The Armenian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union is organizing the 2014 European Individual Chess Championship – Tigran Petrosian Memorial on 2-15th March 2014. The Championship will be held at the Yerevan Business Centre in Armenian capitol. The European Individual Chess Championship is open to all players representing Chess Federations which [...]

Until Bilbao I don’t think I had played a 4 player double round event in my life, but less than a week later I was starting a second.The traditional Univé tournament in Hoogoveen was very welcoming, a impressive mix of old and new, one nice touch was the traditional wooden old style demonstration boards in [...]

The European Team Championship competition was held in a pleasant hotel in the centre of Warsaw, the organisers made a good job of airport transfers, providing reliable internet access and decent meals and playing conditions. The chess side of things was less smoothly run, it was hard to ascertain the point of metal detectors at [...]

Σήμερα Κυριακή και ώρα 18:00 εκτός του Δημαρχείου Ν. Ηρακλείου (Καραγιώργη 2 Ν.Ηράκλειο) θα πραγματοποιηθεί η κλήρωση των κλειδαρίθμων για το πρωτάθλημα πουλ (9 γύρων) του Β1 ομίλου και της αρχικής έδρας του Νο1 του Β2 ομίλου...

Έγινε κι αυτό!Υπήρχε αρκετή προσέλευση, αν και είναι νωρίς για να πούμε τι έγινε σε όλη την χώρα.Πολύ καλή εμπειρία το 1ο Κύπελλο Ελλάδος στην Λύση Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Προβλήματα εύκολα και όχι, όμως όλα ωραία...

Regular readers will know my views: that here in the UK we teach chess too quickly, start children playing complete games too soon and put children into highly competitive environments before they are ready in terms of either chess or emotional development. Yes, I’m passionate about promoting chess for children both as a learning tool […]

The Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM) in cooperation with the Costa Rica Chess Federation, is organizing an Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 27 January to 2 February 2014, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Cherafin Chuit (CUB), FIDE Lecturer. The Technical Organizer will be WGM Martha Fierro. The lectures will [...]

Polish Grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek scored an important victory against Robin Van Kampen in the penultimate round of the Hilton Basel Chess Festival to emerge sole leader with 5,5/6 points. In the final round Wojtaszek will play white against Maxim Rodstein, who surged to the shared second place after beating GM Felipe El Debs. Last week [...]

The 2nd Winter Sea Deluxe Open is taking place on 2-6th January at the Hotel Michelacci in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. The tournament is organized by the Fano Chess Club and Dario Pedini. A total of 126 players are competing in three sections: Open A for those rated above 1900, Open [...]

Αγαπητοί Φίλοι,  Εύχομαι καλή χρονιά σε όλους, με υγεία και δημιουργικότητα.  Ως μέλος της οργανωτικής επιτροπής του 1ου Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στη Λύση Σκακστικών Προβλημάτων, επιτρέψτε μου να σας προωθήσω την...

Three players including top seed Ukrainian Grandmaster Martyn Kravtsiv, who beat Tillayev Ulugbek of Uzbekistan share the lead with perfect score after fifth round matches of the ongoing 2nd Gurgaon International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here at Suncity School on Saturday. Playing with black pieces in Ruy Lopez game Martyn outwitted his Uzbek rival in 47 [...]

Η Ε.Σ.Σ.Π. προκηρύσσει τα Διασυλλογικά Πρωταθλήματα ΠΟΑ Εθνικής και Β Εθνικής για το 2014. Τα πρωταθλήματα θα πραγματοποιηθούν το διάστημα 26/1/2014 – 23/2/2014. Οι δηλώσεις συμμετοχής καθώς και οι δηλώσεις κοινοτικών και...

Με σκακιστικές ειδήσεις η «Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών» Αλλάζει μορφή η καθημερινή σκακιστική στήλη στην «Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών».Ο Νίκος Ορνιθόπουλος, ο οποίος την καθιέρωσε, έριχνε το βάρος, ως δάσκαλος του σκακιού...

Out of all the pieces, the Knight is perhaps the most difficult piece for the beginner to master. While the other pieces move in a very linear way, making it easier for the beginner to comprehend, the Knight moves in a non-linear way, which confuses the beginner. Because of this, the beginner often avoids making […]

The 12th International Nantes Open was held on 27-30th December 2013 at the Salle Municipale Egalite in Nantes, France. 87 players competed in the 7-round Swiss event with the classical time control. German Grandmaster Vitaly Kunin convincingly won the tournament with 6,5/7 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. Final standings: 1. GM [...]