The Moscow based Center for New Technologies “Digital” hosted the Battle of Generations match between GM Daniil Dubov (2641) and GM Alexei Shirov (2685) on 2-8th December. Shirov was convincing in the classical games, winning four and drawing two for the overall 5-1 victory. The match consisted of six games with the FIDE time control [...]

The 19th International Open Tournament “Villa de Navalmoral” was held on 5-8th December at the hotel Moya in Navalmoral de la Mata (Cáceres), Spain. After seven rounds of play GM Namig Guliyev (Azerbaijan) and IM Vitali Koziak (Ukraine) shared the first place with 6,0 points each. Guliyev took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break. The [...]

Λίγο μετά τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο. Το υπερωκεάνιο Henry Gibbins μεταφέρει εβραϊκό πληθυσμό που σώθηκε από τις στάχτες των κρεματορίων προς το λιμάνι της Χάιφας, στην Παλαιστίνη. Δυο αγόρια παίζουν σκάκι στο κατάστρωμα...

Μια παρτίδα σε υπαίθρια σκακιέρα στο Σοβέτο, περιοχή-προάστιο δυτικά του Γιοχάνεσμπουργκ, στη Νότια Αφρική, όπου βρίσκεται και η ιστορική οικία του Νέλσον Μαντέλα. Μπορεί ίσως να ειπωθεί ότι ο Μαντέλα δεν πέθανε στα 95...

The chess club “Junior” from Rijeka, Croatia, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a rapid chess tournament on 8th December. 36 club members and friends participated in the 9-round Swiss event. The time control was 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move. However, even the additional time increment proved to be insufficient in some of the [...]

This game is one of three that I played on 29 Feb 2012 against a computer program on the ICC server called Colussus. This game is one of my two losses that night. My previous posts about my games versus Colossus can be found here: Colossus Game 1 and here: Colossus Game 2. I played the […]

The 2nd Winter Sea Deluxe is set to take place from 2th to 6st January in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. The first edition had 132 participants and was won by the Hungarian Grandmaster Robert Ruck. The playing venue is the old-fashioned Hotel Michelacci ****Superior, with SPA and rich meals, everything at [...]

The 4th Annual Thanksgiving Open was held on 30th November to 1st December at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The event was held in three sections and over five rounds of Swiss system. The Open section had 32 participants. IM Priyadharshan Kannappan of India (rated 2409) took a clear first place [...]

Με μεγάλη επιτυχία διοργανώθηκε σήμερα το πρωτάθλημα φυτευτού στο σκακιστικό μας σύλλογο. Συμμετείχαν 18 άτομα τα οποία συμπλήρωσαν 9 ομάδες. Δυστυχώς δεν είχαμε μαζί μας μια φωτογραφική μηχανή, αλλά υποσχόμαστε να...

Την Κυριακή 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 και ώρα 5 μ.μ., (Προσέλευση για εγγραφές 4.30 μ.μ.) θα πραγματοποιηθεί το 2ο Τουρνουά Blitz με Διεθνή Αξιολόγηση FIde(ELO Blitz) αφιερωμένο στο Μεγάλο Έλληνα ποιητή και σκακιστή Λορέτζο Μαβίλη.Το...

And so the exhibition match between Alexei Shirov and Daniil Dubov has come to an end with a draw in game 6. As after game 1, a draw in the classical game meant they had to play blitz afterwards, and the results were a repeat of what happened in game 1: a draw followed by a Dubov win. In the part that counted, however, Shirov proved his dominance, and while Dubov is an impressive young talent...

Happy anniversary e3e5!

A common mistake made at lower levels is just to look at the last move, not the whole board. Players at this level can play reasonably well in simple positions, but in more complex situations they will get confused and sometimes a position will be reached where both players have several pieces en prise. Witness […]

Shirov 4.5, Dubov .5. The match ends tomorrow.

The last stage of the 2013 Cup of Russia, the Cup of the Governor of Ugra, was held from 27th November to 6th December in Khanty-Mansiysk. Grandmaster Denis Khismatullin finished clear first with 6,5/9 points after holding Dmitry Bocharov with black pieces in the final round. Khismatullin earned 4500 EUR for the effort. Vladimir Fedoseev, [...]