Στην πόλη Γκερ της Ουγγαρίας γίνεται αυτές τις ημέρες η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα με ομάδες μέχρι 16 χρονών και η Ελλάδα ξεκίνησε με δύο νίκες σε τρεις αγώνες. Εδώ θα δείτε ένα μικρό βίντεο από τους αγώνες, όπου γύρω στο 0:28...

As chess has been cursed with ‘win with’ books for decades, it’s no surprise that there are now plenty of adverts around for miracle chess courses. The claim is that they produce amazing results in a short period of time, usually being available for a limited time only and at a special, knocked down price. […]

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are taking place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China. Some of the strongest men in the world will compete in the blitz tournament: Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov,Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vassily Ivanchuk, Lenier Dominguez Perez, Ruslan Ponomariov, Teimour Radjabov, Boris Gelfand, Petar...

The SportAccord World Mind Chess Games 2014 are taking place on 11-17th December 2014 in Beijing, China. Some of the strongest women in the world will compete in the blitz tournament: Yifan Hou, Anna Muzychuk, Humpy Koneru, Nana Dzagnidze, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Valentina Gunina, Xue Zhao, Wenjun Ju, Tatiana Kosintseva, Elisabeth Paehtz,Dronavalli Harika, Anna...

Zadar Open 2014 is taking place on 14-20th December 2014 at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik, in Zadar, a city in Croatia, situated on the Adriatic Sea. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament open to all players rated over 2200. 45 players from 9 different countries are competing for the first prize of 2.200 [...]

The 15th European Senior Chess Championship for Men and Women will be held in Eretria, Greece, from 28th April to 8th May, 2015. The tournament venue is the conference center of the 4-star “Eretria Village” Hotel, near the ancient city of Eretria. The Championship is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations who have [...]

From 25 to 28 November 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Yaoundé, Cameroon, by the Cameroon Chess federation, in cooperation with the African Chess Union and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Hotel Azur, in Yaoundé. The lecturer was IA Stephen Boyd (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 21 to 25 October 2015 in Dresden, Germany, by the FIDE Disabled Commission, in cooperation with the ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Geurt Gijssen (NED), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lectures will be IA Egmont Poenisch (GER) [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 31 January to 5 February 2015 in Moscow, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the Russian State Social University in Moscow. The Lecturer will be IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and [...]

From 11 to 13 November 2014 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in New Delhi, India, by the Delhi Chess Association, in cooperation with the All India Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI), FIDE Lecturer. The lectures were in English language. Twenty eight (28) National Arbiters [...]

Zadar Chess Union is holding the 2014 Zadar Open from 14-20th December at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik in Zadar, Croatia. The event consists of two sections, Group A for players rated above 2200 FIDE and Group B for U2300 players. Both sections will be completed over nine rounds of Swiss system. Top prizes [...]

The 17th International Chess Festival “Citta di Padova” is taking place on 14-21st December 2014 in Padova, Italy. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament open to all players rated above 1800 FIDE Elo. Top seed is last-year’s winner GM Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) 2627. Official website

Abierto Legislatura 2014 “Copa Norberto La Porta” takes place on 13-21st December at the Salon Dorado de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires – Peru 160 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A total of 387 players are competing in two sections – Open A and Open B. The tournament is organized by the Federacion [...]

My fourth consecutive black saw me facing 1. c4 so it’s not relevant to this series of articles. Another match and yet another outing with the black pieces. This was yet another Richmond v Surbiton encounter: Richmond B v Surbiton A so I was on a high board against an opponent about 200 points stronger […]

The 66th Montenegro Individual Men’s Chess Championship is taking place on 10-20th December 2014 in Podgorica as a part of “December Days of Chess” in Podgorica. The event is a 12-player round-robin tournament, held in the hall of the National Library “Radosav Ljumovic”, gathering the members of the Montenegro Olympic team, as well as the most promising [...]