On November 8 in the Novotel Moscow City Hotel the 4th round of the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in Memory of Tigran Petrosian was played. The first to be finished was the game Ding Liren vs. Alexander Grischuk. Grandmasters played out an opening variation that had been well analyzed by both. The events developed forcedly, [...]

This will be my last post on the problems with junior chess for the foreseeable future, but, if you’ll excuse me, I’d like to summarise what I’ve been writing recently. I’ve been spending the past 15 years telling anyone who’ll listen to me that the best thing we could do to promote and encourage chess […]

Μερικά χρόνια πριν "η Αισθητική Ωραιότητα των σκακιστικών συνθέσεων" μετρήθηκε μέσω υπολογιστή, με χρήση του λογισμικού Chesthetica του Dr. Azlan Iqbal.Σε ένα πρόσφατο άρθρο ο Dr. Azlan Iqbal παρουσιάζει μια σειρά από τριάρια άμεσου ματ...

The official opening ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between the reigning champion Magnus Calsen (Norway) and the challenger and former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand (India) took place at the Congress Hall of the Radisson Blu hotel in Sochi on November 7th, 2014. The ceremony was attended by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) [...]

The first press conference of the Carlsen-Anand FIDE World Championship Match was held last night at the Radisson Blu Resort in the presence of World Champion Magnus Carlsen, former Champion and Challenger Viswanathan Anand, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of Russian Chess Federation Andrey Filatov, former World Champion Anatoly Karpov and match organizer Ilya Merenzon. [...]

Η κλήρωση με τα μπαλόνια, στην τελετή έναρξης, έδωσε στον Ανάντ τα λευκά κομμάτια για τη σημερινή πρώτη παρτίδα που αρχίζει στις 2 το μεσημέρι ώρα Ελλάδας. Στα σχόλια αυτής της ανάρτησης μπορείτε να γράφετε τις απόψεις...

ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΣΚΑΚΙ Λαμία,    16-11-2014 Οι σκακιστικοί όμιλοι της Λαμίας,  η Ε.Σ.Σ.Κ.Ε.  και η Δ/νση Πρωτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης Φθιώτιδας, συνδιοργανώνουν το 1ο ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΣΚΑΚΙΟΥ.  Οι αγώνες θα διεξαχθούν στις 16-11-2014 στο12ο Δημοτικό...

Often, the beginner finds himself (or herself) having to constantly defend a series of positions when playing a stronger or more aggressive opponent. Beginners are apt to be either the aggressive or passive player (defender) during their games and tend to end up on the defensive (passive) side more often than not. They (the beginner) […]

Live video from the World Chess Championship 2014

On Thursday, November 6, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in Memory of Tigran Petrosian which is held at the Novotel Moscow City Hotel. He examined the photo exhibition dedicated to the 9th champion of the world with great interest, greeted the players and made a symbolic first move [...]

The President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrey Filatov and the Vice-President of the Armenian Chess Federation Smbat Lputian in the presence of the President of Armenia and head of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan signed an agreement on cooperation in promoting chess in schools and development of cooperation within the sphere of chess [...]

Live with detailed coverage from the opening day

Δεν μπορώ να ξέρω αν έπαιζαν πράγματι σκάκι στο δωμάτιο που έγραψε το ημερολόγιό της η Άννα Φρανκ, αλλά στην κινηματογραφική μεταγραφή του 1959 που σκηνοθέτησε ο Τζορτζ Στίβενς, όχι απόλυτα πιστή, έβαλαν κάτι σκηνές...

My opponent is this game is a Senior Master and is the only 2400 rated player that I have faced in Over the Board chess. Gary has won the State of Florida Chess Championship at least once and has also run the state championship as the senior tournament director for that event at least once. […]

The 2014 Chess World Cup Zonal 3.5 took place from 26th October to 5th November 2014 in Zhongshan, China. The 11-round Swiss Open consisted of 54 players, including 6 GMs, 9 IMs, 4 FMs and 3 WGMs. GM Wei Yi topped the event with 8.5/11 and qualified for the World Chess Cup in Baku 2015. The second spot was taken [...]