The 1st Annual Cleveland Classic will take place on 24-26th October at the Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive, Ohio, USA. The event will have four sections: Open, U2000, U1700 and U1400. The playing format is 5-round Swiss with the time control 30/90, SD/60 d5. The prize fund is USD 6000, guaranteed. Open: $2000-650-350, [...]

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The second stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 will take place from 20th October until 2nd November in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Back in 2012 and 2013 Tashkent hosted one of the stages of the Grand Prix series 2012-2013, as well as one of the tournaments of the Women’s Grand Prix series 2013-2014. The tournament [...]

Σημερινή φωτογραφία της Λίνας Ρόκου από το Άλσος Νέας Φιλαδέλφειας. Χορός δίπλα σε μια σκακιέρα, ένα ηλιόλουστο κυριακάτικο πρωινό του Οκτώβρη. Η νέα δημοτική αρχή φαίνεται να δίνει πνοή στο επί σειρά ετών...

The European Individual Youth Chess Championships 2014 are taking place on 18-29th October 2014 in Batumi, Georgia. 989 players from 43 different European federations will take part in the event. Each Group will be a separate 9-round Swiss tournament with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game [...]

The European Individual Youth Chess Championships 2014 are taking place on 18-29th October 2014 in Batumi, Georgia. 989 players from 43 different European federations will take part in the event. Each Group will be a separate 9-round Swiss tournament with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of [...]

The European Individual Youth Chess Championships 2014 are taking place on 18-29th October 2014 in Batumi, Georgia. 989 players from 43 different European federations will take part in the event. Each Group will be a separate 9-round Swiss tournament with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game [...]

Στο Μπατούμι της Γεωργίας θα πραγματοποιηθούν τα φετινά Πανευρωπαϊκά Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα εφήβων – νεανίδων, παίδων κορασίδων (8-18 ετών) από 19 έως 28/10/2014. Από ελληνικής πλευράς συμμετέχουν: Παπακωνσταντίνου Δημήτριος...

Σύγκληση Γ.Σ των σωματείων της Ε.Σ.Σ.Π το Σάββατο στις 15 Νοεμβρίου 2014 στις 19:00, στο εντευκτήριο της ΝΕΠ Κολυμβητήριο «Α. Πεπανός» με επαναληπτική συνάντηση την Κυριακή 16 Νοεμβρίου 2014 στις 10:00 π.μ με κύριο θέμα ...

They always have excuses. The other day I was talking to the mother of one of my pupils. He’s 11 years old and has just started at a very popular and successful selective boys’ school. (Here in the UK most children change schools at this age.) Although there are a lot of strong chess players […]

The Russians were not ready to be dismissed by the Chinese and rose to the occasion in the 12th and penultimate round of the LIC World Junior Chess Championship which is in the concluding stages at Hotel Hyatt in Pune. Alexandra Goryachkina scored a thumping Grand Double, successfully defending her title which she won at [...]

A new book has recently hit the market exploring, very extensively, an unknown territory in the battle against the Queen’s Indian. The Nimzowitsch Variation with 6.d5, has been used on occasions, by a few players, Shirov being its main promulgator. The line is complex and daring and has not found too large a following. But, [...]