Beginners learn the relative values of the pieces early in their chess studies and use those values to calculate the outcome of material exchanges (trading pieces). While using this numerical method can help a player avoid losing an exchange of material, it cannot be the sole basis for determining whether or not an exchange will […]

The 2014 CCSCSL Invitational GM round-robin tournament is taking place on 21-25th November  in Saint Louis, USA. GM Ben Finegold, GM Denes Boros, GM Samy Shoker, IM Priyadharshan Kannappan, IM Sam Sevian, IM Levan Bregadze, IM Andrei Gorovets, IM Ashwin Jayaram, IM Raja Panjwani and IM Andranik Matikozyan will compete in 9 rounds for the first prize of $1,000. The tournament is valid...

The 2014 CCSCSL Invitational IM round-robin tournament is taking place on 21-25th November  in Saint Louis, USA. IM Mateusz Bobula, IM Angelo Young, IM Ron Burnett, IM David Ross, NM Iskandar Aripov, WFM Maria De Rosa, FM Sean Vibbert, FM Kostya Kavutskiy, FM Michael Brown, FM David Hua will compete in 9 round for the first prize of $900. The tournament is valid for IM norms and...

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The 2014 edition of Heusenstammer Schloss-Open is taking place on 20-23rd November 2014 at the Culture and Sports Center Mart Insee, in Heusenstamm, a town in Germany. The event is 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 €. The tempo of [...]

The University of Texas at Dallas is organizing the 2014 UT Dallas Fall FIDE Open from 21-26th November at the Embassy Suites Dallas – Park Central, 13131 North Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas, USA. The 9-round Swiss event with the time control 90′+30″ guarantees prize fund in the amount of $7,500. 44 players from 15 different countries are taking [...]

The Qatar Masters 2014, a new mega-open chess tournament, is taking place from 25th November to 5th December at the 5-star Crowne Plaza Hotel in Doha, Qatar. The organizers are excited to have such great chess players as Vladimir Kramnik, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Alexei Shirov, Gata Kamsky, Pentala Harikrishna, Pavel Eljanov and many others. The event is...

Πέρασαν τρισίμιση χρόνια από τότε που πέταξε ο Σταύρος Ψωμιάδης. Ο Πολιστικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Προσωπικού ΔΕΗ Θεσσαλονίκης σε συνεργασία με την ΕΣΣΘ-Χ διοργανώνει δυο σκακιστικές εκδηλώσεις στη μνήμη του. 1)...

Ένα σκακιστικό πρόβλημα του Eugene Beauharnais Cook  θα μελετήσουμε σήμερα.Ο Eugene Beauharnais Cook (19/05/1830 New York City - 19/03/1915 Hoboken {New Jersey}) υπήρξε αμερικανός σκακιστικός συνθέτης και σκακιστής.Ήταν πολύ καλός σκακιστικός συνθέτης ο οποίος...

This article will be a collection of short games in which either my opponent or I blundered early in the games. All three of these chess games were played on ICC against a computer program called BethO. I have a bad habit of playing late at night or early in the morning making me too tired […]

The WALTON Home Appliance Premier Division Chess League-2014 was held on 12-20th November 2014 at the Media Center of Bangladesh Olympic Association in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Navy Chess Team was superior with perfect 16/16 score. The golden medalists are: FM Rahman Md. Taibur (2283), GM Abdulla Al-Rakib (2514), GM Hossain Enamul (2420), IM Minhazuddin Ahmed (2421), FM Ahmed Sk...

Τα αποτελέσματα των ομάδων μας την προηγούμενη Κυριακή ήταν τα εξής: Ομαδικό πρωτάθλημα παίδων Κ16: ΑΟ Φοίνιξ Αγιάς Σοφιάς – ΣΟ Καλλιθέας: 0-6 Ομαδικό πρωτάθλημα παμπαίδων Κ12: ΑΟ Τρεις Αστέρες – ΣΟ Καλλιθέας: 4-2 Κύπελλο...

Ο Προμηθέας διοργανώνει το 6ο τουρνουά “Επαγγελματικών Τάξεων” στις 27 και 28 Δεκεμβρίου στο Επιστημονικό Πάρκο Πατρών. Το τουρνουά είναι ελβετικό ατομικό rapid 7 γύρων με χρόνο 20’+ 10’’ και διεθνή αξιολόγηση rapid

The 2014 edition of Pavlodar Open is scheduled to be held from 20th November to 10th December 2014 in Pavlodar, a city in northeastern Kazakhstan. The event is a 10-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting [...]

The 19th Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona round-robin tournament 2014 is taking place from 28th November to 2nd December in Hotel Catalonia, Eixample 1864, situated at Roger de Llúria Str., 60 (08009) in Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain. The event is organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by Catalonia Hotels, the Barcelona City [...]