Last Sunday my son suddenly produced a tournament result that was some 400 points better than his rating. People were more than surprised, they were gobsmacked. So what had happened? In Sam’s case I think it’s down to the stages in someone’s development and at 11 years of age your brain can start to change […]

IM Siddharth Ravichandran upset top seed GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly in the 7th round of the SREI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Kolkata Town Hall on Wednesday. The 10-round Grandmasters’ chess tournament is organised by Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy in association with Allsport Foundation. Meanwhile IM Jacek Stopa of Poland emerged as the sole leader [...]

Στις συνθέσεις σειράς κινήσεων η μία πλευρά κάνει μόνη της κινήσεις, αλλάζει κάπως την θέση, και μόλις τελειώσουν οι κινήσεις της, τότε η άλλη πλευρά κάνει ματ ή πατ, ανάλογα με την εκφώνηση.Σήμερα θα δούμε ένα ser-s=198...

The 4th ITT Jahv McGregor Open Tournament was held from 4th to 8th December at the Centro Comercial Americas Outlet Factory in Bogota, Colombia. The massive 9-round Swiss event attracted 420 participants from 16 countries, including 15 Grandmasters and 27 International Masters. Four players shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each: GM Evgeny Romanov [...]

The FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM) has been very active this year again in promoting chess for young women around the world. There have been on-going training sessions and opportunities given for top girls from Latin-America to improve, earn norms, and gain experience in international competition. Susan Polgar, on behalf of the WOM, is [...]

The 19th Open Chess Tournament “Bosnjaci” is set to take place on 3-9th January at the chess club in Bosnjaci, Croatia. The 9-round Swiss event will offer 5000 EUR in prizes. Last year winner GM Nikola Sedlak will defend the title. Participants: 1. GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2576 2. GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2547 3. [...]

Today is the the day, Round 1 of the Rapidplay! I’m so excited!!! The qualifiers have been confirmed with only 2 players from the FIDE Open getting to 4/4. Istratescu and Sutovsky have now joined Groups A & D respectively. Istratescu played 84 moves to get the full point, but if he had halved out […]

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Εκδόθηκαν από την ΚΕΔ τα αποτελέσματα του σεμιναρίου διαιτησίας που διεξήχθει στις 19-20 Οκτωμβρίου.

         ΘΕΜΑ: ΔΕΛΤΙΟΥ ΤΥΠΟΥ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΕΩΝ – 'ΠΟΤΕ ΠΙΑ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ'           ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΔΙΗΜΕΡΟ (7-8/12/2013) ΣΤΑ ΚΑΛΑΒΡΥΤΑ-ΣΤΑ ΠΛΑΙΣΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΕΩΝ ΜΝΗΜΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΛΑΒΡΥΤΙΝΟΥ...

This year's London Chess Classic has a radically new format. Instead of a single round-robin of classical chess, this year's creation is a multi-stage rapid event. There are four four-player groups, and within each there will be a double round-robin taking place from Wednesday through Friday. The top two from each group proceed to Saturday's quarter-finals, and the semi-finals and finals will...

You might have heard this while playing chess which is equally related to business and life. Success is depends on how you balance your resources. For example, devoting most of your time to chess development means you are sacrificing your personal life somewhere. While in business, allocating more budget for one department means you take […]

Στοιχεία Επικοινωνίας Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α.   1) Για διοικητικά θέματα .επιστολες κλπ (Γραμματεία ΕΣΣΝΑ) e-mail: dsessna@gmail.com ( Τα mail προωθούνται αυτόματα στα μέλη του Δ.Σ. της Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α.) ή Στον αριθμό fax 2295023024 (ΔΕΝ ανήκει στην ΕΣΣΝΑ) με...

Ο Προμηθέας διοργανώνει το 5ο τουρνουά "Επαγγελματικών Τάξεων" στις 28 και 29 Δεκεμβρίου. Το τουρνουά είναι ελβετικό ατομικό rapid 7 γύρων με χρόνο 20’+ 10’’ και διεθνή αξιολόγηση rapid. Εκτός από τις ατομικές βραβεύσεις...

The Mind Sports Games Chess 2013 is going to take place 11-19 December in Beijing, China. It will be one of the strongest rapid and blitz events of the year with the participation of some of the world’s top grandmasters. In the men section we find Sergey Karjakin, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, Shakhriyar [...]