Σχετικά με την 3η Γενική Συνέλευση ενημερώνουμε ότι υποβλήθηκαν τέσσερεις υποψηφιότητες για τις συμπληρωματικές εκλογές για την πλήρωση 2 θέσεων στο Δ.Σ. της ΕΣΣΠ. Και επίσης για την μικρή μετατόπιση της ώρας...

This is a game that I played back in July of 1990. This is one of four chess games that I played against Rick Christopher back then. I won three of those games and lost one of them. This game is one of my wins. Rick was a player that I didn’t take seriously because […]

The 14th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union and Estonian Chess Federation on 12-17th November 2014 at the Meriton Grand Conference & Spa Hotel Conference Centre in Tallinn, the capital and largest city of Estonia. Boys and girls under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 participate in [...]

The WALTON Home Appliance Premier Division Chess League-2014 is taking place on 12-20th November 2014 at the Media Center of Bangladesh Olympic Association in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The highest team chess event in Bangladesh consists of 9 teams: Sreejan Chess Club, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar, Bangladesh Navy Chess Team (Junior), Fire-Service & Civil Defense...

The WALTON Home Appliance Premier Division Chess League-2014 is taking place on 12-20th November 2014 at the Media Center of Bangladesh Olympic Association in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The highest team chess event in Bangladesh consists of 9 teams: Sreejan Chess Club, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar, Bangladesh Navy Chess Team (Junior), Fire-Service & Civil Defense...

Μινιατούρες (miniature) λέμε τα προβλήματα που έχουν μέχρι 7 κομμάτια συνολικά.Στην σημερινή ανάρτηση θα δούμε ένα δυάρι άμεσου ματ (direct two-mover) του Νίκου Περγιάλη και ένα βοηθητικό πεντάρι (helpmate five-mover) του Εμμανουήλ...

Grandmaster Repertoire 18 The Sicilian Sveshnikov By Vassilios Kotronias Quality Chess 2014 Edited by IM Andrew Greet Βιβλιοπαρουσίαση: Νίκος Ντίρλης 1.ε4 γ5 2.Ιζ3 Ιγ6 3.δ4 γxδ4 4.Ιxδ4 Ιζ6 5.Ιγ3 ε5 6.Ιβ5 δ6 7.Αη5 α6 8.Ια3 β5! Η βαριάντα της Σικελικής Άμυνας, που φέρει σήμερα το όνομα του...

Concurrently with the FIDE World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, the Russian Chess Federation will hold Mikhail Tal Memorial on 13-14th November in Sochi. Mikhail Tal Memorial will be a 12-player double round robin tournament with the time control 4′+2”. The playing venue will be the 2nd floor of the Sochi Media [...]

The 2014 World Chess Championship rematch between Carlsen and Anand kicked off with Carlsen playing the Grünfeld as Black, an interesting choice since he does not usually play this opening, and in fact Anand is the one who prepared the Grünfeld as Black in 2013. The game proceeded along a path in which Anand as […]

Hungary abounds with chess tournaments of all kind – for amateurs, professionals, closed ones specifically designed for norms and many other forms of chess promotion. The Budapest Open, accompanied with GM and IM tournaments, since its inception, five years ago, is getting in popularity and international acclaim. As IM Eric Kislik (USA) says: ‘I like [...]

The 4th quarter Presidential Board meeting held in Sochi, Russia from 7th to 10th November 2014 approved the following FIDE titles:  GM Lorenzini, Martin ARG Obregon, Andres Carlos ARG Ju, Wenjun CHN Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal CRC Hawkins, Jonathan ENG Pavlidis, Antonios GRE Idani, Pouya IRI Pakleza, Zbigniuew POL Sivuk, Vitaly UKR Nguyen, Duc Hoa USA [...]

The 6th Lian Open 2014 was organized by Bushehr Chess Association on behalf of the Iranian Chess Federation from 5th to 11th November 2014 at the Bushehr Chess House in Bushehr, the capital city of the Bushehr Province in Iran. The event was a 9-round Swiss Open with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. 129 players [...]

The splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine, will be hosting numerous chess events. The 3rd Yury Privalov Memorial 2014 had just ended, when the National finals for Men and Women kicked off. Twelve of the best Ukrainian male and female players will be guests of the 4-Star Hotel Warszawa**** from 10th to 22nd November 2014 [...]

Two contestants lead Chessbet’s World Championship Race

Τα νεανικά πρωταθλήματα δυστυχώς δεν πήγαν τόσο καλά την περασμένη Κυριακή με τις δύο ομάδες της Καλλιθέας να χάνουν με το ίδιο σκορ. Για το Πρωτάθλημα Κ12 λοιπόν, η ομάδα μας έχασε εντός έδρας από την αντίστοιχη του Σ.Ο...