Note: London Classic Super blitz starts today at 19:00 local time, you can view it live here and here

Την πρώτη Κυριακή του νέου έτους, 4 Ιανουαρίου 2015 (ώρα 11.00-13.30) θα πραγματοποιηθεί το 2ο Κύπελλο Ελλάδας στη Λύση Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Μετά την, κατά γενική ομολογία, επιτυχημένη πρώτη διοργάνωση, το Κύπελλο Λύσης...

The Portugal Chess Academy announces the Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open to be held from 26-30th December at the 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. The 9-round Swiss event is rated with FIDE and valid for [...]

This warning from Stephen Hawking got me thinking. First of all I was surprised that he was taking the trouble to lend support for this idea which has been depicted in the movies on numerous occasions. And then I started considering chess players’ relationships with computers and how they’ve changed the nature of the game. […]

On 6th December the Tbilisi Chess Palace hosted the Presidential Election of the Georgian Chess Federation. 56 delegates attended the elections, among whom Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili, the ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and chess Olympic Champions Nana Alexandria, Nana Ioseliani and Nino Gurieli. The delegates unanimously re-elected GM Giorgi Giorgadze as President, and later...

A six game match between the U.S.A. players GM Varuzhan Akobian (2637) and GM Julio Becerra (2546) will take part from Monday, 8th December to Wednesday, 10th December. The event is sponsored by Falbo Knows Tennis and is being held at the Spring Hill Suites in Lawrence, Kansas. The match will begin at 10 am CST and be [...]

The XXIII Montcada International Chess Tournament is scheduled to be held from 25th June to 3rd July 2015 at the brand new Teatro Municipal, in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. The event will be a 9-round Swiss open tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms, with a playing venue situated just 5 km from Barcelona. The tempo of play is [...]

The 3rd Balta Albastra Ed Cup 2014 was organized by the Chess Club “Bicazul” and SC Tavias SRL Bacău on 4-7th December 2014 in Letea Veche, a commune in Bacău County, Romania. The event was a 7-round Swiss tournament, valid for FIDE and Romanian rating, with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. Moldovan players IM [...]

Srinath Narayanan of India and Charlene Mikee Suede of the Philippines won the Asian Juniors and Girls Championships, respectively, held from 28 November to 5 December 2014 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Naranyan, the defending Asian junior champion, was way above the field as he retained his crown without a doubt, beating back strong opposition from [...]

Fate soon offered me another opportunity to defend against 1. e4 in another Richmond v Surbiton encounter, this time a match between our respective B teams. Again I was sitting opposite an opponent rated slightly below me. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Someone else who’s going Italian. I decided to try the […]

The 2nd Annual Greater Midwest Class Championships were held on 28-30th November at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Hotel, 1800 E. Golf Rd., Schaumburg, Illinois. The event consisted of five sections: Master/Expert (2000-up), Class A (U2000), Class B (U1800), Class C (U1600) and Class D (U1400 and below). All groups were completed over 5 rounds of [...]

The 1st Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2014 will be held from 13-21st December at the Sunway Playa Golf Sitges Hotel & Spa in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. The 9-round Swiss event will have two sections: Group A open to all players and valid for title norms, and Group B reserved for U2000 players. A total [...]

The Montenegro Chess Federation organizes the “December Days of Chess” in Podgorica from 10th to 20th December 2014, when numerous competitions and activities will be held. The Montenegro Chess Federation feels it is time to get significant chess competitions again in the Capital, which has always been responsible for the development of chess in Montenegro, [...]

The Russian Chess Championship Superfinal, the 67th for men and the 64th for women, is taking place from 27th November till 8th December in the city of Kazan, in a branch of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (the Khazine Gallery). The Superfinal is the main individual competition in the Russian chess [...]

Για κάτι άλλο έψαχνα στο Διαδίκτυο, αυτό το σπάνιο ντοκουμέντο βρέθηκε μπροστά μου. Ένα σύντομο βίντεο σχετικά με την πρώτη θέση της Εθνικής γυναικών της Ουγγαρίας (λέγε με «αδελφές Πόλγκαρ») το 1988 στη Θεσσαλονίκη, που...