More on the Ruy Lopez later, but you might be wondering what happened to my adventures with 1…e5. Since I last posted in this series I’ve had three more games with Black, facing d4 twice and f4 on the other occasion. Here’s my most recent game against d4, in yet another Richmond v Surbiton match. […]

The 15th International Chess Festival Mediterranean Flower 2015 is scheduled to take place in March, 2015, at the Chess Club Rijeka, in the splendid city of Rijeka, situated on the Adriatic Coast of Croatia. The tournament is organized by FM/ FT Ivan Mandekic and Chess Club “Draga” under the auspices of the Mayor of Rijeka, Vojko Obersnel, [...]

More than 700 chess players from ten countries competed in four age groups of the Moscow Open 2015 – RSSU Chess Cup, section H, that concluded today. Ilya Makoveev (Gelendzhik) and Satbek Akhmetdinov (Kazakhstan) scored 8 points in the U9 Boys’ group. In the last round the Russian player outplayed the athlete from Kazakhstan, who [...]

Final daily news broadcast featuring Peter Svidler, seven-time Russian Champion, David Howell, current British Chess Champion, Hikaru Nakamura, three-time USA Chess Champion and Hou Yifan, Women’s World Chess Champion. Chess Festival Director Stuart Conquest and some of the elite chess players. Hosted by Tania Sachdev at the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Open Chess Tournament. Presented by: [...]

The 2015 edition of Open Karposh Chess Tournament is a traditional open chess tournament for any interested chess player, no matter of the rating, title or category n organization by the municipality Karposh, one of the municipalities in the capital city of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, in collaboration with Chess Club Gambit Asseco SEE (http://gambit.com.mk/) [...]

Το Σάββατο 14/2 και την Κυριακή 15/2 θα διεξαχθούν τα Σχολικά Πρωταθλήματα Π.Ε. Ανατολικής Αττικής , Ατομικά και Ομαδικά  στην Ελληνογερμανική Αγωγή (Δημ. Παναγέα, Παλλήνη, 15351. Τηλ: 2108176700) με διοργανωτές την...

The 2nd Azores International Chess Open 2015 is set to take place from 25th to 29th March, 2015, at the Hotel Gaviota**** (near the marina), in Pavilhão do Mar – Ponta Delgada, the largest municipality and administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. The tournament is promoted by the Portugal Chess [...]

The third stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 will take place from 14-28th February in Tbilisi, Georgia. FIDE Grand Prix is part of the FIDE World Chess Championship cycle. The winner and second placed player overall of the GP Series will qualify for the next Candidates Tournament. The first two events were held [...]

Γράφει ο Κοσμάς Κέφαλος Το σκάκι εμπνέει! Ποιητές, διηγηματογράφοι, μυθιστοριογράφοι, θεατρικοί συγγραφείς, καθώς και ζωγράφοι, γλύπτες και εικαστικοί έχουν εμπλουτίσει το έργο τους με το πνευματικό παιχνίδι. Άλλες...

Ernesto Inarkiev defeated the top-seed Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 7th round of the main section of the Moscow Open 2015 – RSSU Cup to retake the sole lead with 6,5 points. The second place now belongs to the namesake of the ninth World Champion Tigran Petrosian (Armenia), who beat Russian Sergey Volkov in today’s round [...]

Once you’ve acquired some basic chess knowledge, such as an understanding of opening principles, rudimentary tactics and endgame principles, you’ll feel a bit more confident at the chessboard. You’ll get through the opening relatively unscathed and prepare yourself to unleash some of those tactical ideas you’ve learned (forks, pins, skewers, etc) at some point in […]

The CJKS-Prime Distribution Group GM Tournament 2015 is taking place on 5-13th February, 2015, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament with prize fund in the amount of 2,500 $. The participants are: GM Abdulla Al-Rakib BAN 2522, GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2463, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed BAN 2438, GM Vahidov Tair UZB 2435, IM Akshat [...]

The CJKS-Prime Distributions Group Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2015 began from 5th February 2015 Thursday in the Chittagong city in Bangladesh. Honorable State Minister Ministry of Land, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh Mr. Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed MP inaugurated the event to present as chief guest. Mr. Mesbah Uddin President of CJKS and District Commissioner [...]

The 40th International Open Ciudad de Sevilla took place from 25th January to 1st February at the Hotel Al-Andalus Palace in Seville, Spain. The tournament was organized by the Federacion Sevillana de Ajedrez with support from Diputación de Sevilla, Turismo y Comercio Junta de Andalucía and Educación Cultura y Deporte Junta de Andalucía. 217 participants from 17 [...]

Η Ακαδημία των Σπορ διοργανώνει στο café meli 3 rapid τουρνουά θεματικού χαρακτήρα τις Κυριακές 01, 08 και 15/03/2015 και ώρα 17.00. 1/3 η βαριάντα Βινάβερ της Γαλλικής Άμυνας, 8/3 η Ισπανική Παρτίδα, 15/3 η Ινδική Άμυνα της Βασίλισσας.