Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras received the World U14 Girls Champion Stavroula Tsolakidou in the presidential residence Maximos Mansion on Tuesday. The Prime Minister praised Tsolakidou and said that she symbolises the best virtues of Greek people. He added that the young girl made the whole Greece proud of her achievements. While leaving the Maximos [...]

Narciso Rabell Mendez In Memoriam Open was held on 17-20th January at the Biblioteca Pública, San Sebastián de Las Vegas del Pepino, in Puerto Rico. The event was organized by the San Sebastian Chess Club in two sections – Open and U2000. The Open was a 7-round Swiss with 21 participants. The three Grandmasters in [...]

As part of Walker Speaker Series at the Webster University, Susan Polgar will speak about “Chess Strategy and Decision-Making” on January 21, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Venue: Webster University’s East Academic Building, 545 Garden Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Reception to follow the presentation. Guests are invited to challenge members of the Webster University #1 ranked [...]

FIDE announces that all qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk have confirmed their participation: 1. Viswanathan Anand (IND, former World Champion) 2. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, World Cup 2013 winner) 3. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, World Cup 2013 finalist) 4. Veselin Topalov (BUL, Grand-Prix 2012-13 winner) 5. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE, Grand-Prix 2012-13 runner-up) 6. Levon...

ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΔΙΑΙΤΗΣΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ  ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ 3Η ΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΙΚΗ (ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 26/1/2014) ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΟΔ ΕΣΟ  

Levon Aronian's winning streak has stopped for the moment, but he continues to enjoy a full-point lead after a comfortable draw with Boris Gelfand in round 7. His closest pursuers, Anish Giri and Sergey Karjakin, both had the black pieces in their games as well, and neither came close to gaining the full point. Karjakin drew used an interesting (though perhaps unnecessary exchange sac) against...

An interesting tendency during the last couple of decades has been an increasing prevalence of very sharp and direct openings. Instead of King’s Indians we are getting a lot of Slavs, and openings such as the Ruy Lopez have been replaced by the Scotch. I suspect this is largely connected to the rise of chess […]

So after the fancy London Chess Classic dinner the next morning we started our journey heading towards New Zealand! Tania Sachdev invited us out to Mahiki (the joint where the Royal Princes use to party) but we had to decline as I wanted to get a good night’s rest before starting our 27 hour journey! […]

Το συμβούλιο της Ελληνικής Σκακιστικής Ομοσπονδίας, αποφάσισε στη συνεδρίαση της 12.1.2014 να διεξαχθούν στην Πάτρα, για τρίτη συνεχόμενη χρονιά, το Πανελλήνιο Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Α’ Εθνικής Κατηγορίας, τα Πανελληνία...

The Municipality of Alajuela with the support of Association Robert James Fischer and FIDE endorsement is holding the 5th International Chess Tournament Alajuela 2014 from 22 to 26 January 2014 in the cantoncentral Alajuela, Costa Rica. The 9-round Swiss event currently has 99 registered participants from 14 countries. The field also includes 7 Grandmasters and [...]

Στις 19/1/2014 έγιναν οι κληρώσεις για τα πρωταθλήματα ΠΟΑ και ΠΟΒ ΕΣΣΠ 2014 και προέκυψαν τα παρακάτω ζευγάρια

Η Παγκόσμια Ομοσπονδία για το Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι WFCC (World Federation for Chess Composition) προκηρύσσει τον 10ο Διεθνή Παράλληλο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Ο διαγωνισμός θα διεξαχθεί την ίδια ημέρα και ώρα στις  χώρες...

The 13th IBCA World Individual Chess Championship for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players will be held in Katerini, Olympus Riviera, Greece, from May 4th 2014 (arrivals) until May 15th 2014 (departures). The tournament hall is the conference center of the 5-star hotel “Mediterranean Village” in Katerini. The Championship is organized by the International Braille [...]

This game is from the very first event that I played on the ICCF server. This game was from the Diamond Jubilee section DJ-CT18/pr11. My opponent was an International Master from Brazil. His English was not that good so he had his American fiancee translate for him. I got some translated notes and I will […]

Δημοσιεύθηκε η Βράβευση για τα μυθικά προβλήματα που δημοσιεύθηκαν στον ιστοχώρο kobulchess.com μέσα στο 2012 :http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/455-kobulchess-fairies-2012-award.htmlΤο δεύτερο βραβείο απονεμήθηκε σε ένα 5-phasic πρόβλημα του Εμμανουήλ...