Λόγω αιφνίδιου προβλήματος με τον προηγούμενο χώρο διεξαγωγής, το τουρνουά Επαγγελματικών Τάξεων «μετακομίζει» στο Rion Beach Hotel στην παραλία του Ρίου......

Ένας γνωστός σκακιστής σε ώρα σκακιστικής προετοιμασίας κάπου το 1964, ενώ παρακολουθεί η σύζυγός του. Δεν πρόκειται να σας δυσκολέψει. Εύχομαι σε όλους τους επισκέπτες του skakistiko όμορφα Χριστούγεννα!

Το ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΠ καλεί τα μέλη της στην Ετήσια Τακτική Απολογιστική Γενική Συνέλευση του έτους 2015 το Σαββάτο 10/1/2015 και ώρα 19:00 στο εντευκτήριο της Ακαδημίας Πέλοπος Πατρών (Arena Sports Center, Πέλοπος 26, Πάτρα). Σε περίπτωση μη...

When teaching kids how the pieces move they can get bored if we only use puzzles. They are eager to start playing but this is pointless when they don’t know how the pieces move. The solution is to introduce different games rather than a full chess game which will serve the purpose of playing and […]

The registration for the 2015 Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open Championship for Girls and Boys is officially opened. The participants are sincerely invited  to join the SPFNO on February 27th – March 1st, 2015 in San Mateo, California. In the course of the three-day chess festival, the SPFNO will award qualifications for: - The Prestigious Susan [...]

The 17th International Chess Festival “Citta di Padova” took place on 14-21st December 2014 in Padova, Italy. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, open to all players rated above 1800 FIDE Elo. Ukrainian GM Yuri Vovk emerged a clear winner on 7/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. Second place was shared in [...]

Egypt's taliswoman chess player WGM Wafa Shrook defended her African Chess Championship title in Windhoek, Namibia when she won her round 9 game against WCM Fisher Michelle M of South Africa to amass 7.5 points.

At certain times in competitive chess, no other result than a full point is acceptable. When the top of the standings table is so closely contested, a mere draw can mean finishing out of the glory area. The question of how one should approach such circumstances, has caused much debate in chess, and how one […]

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Μια σκακιέρα εμφανίζεται σε πολλές σκηνές της γαλλικής ταινίας Fanny (2013) – εδώ στο πάνω δεξί μέρος της οθόνης- αλλά δεν ανοίγει ποτέ. Πρόκειται για το δεύτερο μέρος της λεγόμενης “Τριλογίας της Μασσαλίας” που...

I would like to thank GM Nigel Davies for inviting me to contribute to this site. My name is Steven Carr. I am 57 years old, and I am trying to improve my chess. From about 1998 to 2013, I played almost no competitive chess. Since then I have been playing mostly in the Merseyside […]

The 10th International Rapid Chess Tournament of Valladolid took place on 21st December, 2014, at the Holtel Novotel (Valladolid) in the northwestern Spain’s biggest city. The event was an 8-round tournament with tempo of play 15′ + 15″ and gathered 100 participants from 10 different countries. The top seeded GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) was impressive with [...]

The 1st Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2014 took place on 13-21st December, 2014, at the luxurious Sunway Playa Golf Sitges Hotel & Spa, situated on the Promenade of Sitges (40 km. south of Barcelona), in front of the sea and beside the golf club, in the residential quarter of Sitges. The 9-round Swiss event was split [...]

Al Ain has already made a significant contribution to high class chess events in the Gulf region. Currently it is hosting their third international open tournament, Al Ain Classic, on 18-27 December. Al Ain Classic had started as a side event to the 2012 World Cities Chess Team Championship. On that occasion, it had introduced [...]

African Chess Confederation (ACC) president Lewis Ncube this afternoon reiterated the need for chess programmes and activities in Africa to be highlighted to all federations in Africa and to the whole world.