Χωρίς εκπλήξεις ολοκληρώθηκε ο Α! Γύρος του Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Παίδων Κορασίδων της ΕΣΣΠ. Αποτελέσματα Α! γύρου και κλήρωση του Β! γύρου ….

Μια νέα σειρά δημοσιεύσεων κάθε Κυριακή, για τα καλλιτεχνικά φινάλε, από τον Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη. Του Παναγιώτη Κονιδάρη Πολλές φορές έχω μιλήσει για τις σπουδές, την κατηγορία αυτή των προβλημάτων που προσομοιάζει στο...

The Gelendzhik chess festival will take place 3-13 January 2015 in Russia. The festival is organized by FM Salim Fazulyanov and includes a FIDE rated open tournament, a GM training camp with lecturers GM Boris Savchenko and GM Farukh Amonatov, a blitz tournament, puzzle solving competition, and multiple side events. The Gelendzhik chess festival is [...]

The Masters Section of the annual Unive Hoogeveen Chess Festival is taking place on 11-18th October 2014 in Hoogeveen, in the Netherlands. This year’s format is two six-game matches between GM Anish Giri vs. GM Alexei Shirov & GM Jan Timman  vs. GM Baadur Jobava. Official website

The same thing happens every year. I meet a new intake of Year 3s (7 year olds) at a primary school chess club. There are one or two who know nothing at all about chess: some parents sign little Johnny (or, less often, little Jenny) up for the chess club so that they can learn […]

The International Chess Tournament “Kolomenskaya versta” 2014 was held on 4-10th October 2014 in the ancient city of Kolomna, situated in the confluence of the Moscow and Oka Rivers in Russia. The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE Tournament, valid for IM norms. Russian FM Kiril Kozionov won the event with 6,5/9, leaving the nearest followers [...]

The 2014 editions of Xtracon Grand Master and Lady Chess are taking place 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 Open Section is a 9-round Swiss event with top seed GM Vladimir Baklan, while the female tournament is played in a round-robin [...]

The Unive Hoogeveen Chess Open Tournament 2014 is taking place on 11-18th October 2014 in Hoogeveen, in the Netherlands. Top seed is Ukrainian GM Andrey Vovk. Official website

-Δεν τον πόναγε τον Αρη Αλεξάνδρου η χούντα; «Αφάνταστα. Μα με τι άλλο πέρα από την πολιτική ασχολήθηκε ο Αρης σε όλη του τη ζωή; Ολο του το έργο είναι πολιτικό. Αλλά από ένα σημείο και ύστερα δεν ξαναδιάβασε ούτε...

Inevitably, parents ask me how their children are doing with their chess playing at some point during the semester. Its a simple enough question. After all, the parent has signed their child up for one of my chess classes and wants a progress report. However, parents often feel that their child should be making greater […]

7ο ΟΜΑΔΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΠΑΙΔΩΝ – ΚΟΡΑΣΙΔΩΝ ΕΣΣΚΕ 2014-2015 ’Ενωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Κεντρικής ΕλλάδαςΜακροπούλου 93, Λαμία Αρ. Πρωτ. 173 / 6-10-2014 1. Προκήρυξη αγώνων.Η ΕΣΣΚΕ προκηρύσσει τo 7ο Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων –...

Peter Svidler defeated Leinier Dominguez while the other five games were drawn in the 8th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku. Fabiano Caruana and Boris Gelfand remain tied on the top with 5 points each and Svidler moved ahead to the shared third place. Saturday 11th October is the second rest day. Replay [...]

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

All eyes of the top Grandmasters, professional players, and computer engineers are fixed today on a very important encounter – the new Komodo chess engine is in action at TCEC and its performance will determine whether this engine will be the “weapon of choice” when it comes to preparation. The first two games for Komodo [...]

Dear Friends in Chess At the Glorney, Gilbert junior international competitions in Scotland in early August, I announced my intention to seek election to the role of Chairperson of the Union. Since then, I have received a huge level of support, encouragement and good wishes from right across the Irish Chess community. The overwhelming vote [...]