Grandmaster Slobodan Martinović – Šoća suddenly passed away on 10th January at the age of 70. Martinović was a social and likeable person, respected trainer and excellent team player. Grandmaster since 1978, he was one of the symbols of golden chess era in Smederevska Palanka. In the recent years he played for ŠK “Niš” and [...]

The European Individual Women Chess Championship will take place in Georgia from 18th to 31st of May 2015. The proposal of the Georgian Chess Federation to the European Chess Union includes 75.000 EUR as the total prize fund (60.000 EUR net for the players) and all the organizational expenses covered. The exact venue and all [...]

Σε μια μεγάλη σκακιέρα μετατράπηκε στις 6 Ιανουαρίου το κέντρο του Μιλάνου με την ευκαιρία των εκδηλώσεων για την EXPO 2015. Σχετικό άρθρο, περισσότερες πληροφορίες και πλήθος φωτογραφιών...

Με το δεξί έκανε ποδαρικό η ομάδα μας το 2015, στον πρώτο αγώνα για το πρωτάθλημα Β’ Εθνικής, εναντίον του ΕΕΣ Κορυδαλλού. Ο αγώνας έγινε στις 4 μ.μ. λόγω της πρωινής τελετής της βασιλόπιτας στα γραφεία μας...

The 81st Belarus Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place from 12th to 23rd January 2015. The event is a 12-player round-robin tournament with the participation of 7 Grandmasters: GM Aleksej Aleksandrov, GM ANdrey Zhigalko, GM Sregei Zhigalko, GM Vladislav Kovalev, GM Nikita Maiorov, GM Kirill Stupak and WGM/ IM Nastassia Ziaziulkina. The rounds are starting [...]

What training materials I am using at present? And can I recommend them? At present, I am working my way through the Steppenmethode Step 6 workbook and the three Yusupov orange books. I can recommend them, because they provide a systematic coverage of most of what I need to know at my level. But the […]

The University of Economics (UE) Katowice organized the AMP Chess Tournament 2015 on 10-12th January 2015 at the Park Hotel Diamond**** in Zabrze, Poland. The event was played under the patronage of Małgorzata Mańka–Szulik, Mayor of Zabrze, Tomasz Delega, President of the Polish Chess Federation and Paweł Więcek, President of the Silestian Chess Federation. The [...]

Έγινε σήμερα 11/1/2015 η κλήρωση της Β' Τοπικής ΕΣΣΠ 2015....

The 2014 Croatian Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place on 11-21st January 2015 in Opatija, a resort town in western Croatia, situated on the Adriatic Sea. The event is a 12-player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″. The prize fund in the amount of 10,000 € will be awarded [...]

So we left you last time considering the Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O. If Black, as he often will in lower level kiddie tournaments, plays a natural developing move such as Nf6 or Bc5 we can capture the […]

Tamil Nadu talent M Kunal crashed through the defenses of GM Sabino Brunello of Italy on a tough second round for higher rated Grandmasters in the 13th Parsvnath International Grandmasters chess tournament now underway here at Ludlow Castle sports complex. Kunal’s victory over Brunello came out of an irregular opening with white pieces where in [...]

Chess Club “Bošnjaci” organized the 20th jubilee edition of Bosnjaci Open 2015 from 3rd to 9th January, 2015, in Bošnjaci, eastern Croatia. The event was sponsored by Municipality Bošnjaci, in collaboration with Croatian Chess federation, Chess federation of VS county, Sladorana d.d. Županja, VS county,“Komunalac“ Županja, “Admiral Tisak“ Cerna, Pizzeria AQUARIUS, NARCOR...

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Στον ιστοχώρο kobulchess.com δημοσιεύεται μια μονογραφία (στα Αγγλικά) του συνθέτη Massimo Casa σχετικά με το θέμα Leibovici στα βοηθητικά δυάρια προβλήματα.Είναι μια εμπεριστατωμένη μονογραφία και είμαστε τυχεροί που έχουμε το...

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