Του Αντρέα Αθανασιάδη O Miguel De Unamuno (1864-1936) θεωρείται ένας από τους σημαντικότερους Ισπανούς συγγραφείς της εποχής του. Γεννήθηκε στο Μπιλμπάο των Βάσκων. Έντονα πολιτικοποιημένος θα υποστεί τις συνέπειες της...

After nearly a year the games in the Adrian Hollis Memorial are now over halfway completed with the current leader being GM Nigel Robson with a score of 5 / 7 with three games to finish. Of course, it is quite possible that other players will catch him when their games are finished. This is […]

Top seed Anish Giri is the sole leader at the ongoing Qatar Masters Open Chess Championship with perfect score after five rounds of play. On Sunday evening he defeated the 3rd-seeded Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in only 21 moves. Right behind Giri on 4,5 points is GM Nils Grandelius of Sweden. On 4 points there are as [...]

The December FIDE rating List has been published with Magnus Carlsen (2862) and Fabiano Caruana (2829) on top once again. Alexander Grischuk climbed up to third position passing the 2800 barrier with new rating of 2810, while Veselin Topalov remained fourth with 2800. Thus the new rating list is led by four players over 2800.     Standard [...]

Rapid Chess Tournament in memory of GM Andrei Kharlov was held on 29-30th November at the Nezhmetdinov Chess Club in Kazan, Russia. The Tatarstan Chess Federation organized the 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+5” and prize fund of 1700 EUR. Grandmaster Ivan Bukavshin emerged clear winner with 7,5/9 points, leaving FM Dmitry Ospennikov [...]

Η ΕΣΣΠ προκηρύσσει το “Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα ΕΣΣΠ 2015″, ΠΟΑ Εθνικής με 6 ομάδες και το το “Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Εθνικής ΕΣΣΠ 2015”. Η πρώτη αγωνιστική και των δύο πρωταθλημάτων ορίζεται στις 18/1/2015.

Top seed Anish Giri is the sole leader at the ongoing Qatar Masters Open Chess Championship with perfect score after four rounds of play. Half a point behind him are as many as five players including Evgeny Tomashevsky, Nils Grandelius, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pavel Eljanov and Yuriy Kryvoruchko all on 3,5 points. Replay games with analysis [...]

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will be the main star in an epic three-hour long entertainment show on NRK1 on Sunday 30th November. All Norwegians will have the opportunity to play against the chess king. Magnus Carlsen recently returned from Sochi, Russia, after winning the World Chess Championship for the second year in a row. [...]

It was not so many years ago that there were nine or ten fairly strong and serious teams in the Thames Valley League. It’s symptomatic of the decline in chess, at least in this part of London, that there are now only four serious teams: Ealing, Surbiton and Wimbledon along with my team, Richmond. My […]

In the end Englishman Nigel Short and Russian Vladimir Belous were declared joint champions of the Zaw Win Lay Myanmar International Open when both finished equal on points and the tie-break calculation showed two different results when done manually from the official Swiss Manager computer program! But it was the three rounds after the rest [...]

FIDE and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize on Internet a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in Arabic language. The following subjects will be discussed: (a) The changes of the Laws of Chess that have been in effect since 1 July 2014. (b) The changes of FIDE Titles, Ratings Regulations and Swiss System regulations that [...]

The 2014 edition of African Zone 4.2 Open tournament and African Zone 4.2 Women’s tournament were organized by the Egyptian Chess Federation on 22-29th November 2014 in Cairo, the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Middle East. The Open Section was a 9-round Swiss tournament, won by GM Bassem Amin (Egypt) on [...]

Beginners are fond of launching early or premature attacks regardless of what it does to their position. These attacks are uncoordinated and weaken the beginner’s position which more often than not, costs them the game. After a few chess lessons, the beginner’s attack becomes more coordinated. The most popular point of attack for beginners are […]

GM Anish Giri continued his winning spree in the 3rd round of the Qatar Masters Open being played in Doha’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. There are now four joint leaders in Anish Giri, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Mikhailo Oleksienko and Nils Grandelius on 3 points each after 3 rounds. Vladimir Kramnik, who drew his first two games, finally [...]

The TCEC – Season 6 Grand champion Stockfish, modification 091114, maintains the lead in TCEC Season 7 – Stage 3 with 17/24 points. Komodo 1324 is clear second with 16 points. The third seeded Houdini is facing Stockfish right now. Follow the encounter LIVE at the official website or replay the games in the Archive mode. Stage 3 rules Stage 3 [...]