My plane from London was delayed so it meant I got to Budapest about 1am. Gawain caught an earlier flight in and I caught a shuttle bus to our hotel which is about a 10 minute walk from the bus station. Trying to prounounce Zalakaros isn’t as easy as it seems and at our hotel […]

From 23 to 25 May 2014 a Workshop for the training of the International Arbiters was organized in Moscow, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Workshop was the office of the Russian Chess Federation in Moscow, while the [...]

Οι σκακίστριες και σκακιστές που ανήκουν στο δυναμικό της ΕΣΣΠ και επιθυμούν να συμμετέχουν στα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα Παίδων-Κορασίδων 2014 θα πρέπει να υποβάλλουν δήλωση συμμετοχής έως 8/6/2014. Αναλυτικές...

One category of chess move which club players rarely ever consider is the so-called “creeping” move,, Kotov being one of the very few writers to deal with the subject. It is not an easy concept to discuss in isolation, without an example, so we will look at today’s game. In the position after 21.hxg3, it […]

Λίγες μέρες μένουν για το τρίτο Final 4 Αττικής στην οκταετή ιστορία της Σκακιστικής Άνοιξης! Αυτό το γεγονός αποτελεί από μόνο του μεγάλη επιτυχία.  Οι αγώνες θα πραγματοποιηθούν το Σάββατο 31 Μαίου και την Κυριακή 1...

The top two computer engines Stockfish and Komodo exchange blows in TCEC Season 6 – Superfinal. 60% of the last 10 rounds were decisive and every time White was on top. The leader Stockfish won games 27, 31 and 33, but Komodo was catching on it in games 28, 30, and 34. The reigning TCEC champion Komodo has collected 16/36 points, [...]

The Glenco Chess Tournament 2014 took place from 21st to 25th May, 2014 in the city of Fredericia, Denmark. The event was a 10 player round robin with a time control 2 hours for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game. IM Nikolas Lubbe from Germany topped the tournament with 8/9 points, leaving the [...]

Enjoy Daily Master Chess Challenge against strong players and experienced trainers. The last week of May offers you free Chess Arena Challenges against IM Spas Kozhuharov, IM Velislav Kukov, IM Dimitar Marholev and WGM Iva Videnova. 26th May: Play with IM Velislav Kukov (3′ + 1”) at 20:00 CET 27th May: Play with WGM Iva Videnova [...]

The 10th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2014 was held from 17th to 24th May, 2014 at the Atom Hotel in Trebic, a town in the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic. The tournament was organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. in cooperation with Chess club Caissa Trebic and Regional Chess Association of Vysocina in a 9 [...]

Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta is the winner of the 8th Tashkent International Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, that was held on 14-24th May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In the last round Gupta defeated GM Oleg Korneev with black pieces, and with the top two games Kuzubov – Smirnov and Mchedlishvili – Pashikian being drawn, the Indian [...]

The 3rd edition of Salento International Chess Tournament took place from 17th to 24th May, 2014 at Le Sirene Resort, in the beautiful town of Gallipoli, located by the Ionian Sea, on the west coast of the Salentina Peninsula, Italy. The event was a 9 round Swiss with total prize fund in the amount of [...]

Ολοκληρώθηκε σήμερα 25/5/2014 το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών Γυναικών ΕΣΣΠ 2014. Πούντζας στους άνδρες, Κοντογιάννη στις γυναίκες οι νικητές Δείτε τα τελικά αποτελέσματα

ΕΣ Αιγιάλειας και Πατραικός στο τελικό του κυπέλλου μετά την νίκη τους με 2,5 - 1,5 έναντι ΣΟΠ και Προμηθέα αντίστοιχα

I’m currently working my way though my database of nearly 17000 games played at Richmond Junior Chess Club between 1977 and 2006 to produce low level tactics puzzles based mostly on encounters between young children. I’ll tell you more about this project when it’s further advanced, but looking at the games enables me to think […]

The French Highest League for men TOP-12 is taking place from 24th May to 3rd June, 2014 in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, France. The best teams, who qualified for this event are: the last-year champion Clichy, Strasbourg, Metz Fischer, Bischwiller, Mulhouse Philidor, Chalons en Champagne, Tours de Haute Picardie, Evry Grand Roque, Rueil Malmaison, Montpellier and Bois [...]