Υπό την Αιγίδα του Δήμου Καλαβρύτων και με την έγκριση της Ελληνικής Σκακιστικής Ομοσπονδίας (ΕΣΟ), επιτελέστηκε με πολύ μεγάλη επιτυχία, 7-8/12/21013 στο Καλλιμανοπούλειο Εκκλησιαστικό Διακονικό Κέντρο Καλαβρύτων, ένα...

Live games with analysis

Ο Λέβον Αρονιάν, ο Βασίλι Ιβαντσούκ και ένας τρίτος παίκτης που δεν κατάφερα να ανακαλύψω αναλύουν μια θέση στο παιχνίδι της ντάμας! (φωτογραφία του Σωτήρη Λογοθέτη). Αρονιάν και Κονερού προσπαθούν να επιλύσουν μια...

Live games with analysis from World Mind Games

You may have noticed that this year’s London Chess Classic was won by 26-year-old US Grandmaster Nakuru Nakamura, defeating former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand in the final. Besides spectating the main event, there were a wide range of other Festival Events going on for amateur players. These included a strong FIDE Open, weekday tournaments, […]

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ ΕΝΩΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ Μακροπούλου 93 ΛΑΜΙΑ Ολοκληρώθηκαν την Κυριακή 15 Δεκεμβρίου, οι αγώνες του διασυλλογικού πρωταθλήματος σκάκι, της Ένωσης Σκακιστικών Σωμ. Κεντρ. Ελλάδας...

Here's some good news for chess fans this Christmas season: it appears that Viktor "The Terrible" Korchnoi is resuming his chess career. According to Chessdom (HT: Brian Gaines), he will be playing in the 37th Zurich Christmas Open from December 26-30. (The "Day After Christmas Open"?) Korchnoi suffered a stroke about a year ago, and it was thought that the (now) 82-year-old's competitive...

The Stockholm Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 43rd Rilton Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. The tournament will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open is only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800). Rilton [...]

Το σεμινάριο κληρώσεων που είχε προγραμματιστεί να γίνει το διάστημα 20 με 22 Δεκεμβρίου αναβάλλεται λόγω εκτάκτων υποχρεώσεων του εισηγητή. Θα οριστεί νέα ημερομηνία διεξαγωγής του εντός του νέου έτους.

Για το 2013, και έπειτα από τους τελικούς αγώνες που διεξήχθησαν στον σκακιστικό όμιλο Θεσπρωτίας, πρωταθλητές νέων εως 20 χρονών για την Δυτική Ελλάδα ανακηρήσονται :Για τους Άνδρες τις πρώτες θέσης κατέλαβαν οι1)...

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura emerged winner of the 2013 London Chess Classic after defeating the former World Championship challenger Boris Gelfand in the final match 1,5-0,5. Nakamura cruised to victory by eliminating Nigel Short in the quarterfinal and Vladimir Kramnik in the semifinal. Gelfand defeated Fabiano Caruana and Michael Adams to reach the final. Earlier [...]

Here is the very first rated game that I played as White against the French Defense. I played the Milner-Barry Gambit from memory because i did not have a computer or chess book on the French Defense back in 1976. I have analyzed this game many times since I played it and I still find […]

As you can see for yourself, here. (Granted, I'm using a different sense of the word "football" than usual, but still.... As for "real" football, Notre Dame will play Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium December 28.) Tune time!

Although I have lost Over the Board (OTB) games to Bird’s Opening al least three times, I still think that it is a bird brained opening. People often play unusual openings in order to avoid prepared lines from “booked up” opponents. I have experimented with unorthodox openings myself with mixed results. In future articles I […]