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 [...]

Club d’Echecs de Genève (CEG) is organizing the 25th International Rapid Chess Tournament on 19th January at the Swissôtel Métropole in Geneva, Switzerland. The tournament format will be 7-round Swiss with the time control 15 min + 3 sec. The prize fund of CHF 5000 will be distributed to 10 regular and 15 special prizes. [...]

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The 25th International Open Roquetas de Mar is taking place on 2-6th January at the Hotel Bahia Serena in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain. The event consists of the 9-round General Open with 133 participants and the 7-round U2150 Open with 93 participants. Top rated players are GM Dmitry Svetushkin (MDA 2586), GM Jose Carlos [...]

Last week, I shared some of my thoughts on endgame mastery for improving chess players. I mentioned that learning the ending for Knight and Bishop against lone king could wait, since it occurs infrequently over the board. That’s still my opinion. For stronger improvers, say ELO 1800 and above, there is some benefit in working […]

Grandmaster Dusan Popovic emerged winner of the 22nd Donau Open that was held on 26-31st December in Aschach an der Donau, Austria. Popovic defeated WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik in the last round to take a clear first place and the top prize of 1700 EUR. Meanwhile GM Jan Krejci could not make more than a draw [...]

The 2nd edition of prestigious Gurgaon International Grandmasters Chess Tournament organized by The Haryana Chess Association and District Chess Association of Gurgaon under the aegis of All India Chess Federation and FIDE got off to a rousing start here at Suncity World School on Wednesday. A total number of 252 players from 10 countries which [...]

Indian Chess School is attempting to create a new national record of most number of games by a player in a simultaneous chess display when the former Indian National & British Open Champion, Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte would be playing against 151 players on 05th January, 2013 at MCF Sports Complex, Gymkhana Road, Borivali (West), Mumbai. [...]

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Εύχομαι ο νέος χρόνος να σας φέρει όλα όσα επιθυμείτε. Πρέπει όμως να βοηθήσετε  και εσείς λίγο τα πράγματα. :-) Θα πρέπει δηλαδή να βάλετε κάποιους στόχους για το 2014. Πότε θα πρέπει να τους βάλετε; Αυτή την περίοδο που...

Την Κυριακή θα λύσετε μερικά από τα προβλήματα της νέας χρονιάς!Μιλάμε, βέβαια, για το 1ο Κύπελλο Ελλάδας Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί την ερχόμενη Κυριακή 5 Ιανουαρίου σε 15 ελληνικές πόλεις...

I’ve assigned a student reading in Jeremy Silman’s book “The Amateur’s Mind”, and have been trying to expand on the lessons in the first chapter about bishops and knights. I thought about ways to make more concrete the assessment of the roles of bishops and knights in a middlegame. I decided that a good playground […]

Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935: Annotated Games & Essays, ed. Rudolf Reinhardt (New In Chess 2013). 414 pp. $39.95/€34.95. While opening books enjoy the lion's share of the chess publishing market they are mostly like newspapers and pop songs: interesting and valued for an evanescent moment, and soon gone, supplanted and forgotten. Other books aim for more, and if they succeed we return to...

Or Cohen, A Vigorous Chess Opening Repertoire for Black: Tackling 1.e4 with 1…e5 (New in Chess 2013). 319 pp., €23.95/$26.95. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. The Petroff (or “Russian”) Defense isn’t a big fan favorite among club players, but its poor reputation is somewhat undeserved. It is solid, yes, and at the GM level it leads to a relatively large number of...