Silver for China, bronze for Ukraine

Σήμερα Παρασκευή και κάθε Παρασκευή σας περιμένουμε για ελεύθερο παιχνίδι σκάκι από τις 20:00 έως τις 22:00! Η υπεύθυνη του εντευκτηρίου μας, για τις Παρασκευές θα είναι η Ελένη.

Grandmaster-elect Danyyil Dvirnyy convincingly won the 73rd Italian Chess Championship by finishing the event with 8,0/11 points, a full point ahead of the last-year champion GM Alberto David and GM Sabino Brunello. The Championship was held from 21st November to 2nd December at the Hotel Villa Maria Regina, via della Camilluccia 687, in Rome. Earlier [...]

After coming back from a bad start in the World Team Championship and beating Ukraine yesterday in the match of the tournament, round 9 against the heavily outrated and winless Egyptian team should have been a near-triviality. Instead, it was a near-disaster. They drew their Black games easily enough, and Ian Nepomniachtchi took advantage over Samy Shoker's characteristically energetic but...

Live games with Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini

The 19th International Open Tournament “Villa de Navalmoral” is taking place on 5-8th December at the hotel Moya in Navalmoral de la Mata (Cáceres), Spain. The tournament will be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system. 90 players from 16 countries are participating, including 14 Grandmasters. The total prize fund is 12,300 EUR, with 3000 [...]

The draw for the group stages of the London Chess Classic took place on Wednesday 4th December at Ravenscroft Primary School in Newham. Pupils at the school conducted the draw in the presence of Malcolm Pein and deputy arbiter David Sedgwick. The players were divided into four pools on the basis of their FIDE Rapidplay [...]

The prize giving and closing ceremony of the World Team Chess Championship will be at 19:00 local time (18:00 CET). You can follow the live video here at the official website

Κάθε Τρίτη και Πέμπτη μετά τις 20:00 το βράδυ σας περιμένουμε στο σκακιστικό μας σύλλογο για δωρεάν μαθήματα σκακιού! Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη για όλους. Ευχαριστούμε το Θανάση για τη φωτογραφία. :-)

Την Κυριακή στις 11:30 σας περιμένουμε όλους στο Σύλλογο για το πρώτο μας πρωτάθλημα στο φυτευτό σκάκι! Η ομάδες θα αποτελούνται από δύο άτομα. Κάντε λοιπόν την ομάδα σας και να είσαστε εκεί ( στη γωνία των οδών Χρήστου...

Τι θα παίζατε με τα λευκά σε αυτή τη θέση; Τα λευκά θυσιάζουν τον ίππο τους ώστε να δημιουργήσουν ένα πολύ ισχυρό κάρφωμα και να ενεργοποιήσουν τα κομμάτια τους.Παρακαλώ παρακολουθήστε την παρτίδα που ακολουθεί. PGN

Recently, I noticed that some people have been playing a variation of the Scotch Game involving White retreating the Knight on d4 to b3 after Black’s Bc5. That brought back memories of a beautiful opening trap that I learned from some dusty library book in my childhood, probably by Horowitz or Reinfeld. One thing that […]

There's still a round to go at the World Team Championship, but for practical purposes the winner and the medalists seem to have been decided. In the key match of the tournament, the leading Ukranians took on the Russians, hoping to keep or extend their lead of a single match point (half a point in normal chess scoring). The first three boards were drawn, but Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated...

The 15th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships are scheduled to take place on 3-12th June, 2014, at the Conrad Macao, Cotai Central in Macau. Standard Chess: Each player has 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. Rapid Chess: Each player has 15 + 10 seconds increment. Blitz Chess: Each player has 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment. [...]

1ο  ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣΛΥΣΗΣ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝΕλάτε να γνωρίσετε τον κόσμο του Καλλιτεχνικού Σκακιού!Μια πρωτότυπη, για τα δεδομένα της χώρας μας, διοργάνωση, θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Κυριακή 5 Ιανουαρίου 2014 (ώρα...