular coach, team and manager. This was the first [...]

In last week’s post on the Chigorin Defence I mentioned The Guardian Chess Book by Leonard Barden as the source for my taking up this opening. There was another one too that I first learned from this book, the King’s Indian Attack. I was 14 at the time and this opening proved to be a […]

The World Team Chess Championship 2015 is organized by the Armenian Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE, from 18-29th April in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. The tournament will be held at the Golden Palace Tsakhkadzor Hotel. According to FIDE Regulations and the decision of FIDE President the following federations participate in the championship: Russia, China, Hungary, [...]

The 16th Annual Pittsburgh Open will be held from March 6-8, 2015, at the Wyndham Garden Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, One Industry Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event has 4 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1700 and Under 1300. All sections have either 3-day (March 6-8) or 2-day (March 7-8) schedules to play in. The playing format [...]

India and China are playing a 4-board Scheveningen Match on 1-10th March in Hyderabad. In round 2 India equalised the score to 4-4. Live games here. Video courtesy of Vijay Kumar.

European Chess Union announces the official launch of the sponsorship program by Bank of Georgia, a private Bank, belonging to the UK Company Bank of Georgia Holdings plc. Bank of Georgia will financially support the European Chess Union in a 4 years-program as announced in the ECU General Assembly in Batumi. The first installments for [...]

Η Ακαδημία των Σπορ διοργανώνει στο café meli την Κυριακή 08/03/2015 και ώρα 17.00, τουρνουα θεματικού rapid 5 γύρων, με θέμα την Ισπανική Παρτίδα (1. ε4 ε5 2. Ιζ3 Ιγ6 3. Αβ5 α6)

(1989, με ενημερώσεις) Κείμενο: Έντουαρντ Γουίντερ Μετάφραση: Νίκος Παπαθανασόπουλος Το Μάρτιο του 1941 μια σειρά από άρθρα με το όνομα του Αλεξάντερ Αλιέχιν εμφανίστηκαν στην «Pariser Zeitung», μια εφημερίδα που εκδιδόταν στη...