In my time playing chess, I have often found that players prefer bishops over knights. This is especially so for amateur players, who often wish to maintain them at all costs. This most probably has something to do with their long-range capabilities, and the fact that they can easily change their ‘theatre’s of operation’ so-to-speak. […]

The Sport University Association of Belgrade organizes “The Week of chess at the University of Belgrade” in the end of October. It will include three chess events, two of which have an international character. For the past 9 years the central chess event at the University has been the traditional internet chess match between the [...]

On 20th October before the opening ceremony of Grand Prix in Tashkent, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, together with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Adham Ilkhamovich Ikramov, Chairman of the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan Alisher Saidabbasovich Sultanov and First Deputy Minister of Sport Muradzhan Bakievich Aliyev visited the new specialized youth chess [...]

The second stage of FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 was officially opened on Monday evening at the Gallery of Fine Arts in Tashkent. The tournament’s opening ceremony was attended by chess players, officials, sponsors, national and international media. From 21st October till 2nd November over eleven rounds, the strongest players in the world will compete [...]

The 24th European Youth Chess Championship has officially started. The competition gathered 989 young chess players from 45 European countries, divided in 12 categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, boys and girls separately. The Championship takes place in Batumi, coastal town in Georgia, 18-29 October, 2014 in hotel Sheraton Batumi, and is organized [...]

The Unive Hoogeveen Chess Festival 2014 took place on 11-18th October 2014 in Hoogeveen, in the Netherlands. The event was split into several groups – two 6-game matches (the highlight of the event), 9-round Open tournament and two Amateur tournaments. The match Anish Giri vs. Alexei Shirov finished 4,5:1,5 in favor of the World #7 [...]

Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων – Κορασίδων(5ος γύρος): ΣΟ Καλλιθέας – ΑΣ Παπάγου: 3-2,5 Δύσκολη επικράτηση για την ομάδα μας, που χάρη στην αφαίρεση μισού πόντου ποινής από την ομάδα του Παπάγου, λόγω μη προσέλευσης ενός παίκτη...

Lu Shanglei of China won the World Junior Chess title by defeating Aleksander Indjic of Serbia. In the girls section Aleksandra Goryachkina had successfully defended her title with a round to spare yesterday. Intense, exciting tussles on the top boards yielded just one decisive result – Lu Shanglei of China defeating Aleksandar Indjic of Serbia, [...]

The American Continental Chess Championship 2014 is taking place on 18-26th October 2014 at the Hotel Pipa Atlântico – Convention Center on Praia da Pipa in Brazil. Top four (4) finishers qualify for the FIDE World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In case of a tie, additional rapid/blitz games will be played. The total prize fund is 20,000 USD. [...]

The 40th Guernsey International Chess Festival will be held on 19-25th October 2014 at the Peninsula Hotel, in Guernsey. The Open Tournament, sponsored by Intertrust Guernsey, is a 7-round FIDE Swiss event with first prize in the amount of £1,200. Top seed is Canadian GM Eric Hansen (2574). Official website

Σκακιέρα στην αυλή ενός δημοτικού σχολείου στην Τασκένδη, την πρωτεύουσα του Ουζμπεκιστάν. Κατά την πτώση της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης, το 1991, η Τασκένδη ήταν η τέταρτη σε πληθυσμό πόλη του Σοβιετικού κράτους. Πόλη με...

Αυτό το ιστολόγιο έχει ειδικό ενδιαφέρον για τους Έλληνες συνθέτες. Στην ανάρτηση αυτή θα δούμε συνθέσεις που πήραν διακρίσεις στα τουρνουά σύνθεσης του Παγκόσμιου Συνέδριου 2014, που διεξήχθη στην Βέρνη. Σε...

ΣΟΠ και ΝΕΠ συνεχίζουν με νίκες και αναμετρώνται την Κυριακή για την πρώτη θέση. Αποτελέσματα και κλήρωση Γ’ Γύρου

One of my top recommendations for Black against 1.e4 is the Caro-Kann Defence. Not only is it solid, it also fosters good positional understanding by virtue of the nice variety of pawn structures and concepts it contains. It’s no accident that the Caro-Kann has been played by many of the greatest positional players in history; […]

The 38th Zurich Weihnachtsopen will take place from 26th to 30th December, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. The Master Tournament (for players rated over 2000) and General Tournament (U2050) will each be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system. Currently registered Grandmasters are Meier Georg GER 2652, Bauer Christian FRA 2637, [...]