You can learn technical rook endgames using any good endgame book, but what I am going to share is based on my experience and little reading. If you deploy following points while playing rook endgame it will definitely help you. An active rook is your hero: Rooks love to attack in the endgame. Here are […]

The 10th Governor’s Cup Yugra is taking place on 5-13th November 2014 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss Open with prize fund in the amount of 1.210.000 RUB (nearly 22.000 €). Top seed is GM Maxim Matlakov (26) Official website

Περιλαμβάνεται στην ανθολογία του Γιάννη Αντωνιάδη “Σκάκι και Λογοτεχνία”, IANOS 2013 Ο Λούις Κάρολ (1832 – 1898), ο οποίος με την Αλίκη του δημιούργησε την λογοτεχνική κατηγορία της παιδικής λογοτεχνίας, καθηγητής...

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Sacrifices in chess are among the most exciting things to observe. They are also very satisfying to play … especially when they go right. They have the ability to take calmness and turn it on its head, giving the game a dramatic and tense flavour. However, sacrifices are not things to be taken lightly or […]

The Italian GM Sabino Brunello and Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev take the lead in the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament “Durres 2014″, which is organized by the Albanian Chess Federation on 1-8th November 2014 in the Conference Hall of the 4-star Hotel “Bleart”**** near the splendid city of Durres, Albania. Both of the leaders have perfect 4/4 score. Brunello was successful [...]

The 3rd Yury Privalov Memorial was held from 28th October to 2nd November 2014 in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. The event was organized in honor of the Ukrainian trainer Yuriy Privalov in a 10-player IM round-robin format with a time control 90′ + 30″. IM Daniil Shkuran emerged a clear winner on 7/9 points, followed [...]

The ninth and final round of 18th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft, that was taking place from 25th October to 2nd November 2014 in Bad Wiessee, Germany, was characterized by very gentle acting on the top boards. The leaders GM Robert Hovhannisyan (Armenia) and GM Ante Saric (Croatia) played an extremely safe variation of the Slav Defence and [...]

Με 4 στα 4 ο ΣΟΠ είναι σχεδόν βέβαιο ότι θα κατακτήσει τον τίτλο του πρωταθλητή στο νεανικό ομαδικό πρωτάθλημα. Τα αποτελέσματα του Δ γύρου και η κλήρωση του τελευταίου γύρου...

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Caen Chess Club “Alekhine” is one of the greatest in the Lower-Normandy Region of France. The Club has been organizing the International Open Tournament of Caen for over 20 years. The 24th edition of the event took place from 30th October to 2nd November 2014 in the city of Caen, a commune in northwestern France and capital [...]

Six players qualified for the Final Stage of the 2013/2014 Portugal Classical Chess Circuit after seven exciting tournaments, consisting of more than 360 players, who participated on the behalf of 62 domestic chess clubs . Ivo Rodriguez Dias, Simão Maciel Abranches Pintor, Orfeh Bolhari, António Silva, Jorge Ferreira and André Sousa played in a single round-robin tournament from 31st...

Many players are put off from learning a defence like the Sicilian Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6) because of its reputation for being highly theoretical. This is true, but only if you play the sharpest lines at the highest level. At club level the Najdorf can be played with […]

Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin is the winner of the second stage of FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent with 7,0/11 points. His nearest followers Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru Nakamura finished half a point behind. Round 11 results: Andreikin Dmitry – Giri Anish 1/2-1/2 Jobava Baadur – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – Nakamura Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko [...]

Houdini 4 takes the sole lead in the strongest computer engine competition  TCEC Season 7 – Stage 2 after defeating Protector 1.8b1 in  82 moves. The leader has 6/7 points winning 5 consecutive games. His only loss was against Chiron 2 in the second round of the competition. TCEC Season 6 Superfinalists Komodo and Stockfish share second place on 5.5 [...]