The 16-years old Polish Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2014 that was held on 20-21st December at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. 783 players from 32 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10) competed in the 11-round Swiss event with the time control G-15′+10”. The field included 73 Grandmasters and [...]

It’s important to learn about the idea of sacrificing a piece for a pawn or two in front of the castled enemy king. There are many books which will show you examples of this, and all teachers enjoy showing these games to their students. But if you read these books and follow these lessons you […]

The 2014 Montenegro Chess Championships took place from 10-20th December in the country capital Podgorica as part of the “December Days of Chess”. The men’s tournament event was a 12-player round-robin, held in the hall of the National Library “Radosav Ljumovic”, gathering the members of the Montenegro Olympic team, as well as the promising young [...]

The first round of the Generations “Shchelkunchik 2014″ Tournament was played today at the Botvinnik Chess Club in Moscow. The younger Russian generation “The Princes” shocked their more experienced colleagues “The Kings” to take an early lead 5-3. Alexei Shirov opened the score for the Kings by defeating Daniil Dubov. But Grigoriy Oparin immediately struck...

The battle of the generations “Shchelkunchik-2014″ Chess Tournament is organized by the Russian Chess Federation, businessman Oleg Skvortsov and Chess Support Fund on 19-25th December 2014. The Pre-New Year’s tournament is held in Moscow Central Chess House to gather “Kings” and “Princes”. The team of the “Kings” will consist of the experiencedGM Peter Leko (2731), GM...

The 52nd Groningen Chess Festival is taking place from 21-30th December at the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands. The event is a 9-round Swiss with prize fund € 6000. Top seeded are GM Sergei Tiviakov NED 2677, GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov RUS 2647, GM Qun Ma CHN 2621, GM Zaven Andriasian ARM 2609, GM [...]

The 52nd Groningen Chess Festival is taking place from 21-30th December at the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands. The first one is between European Youth Champion 2013 U14 Jorden van Foreest (2455 IM) and former Dutch Champion Dimitri Reinderman (2592 GM); the second one is between reigning Dutch Women Champion Anne Haast (2357 WIM) and German...

Η κλήρωση των πρωταθλημάτων ΠΟΑ και Β’ Τοπικής ΕΣΣΠ θα πραγματοποιηθεί τη Δευτέρα 22 Δεκεμβρίου στο καφέ «Μέλι» (Ν.Ε.Ο. Πατρών Αθηνών 82) και ώρα 18:00. Αμέσως μετά θα γίνει το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της ΕΣΣΠ για το μήνα...

The 52nd Groningen Chess Festival is taking place from 21-30th December at the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands. The Festival consists of several events: - Open A, 9-round Swiss for players rated above 2000, prize fund 6000 EUR - Open B, 9-round Swiss for players rated 1700-2100, prize fund 1500 EUR - [...]

The 130th MGU Open 2014 is scheduled to take place on 3-4th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The tournament will mark the beginning of the new 2015 – European year of development according to the European Union. The event is organized in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to [...]

Grandmaster Evgeny Postny from Israel won the main section of the 2014 Zadar Open which was held from 14-20th December in Zadar, Croatia. Postny completed the event with 7,0/9 points, half a point ahead of the Turkish International Masters Ogulcan Kanmazalp and Burak Firat. Kanmazalp earned a GM norm. Best placed local player GM Ante [...]

Back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, improving one’s chess skills was a simple process in theory. Playing chess meant facing off against a human opponent because the silicon beast had yet to rear it’s ugly head. When I was a teenager, if you wanted to get better at chess you acquired a […]

The Al Ain Chess Club invites all FIDE rated players to participate in the 3rd Al Ain Chess Classic from 19-27th December 2014. The 9-round Swiss tournament is held at the Al Ain Rotana Hili Hotel. Top prizes are 1st $11,000 / $8,500 / $6,000 / $4,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 etc (20 regular prizes) 149 players [...]

Συνηθίζεται στις γιορτές να δίνονται δώρα.Στην σημερινή ανάρτηση τα δώρα είναι αφιερώσεις.Ο Γιάννης Γαρουφαλίδης αφιερώνει ένα αδημοσίευτο πρόβλημα (αντίστροφο οχτάρι) στον Εμμανουήλ Μανωλά που γιορτάζει στις 26/12.Σε...

Grandmaster David Navara won the European Blitz Chess Championship 2014 that was held on 19th December at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. 616 players from 31 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10), including 176 International title holders, competed in the 11 double-round Swiss event with the time control G-3′+2”. David Navara finished clear [...]