Την Κυριακή 4/1/2015 στο αμφιθέατρο του 50ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου στις 11:00, η δεύτερη διάλεξη της σειράς με θέμα "Μαθαίνοντας από τους παγκόσμιους πρωταθλητές" Αυτή την Κυριακή "Αλεξάντρ Αλιέχιν" .....

The 4th Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2014 is scheduled to take place on 26-31st December at CEAR (Duran) in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament, open to all players from Latin America chess federations. The prize fund in the amount of 20.000 USD is provided by the main tournament sponsor, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. 147 [...]

In my process of improvement I have decided to get a solid opening repertoire. The main problem in an opening repertoire is  choosing what to play with Black against 1 e4. In the past, I alternated between the Latvian Gambit and the French. I have now given up on my once beloved Latvian , and […]

The 38th Zurich Christmas Open is taking place on 26-30th December, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) is played in a 7-round of Swiss format. 117 players from 17 different countries are taking part in the event. Top seed is German best player GM Arkadij Naiditsch [...]

Το ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΠ συνεδρίασε στις 22/12/2014 και πήρε τις παρακάτω αποφάσεις…..

The 2014/2015 Hastings International Chess Congress is taking place from 29th December 2014 to 6th January 2015 in Hastings, within the historic county of Sussex, on the south coast of England. Main sponsors are Hastings Borough Council, The White Rock Hotel, Orion Energy, KC Computers and The Lansdowne Hotel. The Hastings Masters is a 9-round [...]

The 2014 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is underway at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, in South Padre Island, a resort town in Texas, United States. Almost 200 players from 45 different teams take part in the event, including many Grandmasters. Top seeded teams are: - Webster University - GM Liem Le, GM Illia Nyzhnyk, GM Ray Robson, GM [...]

The 2014 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is taking place on 27-30th December 2014 at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, in South Padre Island, a resort town in Texas, United States. The event is a 6-round Swiss Team tournament, valid for USCF and FIDE rating and it’s open to College and Universities teams (at least [...]

Ζωντανή μετάδοση της πρώτης σκακίερας του 6ου τουρνουά Επαγγελματικών Τάξεων .....

The 3nd Winter Sea Deluxe Open is set to take place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. The first two editions had 120-130 participants and were won by the Hungarian Grandmaster Robert Ruck in 2013 and by the Bulgarian Grandmaster Vladimir Petkov in 2014, respectively. The playing venue [...]

Komodo 1333 (3210) outplayed the TCEC – Season 6 champion Stockfish 141214 (3218) at the TCEC Season 7 Superfinal to take the title. Komodo was superior in the match and won the event with full 3 points advantage, becoming the new TCEC Grand champion, in spite of Stockfish’s great fight. TCEC official website Replay the games from TCEC – Season [...]

Perhaps my all time favourite chess book is Chess Curiosities, by Tim Krabbé. There’s a chapter in this book about strange occurrences in queen endings. The other day I was looking at games played by some of my friends in the recent London Chess Classic FIDE Open when I came across something which reminded me […]

The 24th Annual North American Open is taking place from 26-30th December at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250. The Open section is a 5-day schedule (December 26-30) with FIDE GM [...]

The 33rd Annual Empire City Open is taking place from December 26-28, 2014, at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, New York. The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600 and Under 1300. All sections have either 3-day (December 26-28) or 2-day (December [...]

The Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open is organised by the Portugal Chess Academy on 26-30th December 2014 at the luxurious Hotel Real Palácio***** in Lisbon, Portugal. The tournament is sponsored and supported by DAUD Consors, Real Hotels, Portuguese Chess Federation and Chess Association of Lisbon. Official website/ More information and list of participants here