Rather than improving as a player, a critical question for me is how to improve as a chess coach. I feel that if you have a group of chess coaches who enjoy healthy competition, you can improve by sharing your experiences. So I am going to share something which might be useful to you. I […]

Some music to kick off the holiday:

The Moscow Chess Federation is holding its first Superfinal Championship on 30-31st January, 2014, at the Russian State Social University. The tournament format will be round robin with rapid time control in men and women sections. Top five finishers from the Moscow Championships (in both sections) will be joined by the invited top Grandmasters. The [...]

Το διαδικτυακό σκάκι είναι ένας ευχάριστος τρόπος να περνάς μερικές από τις ελεύθερες ώρες σου.Ένας από τους πιο δημοφιλής χώρους για να παίζεις σκάκι στο ίτνερτνετ είναι το playchess, εκεί που κάναμε πριν λίγες εβδομάδες...

The 10th Vandoeuvre International Open will take place on 26-30th December at the Parc des sports, rue de Gembloux à Vandoeuvre, in Nancy, France. The event will consist of three playing groups – Open A (for players rated over 1900, valid for title norms), Open B (U2000) and Open C (U1500). Open A and Open [...]

Grandmaster Rafael Leitao convincingly won the 80th Campeonato Brasileiro Absoluto that was held from 13th to 21st December at the Hotel Cabo Branco Atlantic in João Pessoa, capital of Paraíba state. Leitao collected 9,5 points from eleven games, leaving the nearest followers point and a half behind, to claim his 6th title of the Brazilian [...]

I haven't presented too many games lately, but I hope to rectify that somewhat over the holiday season. Let's start with a quick one, a speedy win by Ian Nepomniachtchi over Vassily Ivanchuk from the recently completed World Mind Games event in Beijing, China. This was from the rapid tournament, and illustrates what can happen even to a super-GM who inappropriately violates the rules of thumb we...

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Here is my game from R8 of the London Chess Classic FIDE Open. It was the game I was most satisfied with in the tournament. It involved a long tactical combination that I could not see the end of at the time, but it nevertheless worked. Black is about to break through on the queenside […]

Ευχές για καλές γιορτές σε όλους!Γιορταστικά προβλήματα μπορείτε να βρείτε παρακάτω:Μια ιστορία με ματ σε διάφορες κινήσεις (ανάλογα με το πιο κομμάτι χτυπάει η...

Υπάρχουν πολλές και σημαντικές διαφορές ανάμεσα στο Online σκάκι ή διαδίκτυο σκάκι και το πραγματικό. Το κάθε ένα  έχει τα δικά του πλεονεκτήματα και μειονεκτήματα . Αν και έχει μερικά μειονεκτήματα, οι ευκαιρίες που...

The Padova Chess Club organized the 16th International Open City of Padova on 15-22nd December. The event consisted of three tournaments: - Torneo Internazionale was a 9-round Swiss for the players rated 1800 and higher - Open Weekend was a 6-round Swiss without elo restrictions held on 14-15th and 21-22nd December - Torneo Weekend was [...]

Ο Kortchnoi αντιμετωπίζει τον Κάλσεν σε νεαρή ηλικία.

Προσοχή: Ο οριθμός τραπεζικού λογαρισμού της ΕΣΣΝΑ είναι IBAN GR59 0171 0250 0060 2501 0285 946 , (τα παράβολα που έχουν ήδη κατατεθει είναι έγκυρα) Οι ομάδες των Εθνικών κατηγοριών και της Α' Τοπικής κατηγορίας μπορούν να καταθέσουν το...