The Austrian Chess Bundesliga, season 2014/2015 kicks off on 20th November 2014 in Feffernitz, Austria. 12 teams will take part in the event to compete in 11 rounds against each other. More than 50 GMs will participate. Top seeded are GM Richard Rapport HUN (2713), GM Hrant Melkumyan ARM 2678, GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu GER (2672) [...]

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Άρθρο γραμμένο από τον Henry Sedley με τον τίτλο "Chess in America" το οποίο δημοσιεύθηκε στο μηνιαίο αμερικανικό περιοδικό "Harper's New Monthly Magazine", Τόμος 76, Έκδοση 454, Μάρτιος 1888. Το τετρασέλιδο άρθρο ήταν "στολισμένο" με δύο λιθογραφίες...

In a hard-fought game my student played that ended in a draw, when we were looking at it, I observed that his opponent missed a win at one single critical moment. This was a result of an accumulation of positionally questionable decisions that, although in themselves still led to defensible positions, led to a single […]

GM Erwin L’Ami and IM Robert Ris provide daily video analyzes of the World Chess Championship for Chessity. Here are the game 7 and 8 recaps. Visit the Chessity blog for more articles and info. Game 7 After a small break -one of your commentators had to play a bit of chess himself – Robert [...]

The European Individual Chess Championship 2015 is scheduled to take place from 23rd February to 8th March, 2015, at the Jerusalem Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel. The event is organized by the Israel Chess Federation and Municipality of Jerusalem under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The European Individual Chess Championship is open to [...]

The 4th Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2014 is scheduled to take place on 26-31st December at the Hotel Howard Johnson in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Concurrently with the main event there will be U14 Copa Latinoamericana (for players born 2000 or later), sponsored by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The organizers are Ecuador Chess Federation, FIDE America and [...]

  Και ενώ το ματς γιά τον τίτλο του Παγκόσμιου Πρωταθλητή μεταξύ του Magnus Carlsen και του Viswanathan Anand καλά κρατεί και είναι σίγουρα πολύ πιό ενδιαφέρον από την προηγούμενη μεταξύ τους αναμέτρηση γιά τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο, ας...

Identifying the key defender can be a very useful technique, particularly when you are in attack. For example in this position (taken from The Encyclopedia Of Chess Combinations): Here the queen sacrifice on f3 look very promising (it is often good to start your calculation with forcing moves as your opponent won’t get time to […]

Ιαόπαλες έληξαν η 7η και 8η παρτίδα στο Σότσι, στο ματς για το παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα μεταξύ του Νορβηγού Κάρλσεν και του Ινδού Ανάντ. Έτσι, ο Κάρλσεν εξακολουθεί να προηγείται, με σκορ 4,5-3.5, ενώ απομένουν 4 παρτίδες...

The reigning TCEC Grand champion Stockfish , modification 091114, maintains the lead in TCEC Season 7 – Stage 3. The leader scored 7.5/10 points, leaving the nearest follower Komodo, variation 1324, full point behind. Stockfish and Komodo are yet unbeaten. The game between them in round 10 finished equal after 58 moves. Houdini 4 and Critter 1.6a [...]

The 2nd Behin Bazafarin Cup 2014 is taking place on 15-22nd November 2014 in Tehran, the capital of Iran and the largest city in Western Asia. The event is organized by the Iranian Chess Federation in a 9-round Swiss format with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of [...]

The UAE Chess Federation & Sharjah Chess and Cultural Club, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and FIDE organize the 2014 Sharjah – Capital of Islamic Culture Individual Women Chess Tournament on 14-24th November 2014 in Sharjah, UAE. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of 3.000 $. Top [...]

The German Masters Women Individual Chess Tournament 2014 is organized by the German Chess Federation in collaboration with the Dresden Chess Festival and Meissen UKA on 16-24th November 2014. The event is taking place at Wyndham Garden Hotel in Dresden, the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. 10 of the best female German [...]

Τρεις φωτογραφίες από απλές, καθημερινές στιγμές τριών κορυφαίων σκακιστών του 20ου αιώνα.  Ο Bobby Fischer ενώ απολαμβάνει το "μαλλί της γριάς" (1961). Ο Miguel Najdorf μελετά μία παρτίδα ενώ τρώει την σούπα του (δεκαετία 1960). Ο...