After students have learned the basics and played a number friendly OTB (over the board) games, they often want to try out their newly acquired chess skills at a local tournament. Tournament games are played using chess clocks which requires time management skills. If there is one problem that plagues the beginner, it’s the problem […]

Webster University sophomore GM Ray Robson, the #1 ranked junior in the United States, will take on former World Blitz Champion GM Leinier Dominguez, the 12th ranked player in the world, this Saturday and Sunday in Saint Louis. The format will be a 10-game match (4 rapid games 25′ 10″ and 6 blitz games 3′ [...]

The 2014 UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open, underwritten by Turner Construction, is taking place from 8th to 13th March at The Embassy Suites – Park Central in Dallas, USA. The nine round Swiss event is open to the title holders and players rated above 2200 FIDE. The tournament is valid for FIDE norms. The tournament [...]

Silvio Danailov has announced the ticket for the upcoming ECU elections that will take place during the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, his Press Officer informed. Danailov is nominated for another term as the ECU President. Joran Aulin-Jansson is nominated for the post of ECU Deputy President. Aulin-Jansson is currently President of Norwegian Chess [...]

Ανακοινώνονται τα σχολεία που θα συμμετέχουν στο ομαδικό πρωτάθλημα και οι μαθητές που θα συμμετέχουν στο ατομικό

GM Ben Finegold delivers a very interesting lecture on the strategic ideas behind the Isolated Queen’s Pawn to advanced students at Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. He starts by exploring a game of his own. His lecture finishes with a classic game between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, their White Key Symphony […]

Games with analyis

Η φόρμα δήλωσης συμμετοχής στο Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Μαθητών Μαθητριών ΕΣΣΠ 2014 έκλεισε. Τα πρώτα στατιστικά στοιχεία.

As the game of chess grows in practically every region of the world, so does the number of chess media. Chess-Anyone.com is the new website on the horizon, entering with a positive and professional message. Chess-Anyone.com is a non-profit organization created in August 2013. It aims to democratize the game of chess by developing a [...]

The Norwegian Chess Federation and the organizing committee for Chess Olympiad 2014 invite all member federations of FIDE to take part in the 41st Chess Olympiad and the 85th FIDE Congress in Tromsø, Norway. The 41st Chess Olympiad takes place from August 1–14 and the 85th FIDE Congress takes place from August 5-13 in the [...]

Δείτε τις προκηρύξεις των Σχολικών Βόρειου Τομέα και Ατομικού Πειραιά   Ατομικό πρωτάθλημα Π.Ε. Βόρειου Τομέα Αθηνών: Σάββατο 15 Μαρτίου   ,   Ευριπίδου 9 , Νέο Ηράκλειο (Συγκρότημα 3ο Δημοτικό και 9ο Γυμνάσιο Αττικής)...

Η ΤΕΔ-ΕΣΣΝΑ αναζητά 3 διαιτητές για το Ατομικό Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα Π.Ε. Νότιου Τομέα Αθηνών: Σάββατο 8 Μαρτίου στο 1ο και 2ο Γυμνάσιο Ελληνικού πλησιον του μετρο Ελληνικου. Οι ενδιαφερόμενοι να αποστείλουν στοιχεία...

GM Georgiev joins the team

The 18th century chess pioneer Philidor famously said, “The Pawns are the soul of chess”. I love my Pawns and admit to a fondness for pushing them, although the balance between aggression and overextension can be tricky. Recently, I was daydreaming when an imaginary chess game started forming in my mind, in which White started […]