TCEC Season 7 – Stage 1b is underway and Houdini 4 maintains the lead with perfect 6/6 score after defeating Nightmare in the sixth round. The game started with the Fianchetto Variation of King’s Indian Defence and White gave up on move 93. Komodo outplayed Senpai in the sixth round to obtain second place with [...]

Las Vegas, Nevada – After five days of gruelling daily chess matches Wesley So is the champion of the inaugural Millionaire Chess Open. As the top winner he takes home $100,000 from the highest stakes in open chess tournament history. “I am so happy to be the winner of the Millionaire Chess Open. With competition [...]

Boris Gelfand and Fabiano Caruana finished joint winners of the Grand Prix in Baku after drawing their respective games in the final round. Their nearest followers didn’t win either, and the only decisive match was Alexander Grischuk’s victory against Leinier Dominguez. Caruana took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break (greater number of wins), but the [...]

This year’s Chess Festival was organized by the greatest woman chess player of all time Judit Polgar. The festival offered a full day family programme in the Budapest Palace of Arts. Children had a chance to enjoy the Diverse Arts & Crafts activities in the spirit of chess. The activities were organized in co-operation with [...]

On behalf of President Zurab Azmaiparashvili I herewith invite all ECU member federations to attend the Extraordinary General Assembly to be held in Batumi/Georgia on 25 October 2014. The assembly will start at 10.30 AM in the Congress Centre of Radisson Blu hotel. 1. Opening 2. Administration 2.1 Roll Call 2.2 Check of Minutes According [...]

The PokerStars Isle of Man International Chess Tournament took place on 4-12th October 2014 at the Villa Marina, Isle of Man. The Master Section was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with a time control 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves, with 30 seconds added per [...]

(φωτ.) Ο 63χρονος Γιάν Τίμαν, εμβληματική προσωπικότητα για το ολλανδικό σκάκι. Στις 18 Οκτωβρίου ολοκληρώνεται το σκακιστικό φεστιβάλ Unive που διεξάγεται αυτές τις μέρες στην βιομηχανική πόλη Hoogeveen, στην Ολλανδία. Η κύρια...

During a post-mortem game between two strong Grandmasters, there came a point in the game when one of their team, (who was kibitzing), said: “This is a position where you look and you look and you look”. That statement made a big impression on me, and I have tried to apply it within my own […]

Fabiano Caruana and Boris Gelfand moved into joint lead after defeating Leinier Dominguez and Teimour Radjabov, respectively, in the penultimate round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku. After nine consecutive drawn Evgeny Tomashevsky played a first decisive game, winning against his compatriot Dmitry Andreikin. Alexander Grischuk reiterated his return into good shape by crushing [...]

Millionaire Chess Semi-Finalists in a SPICE promo video

Τα μαθήματα στο σύλλογό μας, για τη σεζόν 2014-2015, έχουν ξεκινήσει και διεξάγονται κάθε σαββατοκύριακο σύμφωνα με το παρακάτω πρόγραμμα: Προχωρημένοι    Σάββατο 16:00-19:00    Διδάσκων: Fide Master Σταμάτης Κούρκουλος Μέσου...

Το ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΠ συνεδρίασε στις 10/10/2015 και πήρε τις παρακάτω αποφάσεις…..

Here’s some rare footage of Alexander Alekhine. Needless to say modern research contradicts two of Alekhine’s main claims and has shown that the main factor in mastery in hard work and that memory is actually very important! Of course it is better to be thought of as a genius! Nigel Davies

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 7 video. Live games with analysis (Boys) / Live [...]

Houdini takes the lead in TCEC Season 7 – Stage 1b. The engine has a perfect 5/5 score defeating Crafty, Spark, The Baron, Senpai and Scorpio. Naum is clear second with 4/5 points, while the rating favorite Komodo is currently third with 3,5/4 points. Follow Arminius 090314 vs. The Baron 3.36 LIVE at the official website or join [...]