The 14th Rochefort International Chess Festival was held on 21-27th February, 2015, at the Congress Palace, in Rochefort, France. Just days before the huge 31st Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open was an excellent occasion for the players to test their preparation and use the perfect training opportunity. The event was a 9-round Swiss open with time control [...]

Πριν από λίγο μας άφησε ένας από τους ήρωες μας στη μόνη μας πατρίδα, τα παιδικά μας χρόνια. Καλό ταξίδι στο Γαλαξία φίλε. Λέοναρντ Νίμοϊ 1931-2015 Ο Σποκ του “Σταρ Τρεκ” (ο πιο διάσημος κοσμικός μιγάς, μισός γήινος...

O ΣΕΠΟΚΕ διοργανώνει την Κυριακή 29 Μαρτίου 2015 στις 10:00 π.μ στο Καλλιμανοπουλείο Εκκλησιαστικό Διακονικό Κέντρο Καλαβρύτων το Ομαδικό και Διασυλλογικό Rapid Καλαβρύτων «ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ»....

The 31st International Chess Open Cappelle-la-Grande is organized by “L’Echiquier Cappellois” from 28th February to 7th March, 2015, at the Palais des Arts in Cappelle-la-Grande, France. The tournament is registered with the French Chess Federation (FFE) and FIDE. The event will be a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. [...]

One of my early favourite openings was the Chigorin Defence with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6!?. I started playing it after seeing it recommended in Leonard Barden’s The Cuardian Chess Book. And I then played it throughout my teenage years, long before Alexander Morozevich discovered it. The Chigorin is a sharp and lively counter attacking line […]

In the 10th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi all games were drawn. This worked perfectly fine for Evgeny Tomashevsky who secured the first place in the tournament with one round to spare. Tomashevsky has 7,5/10 points, keeping the unbeaten distance of 1,5 points ahead of the nearest follower Dmitry Jakovenko. Today Tomashevsky [...]

Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, Mr.Levan Kipiani, visited the Grand Prix venue and made the honorary move in the game between Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Baadur Jobava. Mr.Kipiani kindly agreed to give a short statement for the tournament website. Q: Mr.Kipiani, you are visiting the playing venue of the FIDE Grand Prix here [...]

Ο λογοτέχνης Νίκος Σαραντάκος έχει ιστολόγιο λεξιλογίας [https://sarantakos.wordpress.com/]. Εκεί αναφέρει ότι ο πατέρας του Δημήτρης έγραψε ένα βιβλίο (εκδ. Ερατώ, 1995, εξαντλημένο) για τον παππού Νίκο Σαραντάκο (1903-1977), ο οποίος ήταν...

Φυσάει Βαρδάρης, ένα μικρό οδοιπορικό… Το 1ο Διεθνές Τουρνουά Βαρδάρης ξεκίνησε την Παρασκευή 22 Φεβρουαρίου, με τη σχετική καθυστέρηση (λιγότερη από μισή ώρα) που δυστυχώς πάντα υπάρχει στον πρώτο γύρο.Το τουρνουά...

After nine rounds of play in the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi Russian Grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky is enjoying a big 1,5 points lead ahead of the nearest follower. However, he warns that nothing is over yet: “I don’t think the tournament is over, there are still two more games to go and everyone wants to [...]

Grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky is on the brink of winning the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi after scoring against Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the 9th round of the tournament. It was the fourth King’s Indian defence that the Russian faced in this event, but he remained principled and responded with Makagonov h3-variation. Of these four he won [...]

Here’s a nice blow for humanity. Note that computers can have trouble with closed positions and especially build-ups against their kings. And this in turn should help correspondence players who want to gain an edge! Nigel Davies

The 15th Liberec Open 2015 was held from 14th to 21st February 2015 in Liberec, a city in the Czech Republic located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge. The event is a 9-round Swiss open with time control 90′ + 30″. 94 players from 14 different federations took part in [...]

World champion Magnus Carlsen informed through Twitter about the exciting chess events that will take place on 5th May at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA. Carlsen will participate in “Chess Works”, an event with the First Move Non-Profit Organization, and the “Play Magnus Live Challenge”, where he will meet and play the winners from [...]

Enjoy Daily Master Chess Challenge against strong players and experienced trainers! IM/ WGM Iva Videnova, IM Nikolay Milchev and IM Velislav Kukov deliver free Master Challenges every day in Chess Arena. Wednesday, 25th February at 20:00 CET - Play with IM Nikolay Milchev (3′ + 1″) Thursday, 26th February at 20:00 CET - Play with IM Velislav Kukov (3′ + 1″) Friday, 27th [...]