2ο ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΛΥΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ Δελτίο Τύπου (05/01/2015) Με 100 συμμετοχές ακριβώς πραγματοποιήθηκε την Κυριακή 4 Ιανουαρίου 2015 το 2ο Κύπελλο Ελλάδας Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Όπως και πριν ένα...

Chinese Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi emerged winner of the 2015 New Year Championship after conceding only one draw to conclude the event with 5,5/6 points, a full point ahead of the chasing pack. The 2015 New Year Championship was held from 2-4th January at the SFO Airport Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, a city on the San [...]

The 41st Annual Eastern Open was held from 26-29th December, 2014, at the Doubletree Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The tournament format was 7-round Swiss in five sections: Open (FIDE rated), U2200, U1900, U1600 and U1300. The main Open section had 32 participants. GM Alexander Ivanov took a clear first place with 6,0/7 points to [...]

The 131st MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place on 10-11th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event will be organized by FA Dimitar Iliev and Chess Club “An Pasan” in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it will be valid for [...]

Top seed Grandmaster Popov Ivan (Russia) stopped tournament leader Swapnil Dhopade (India) and moved into shared lead at 6.5 points after the eighth round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Sharing the lead with Popov were the quartet viz., Dzhumaev Marat (Uzbekistan), Mozharov Mikhail (Russia), Swapnil [...]

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The 130th MGU Open 2014 was organized by FA Dimitar Iliev from 3rd to 4th January, 2015, at the Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event was played in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it marked the beginning of the new 2015 – European year of [...]

Hungarian Grandmaster Tamas Banusz is cruising through the 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open in Gabicce Mare having scored five wins in the first five rounds. Banusz is now a full point ahead of the second-placed FM Nicola Altini. The 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open is taking place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, [...]

How can people find time to study chess? If you try to find half-an-hour each day, then you won’t find half-an-hour each day.  Something will come up to prevent you studying. You need to set up a a habit of studying. Most of what we do each day is done through habit.  Habits make things […]

2ο ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΛΥΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ4 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2015ΑΡΧΙΚΟΣ (ΑΝΕΠΙΣΗΜΟΣ) ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΜΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ Α/Α Ονοματεπώνυμο Κατη-γορία Elo Πόλη Βα-θμοί Χρό-νος 1 (#2) 2 (#2) 3 (#2) 4 (#2) 5 ...

The 25th International Chess Festival Cracovia 2014 was held from 27th December 2014 to 4th January 2015 in Krakow, the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. The event took place at the Galaxy Hotel**** under the Patronage of Mayor of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski. The format of the tournament was 9-round Swiss with tempo [...]

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The 2015 Russian Team Chess Championships for men, women, juniors and veterans are set to take place from 1-10th May at the legendary Grand Hotel “Zhemchuzhina” in Sochi. “Zhemchuzhina” was the host of many international chess tournaments throughout the 20th century. In 2015 the format of the team championships will be significantly changed. In the [...]

The Arab Youth Chess Championship is taking place 4th-11th January 2015 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A total of 100 players divided in open events of U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, and U8 age categories. Organizers are the UAE Chess Federation and the Arab Chess Union. Official site of the competition is http://arabyouth2014.com/ Live games [...]

International Master Gillian Bwalya today became the latest Zambian to win the Zimbabwe Open Chess Championships which was hosted at Holiday Inn Harare and sponsored by Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa.