Two FIDE Seminars for International Organizers were held on November 1-3, 2014 in Vladivostok, Russia and November 8-10, 2014 in Belgorod, Russia. Seminars were organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE). The Lecturer in both Seminars was the IO Alexander Kostyev, ISCU President. Technical Organizer was NA Tsintsadze Vyacheslav in Vladivostok and IA Ivanov Alexander [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26 to 28 November 2014 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, by the African Chess Confederation, in cooperation with the Cameroon Chess Federation and under the auspice of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be Hotel AZUR, in Yaoundé. The Lecturer will be IA Stephen Boyd (FRA), [...]

Στις υπό έκδοση νέες κυκλοφορίες σκακιστικών βιβλίων του εκδοτικού οίκου Quality Chess βρίσκονται και δύο βιβλία του Βασίλη Κοτρωνιά. Πρόκειται γιά τον δεύτερο και τρίτο τόμο της συγγραφικής του εργασίας πάνω στην Ινδική...

Του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη Φινάλε Πύργων – 2 Και τώρα ένα πιο απλό παράδειγμα, που αν δεν το κατέχεις, γίνεται απείρως πιο πολύπλοκο. I.Vanchura, 28 Rijen, 1926 Draw Ωραία, και blind να παίζεις βλέπεις ότι πρέπει να πλησιάσει ο βασιλιάς...

Τέλειωσε το ματς για το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα στο Σότσι με νικητή τον Νορβηγό Κάρλσεν. Τελικό σκορ: 6,5-4,5. Ο Κάρλσεν επικράτησε επί του Ανάντ στην δραματική 11η παρτίδα:

Winning a won game is one of the trickiest aspects of chess. In addition to the regular difficulties in combining tactics and strategy, there are great psychological pressures to contend with. For some it’s an internalized parent telling them not to mess it up, others will become careless and wonder when their opponents will resign. […]

The 2014 edition of Alkaloid International Rapid Chess Tournament took place on 23rd November 2014 at Hotel Continental in Skopje, the capital and largest city of the Former Republic of Macedonia. The event was organized by Chess Club Alkaloid – Skopje in a 9-round Swiss FIDE Rapid format with tempo of play 15′ + 5″. [...]

Final score 6,5 - 4,5

So, as I explained last week, I’ve decided to play more positively and make some changes to my opening repertoire. In particular, I’m switching from c5 to e5 in reply to e4. You might think c5 is the more aggressive choice, but not in my case. I preferred the relatively stodgy Kalashnikov Sicilian, but in […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 4 December 2014 in Sauremo, Angola, by the Angola Chess Federation, in cooperation with the African Chess Union and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Carlos Dias (POR), FIDE Lecturer. The language of the Seminar will be Portuguese and [...]

Thousands of annotated games of Anand, Fischer, Kasparov, Capabanca ,etc

The first European Tourbullon (Bughouse, Atomac) Championship was held on 16th November at Scacchistica Milanese in Milan, Italy. The event was organized by the TIF. 23 teams with 46 players competed for the prize fund of 15,000 EUR. The tournament was completed over two stages: 23-rounds of RR followed by knockout between top four teams. [...]

του Ίλια Κακουσάντζε Το σκάκι έχει γίνει πολύ δημοφιλές άθλημα από πέρυσι που ο Magnus Carlsen αναδείχθηκε παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής ενώ πιο πριν από ότι μου λένε (είμαι Νορβηγία από τον Ιουλίου του 2013 όποτε δεν ξέρω προσωπικά...

German journalist Ulrich Stock, who is covering the World Championship Match Carlsen-Anand for Die Zeit, is sharing his impressions and talks about the interest for the match in Germany. Video by Vijay Kumar

Στην τελική ευθεία εισέρχεται το ματς για το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα μεταξύ του Κάρλσεν και του Ανάντ. Ο Νορβηγός διατηρεί προβάδισμα μιας νίκης, και απομένουν να παιχτούν δυο παρτίδες, η μια την Κυριακή 23/11 και η...