Του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη Και μιας και ζεσταθήκατε, να και ένα καλούτσικο. E.Pogosjants, 1984 Win Πώς σας φαίνεται η θέση; Εύκολη, έτσι; Μαζεύουμε τα πιόνια ενώ ο μαύρος δεν μπορεί να φάει τα δικά μας. Όποτε παίζει στο f4, του χώνουμε...

The 2014 edition Lady Chess Tournament was held on 11-18th October 2014 at the Asgård Skole, Norsvey 2 in Køge, a market town and seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt, Denmark. The event was a 10 player round-robin female tournament and Russian WGM Karina Ambartsumova emerged a clear winner with 7/9 points. She grabbed the trophy, leaving [...]

The World Junior Chess Championships 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) are being held in Pune, India, from 6th to 19th October 2014. The Championship is organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE. Vijay Kumar presents the round 11 video. Live games with analysis (Boys) / Live [...]

Live games with analysis

Parents want their children to get the most out of their educational experience, be it learning about science, music or chess. Many parents have no problem investing in educational DVDs or books to aid in their child’s education or employing a tutor. However, when it comes to chess, many parents send their children to chess […]

The Second Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014-2015 is held from 20th October to 3rd November 2014 in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The event is a twelve player round-robin tournament with an average rating of 2752. The list of participants includes: Caruana, Fabiano ITA (2844), Nakamura, Hikaru USA (2764), Karjakin, Sergey RUS (2767), Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA [...]

The World Junior Chess Championships 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) are being held in Pune, India, from 6th to 19th October 2014. The Championship is organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE. Vijay Kumar presents the round 10 video. Live games with analysis (Boys) / Live [...]

Openings are the bane of many club players’ lives, a source of never ending confusion and frustration. Which openings should they play and how should they play them? In desperation another book or DVD is bought only for it to be discarded after a few days. Having worked with hundreds of club players I know […]

The 18th Corsican Circuit is taking place on 18-22nd October 2014 in Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to France. The hefty prize fund in the amount of 95.000 € gathers 800 players from 30 different countries, including the former World Champion Viswanathan Anand, the reigning World Women’s Champion Yifan Hou, last year’s winner Ivan Saric, Pavel...

The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial” 2014 is taking place on 17-26th October 2014 at Hotel “Park” in Saint Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss Open with prize fund in the amount of 1.800.000 RUB (nearly 35.000 €). The preliminary list of players consists of 412 players [...]

Houdini 4 continues to impress with perfect 7/7 score in the first Stage of the strongest computer engine chess competition TCEC – Season 7. The engine is on top with the same 100% result, as the winner of TCEC – Stage 1a, Gull. Houdini’s “victims” so far were Crafty 24.1, Spark 1.1, The Baron 3.36, [...]

The World Junior Chess Championships 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) are being held in Pune, India, from 6th to 19th October 2014. The Championship is organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE. Vijay Kumar presents the round 9 video. Live games with analysis (Boys) / Live [...]

The 21st category super-tournament Tigran Petrosian Memorial, sponsored by Tashir Group, will be held on 3-11th November at the Hotel Novotel Moscow City. Chairman of the organizing committee is the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. The prize fund is 100 000 euros. The tournament format will be round robin with eight players: [...]

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Πρόκειται για μια χώρα του νέου κόσμου που δεν παράγει μόνο ποδοσφαιριστές, αλλά και έξοχους λογοτέχνες καθώς και εκπληκτικούς τανγκέρο. Αλλά έχει και πλούσια παράδοση στο σκάκι. Εδώ, σε πεζόδρομο στο κέντρο του...