We all know that counter attack is an effective technique to defend, but most beginners coaches ignore it at an early stage as they believe that this concept is hard for kids to learn. Here my opinion is different and I believe that you can teach the concept of counter attack with the help of […]

It's a weird puzzle, to be sure, but the solution is attractive enough to spend a little time trying to solve it and then checking out the solution if you don't get it. Here's what its composer, Jonathan Lenchner, emailed me earlier: Dear Dennis,  I recently got together with an old chess friend of mine, Ken Regan, and showed him a chess problem I had created...

Erice in western Sicily (Italy) is located 15 km from airport “Vincenzo Florio” in Trapani (Ryanair Hub) at about 700 meters above sea level overlooking the Canale with breathtaking views going as far as Mount Etna.

The 12th Foxwoods Open was held on 22-26th January at Foxwoods Resort Casino & Hotel, Rt 2, Mashantucket, Connecticut. The tournament was played in six sections and over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The Open section is FIDE rated and title norms were possible. The Open Section was won convincingly by GM Anton Kovalyev who [...]

The Cyprus Chess Federation and FIDE Zone 1.10, with the support of ECU and the FIDE Events Commission, are pleased to invite the members of Zone 1.10 to the 1st Individual FIDE Zone (1.10) Championship 2014, which will be held in Larnaca, Cyprus on 21–30th April 2014.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen will visit Brazil from 4th March to participate in the 13th Torneio Aberto Internacional de Xadrez “Festa da Uva” in Caxias do Sul, IM Dragan Stamenkovic of Ponto do Xadrez confirmed for Chessdom. The first event will be a blind simul with visually impaired players on 6th March, followed by a [...]

The First Move of the 2014 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival at The Gibraltar Masters tournament took place this afternoon at the Caleta Hotel. At precisely 3pm (Gibraltar time) James Humpreys, Chairman of Tradewise Gibraltar Insurance Ltd, the main sponsor of this event made the first move on the top board against top seeded player Grandmaster [...]

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Live games with triple engine analysis by Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini

A club mate of mine, Nick Pelling, has published an interactive ebook called ‘Chess Superminiatures’. Superminiatures are super-short chess games that last under 10 moves. There is a surprising amount that can be learnt from such short games. Furthermore, Nick brings the players and the games to life with his anecdotes and historical insights, as […]

The Georgian Chess Championship 2014 will be daily with computer analysis by Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini on Chessdom.com. Click here for full standings

Simen Agdestein (2627) and Tania Sachdev (2442) played a simul at the start of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. Replay all games with analysis. See also day 1 report here Official website / Participants / Live games with analysis / Live games with analyisis (alternative) / Play free chess vs titled players on Chessdom Arena

Press release day 1: Unbelievably 2014 is already the 12th edition of the Gibraltar International Chess Festival sponsored by Tradewise. The Tradewise Chess Festival 2014 is the biggest tournament yet with some 70 Grandmasters from all over the world. The number of entries in the Amateur and Challenger events has also risen with a record [...]

Live games with Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish

Ολοκληρώθηκε εχθές 26/1/2014 ο πρώτος γύρος των πρωταθλημάτων ΠΟΑ και ΠΟΒ ΕΣΣΠ 2014. Τα αποτελέσματα αναλυτικά ...