The World Amateur Chess Championships will be held in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece on the northern coast of the Aegean Sea. The dates are 13 April (arrivals, technical meeting) to 22 April 2015 (departures). The games will take place in the conference center of the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort, on the Sithonia peninsula of [...]

Dmitry Jakovenko defeated Anish Giri in the 7th round of Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix to emerge clear second in the standings, half a point behind the leader Evgeny Tomashevsky. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored his third victory with black pieces after Alexander Grischuk blundered a neat queen move. White played an exciting new idea that gave him [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11 to 14 June 2015 in Rosenheim, Germany, by the German Chess Federation’s Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the German Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Klaus Deventer (GER), Member of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer [...]

The 19th International Chess Tournament Guingamp took place from 14th to 21st February, 2015, in Guingamp, a city in northwestern France. The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″ and prize fund in total of 4,600 €. GM Nikita Maiorov from Belarus lifted the trophy with [...]

Σκακιστική σκηνή στην ταινία του Φριτς Λανγκ “Ο τίγρης της Εσναπούρ” (1959). Κουρασμένος από το Χόλιγουντ και τις πιέσεις των στούντιο, ο Λανγκ γύρισε στη Γερμανία στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 50, επιστρέφοντας επίσης...

“He who combinates is lost.” I have a vague memory, many years ago, of seeing this attributed to Amos Burn, but have never been able to track it down. Google only comes up with an old Addicts’ Corner column on a very old Richmond Junior Club website, which, for some reason, still exists out there […]

Evgeny Tomashevsky is on top with 4,5 points, followed by five players who are full point behind.

The traditional 5th blitz match between “Blondes” and “Brunettes” is scheduled to take place on 3rd March at the telecenter “Ostankino” in Moscow. In the earlier encounters Blondes won two matches, Brunettes were better in one, while one match was tied. The playing format will be Scheveningen with eight players in each team. Blondes: GM [...]

At the moment, I’m in LA enjoying the sun. Today I went to Manhattan Beach and had a chipwich. What is that you might ask – another great American invention! Gawain on the otherhand is hard at work in Bunratty, Ireland defending his title. You can read his report on last year’s tournament here. This year […]

Teaching and coaching chess, my own game improves steadily. However, I put a minimum of two to three hours a day into studying chess because I practice what I preach, which is the idea that getting better at chess requires hard work. If you want to become a better chess player you have to roll […]

The Southwest Class Championships were held from February 13-16, 2015, at the DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas. The event had 7 sections: Master (FIDE rated), Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The Master section featured 56 players. Grandmasters Gata Kamsky, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Holden Hernandez [...]

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the Chennai Open Chess Championship 2015 on its DD Sports Channel from 19-22nd February. Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under: 1st Episode on 19th Feb 2015 from 11 to 11.30 pm (GMT [...]

The International Chess Open Graz 2015 took place on 13-20th February 2015 at the beautiful and modern Hotel Spa Novapark in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria. The event was a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. 126 players from 21 countries participated in the tournament, including 12 GMs, 2 WGMs, 20 [...]

"I could learn a lot from the Georgian school, of more playing here and talking to the players. It’s quite different let’s say, to start that they do have a school."

Η σημερινή συζήτηση με την ψυχολόγο Κατερίνα Όλκα παράλληλα με το Διεθνές Τουρνουά "Βαρδάρης" με θέμα "Διαχείρηση της νίκης και της ήττας στο σκάκι", μετατίθεται  για αύριο το πρωί (Σάββατο 21/2) στις 10.30