H Ναυταθλητική Ένωση Πατρών διοργανώνει χριστουγεννιάτικο νεανικό τουρνουά το διάστημα 7 - 21 Δεκεμβρίου για σκακιστές και σκακίστριες ηλικίας έως 16 ετών. Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής μέχρι την Παρασκευή 5/12/2014. Παράβολο...

The Promotional U12 Tournament Ciutat de Barcelona 2014 is organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by Catalonia Hotels, the Barcelona City Hall and the Government (Generalitat) of Catalonia from 28th November to 2nd December 2014 in Hotel Catalonia, Eixample 1864, situated at Roger de Llúria Str., 60 (08009) in Barcelona, the second largest city [...]

The Promotional U10 Tournament Ciutat de Barcelona 2014 is organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by Catalonia Hotels, the Barcelona City Hall and the Government (Generalitat) of Catalonia from 28th November to 2nd December 2014 in Hotel Catalonia, Eixample 1864, situated at Roger de Llúria Str., 60 (08009) in Barcelona, the second largest city [...]

Του Παναγή Σκλαβούνου Στις 28 Νοεμβρίου 1910 τίμησε η Ελλάδα το Λορέντζο Μαβίλη στέλνοντάς τον στο Κοινοβούλιό της και στις 28 Νοεμβρίου 1912 ο Μαβίλης “μονομάχησε” και σκοτώθηκε στους Βαλκανικούς πολέμους για να...

My opponent in this chess game is from Finland. The first 11 moves of this chess game were pretty much what I expected. I was surprised by White’s 12th move, but it was in my database of chess games.  Once again, I was a little surprised by White’s 15th move. V. Golod has commented that […]

After two rounds of the Qatar Masters Open being played here at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Doha, Grandmasters Anish Giri, Pentala Harikrishna, Robin Van Kampen and 11 others who won both round games are jointly leading on 2 points each. GM Arkadij Naiditsch and Viktor Bologan lost to IM Inna Gaponenko and FM Vazquez Guillermo respectively [...]

The 2014 edition of Heusenstammer Schloss-Open was held on 20-23rd November 2014 at the Culture and Sports Center Mart Insee, in Heusenstamm, a town in Germany. The event was organized under the patronage of Heusenstamm’s Mayor Peter Jakobya in a 7-round Swiss format with prize fund in the amount of 5.500 €. Chinese GM Li Chao emerged a [...]

The 18th edition of Neujahrs Open is organized by Chess Club “SV Chemie Guben 1990 e.V.” on 2-6th January 2015 in Guben, a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 120 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 seconds increment [...]

The Russian Championship Superfinal for men and women is taking place from 28th November to 8th December at the Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tournament is organized by the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Charity Foundation Elena and Gennady Timchenko, with the support of [...]

The Russian Superfinal for men is taking place from 28th November to 8th December at the Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tournament is organized by the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Charity Foundation Elena and Gennady Timchenko, with the support of the Government of [...]

The Russian Superfinal for women is taking place from 28th November to 8th December at the Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tournament is organized by the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Charity Foundation Elena and Gennady Timchenko, with the support of the Government of the Republic [...]

At the GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial Myanmar Open, Sergei Tiviakov is living up to his top billing by taking the sole lead with a 5,5/6 points going into the rest day after three days of grueling play. He is closely followed by Nguyen Duc Hoa (whom Tiviakov took a short draw with Black in [...]

In a recent tournament game that I painfully lost, I had a terrible losing position, but my opponent suddenly changed the nature of the game by allowing me to set up a blockade that should have enabled me to draw. I played carelessly and threw away the draw. I thought it would be instructive to […]

The opening day of the mega-open Qatar Masters saw many upsets. Vladimir Kramnik drew with Halkias Stelios on the 2nd board while Baadur Jobava lost to his compatriot Bela Khotenashvili. Arkadij Naiditsch lost to Ankit Rajpara, GM Mateusz Bartel lost to IM Bogdan Belyakov, GM Viktor Bologan lost to IM Neelotpal Das and GM B [...]

Το ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΠ συνεδρίασε στις 23/11/2014 και πήρε τις παρακάτω αποφάσεις…..