This is an old game that I played in Lakeland, Florida back in 1994. My opponent was rated about 200 points below me, but caught me off guard with Bird’s Opening. I was able to transpose into a Sicilian Defense and did OK in the opening and part of the middle game, and then we […]

Το σκάκι είναι για όλους και τις Κυριακές είμαστε ανοιχτά! Σιγά - σιγά αρχίζει να γεμίζει η αίθουσα του Συλλόγου από μικρούς και μεγάλους που έχουν πραγματική όρεξη να παίξουν σκάκι.Ο Παναγιώτης έβγαλε μια φωτογραφία...

Ισόπαλο έληξε και το δεύτερο ματς του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλήματος. Ενώ φαίνονταν ότι ο Ανάντ θα μπορούσε να πιέσει κάπως με τα κομμάτια του και να δημιουργήσει κάποιες επιθετικές δυνατότητες έπειτα από την 14η κίνησή του...

1. ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ: Το Σκακιστικό Τμήμα της Γυμναστικής Εταιρείας Αγρινίου σε συνεργασία με την Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου προκηρύσσει το 1ο σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα  Σκακιού Αγρινίου.  2. ΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ...

Jaideep Unudurti is an Indian journalist who often writes about chess; happily, he also regularly comments on this blog. He has written what he describes as a "mood piece" on the match for today's (Sunday's) Economic Times. Have a look.

The 2nd game of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match finished in a draw. Replay the moves with analysis by IM Aman Hambleton and GM Vidit Gujrathi. Game 2 photo gallery Anand: First of all, I would like to express my apology (perhaps to his fans for having played a short drawn game). The position [...]

The second game of the FIDE World Championship Match saw another repetition of moves and the draw was agreed on move 25. The defending champion Anand started with 1.e4 and the challenger Carlsen responded with Caro-Kann defence, which was a slight surprise. Carlsen rarely used Caro-Kann before, the last time being back in 2011. Replay [...]

The opening and the character of play were a bit different today, but the result and the duration were similar. Once again the game finished in a draw just past the 90 minute mark. Viswanathan Anand opened with 1.e4, which is very much in keeping with the standard pre-match forecast that Anand wants to go for forcing lines while Magnus Carlsen wants positions where the play will be slower and...

ACP General Secretary Bartlomiej Macieja announced that Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi became member of the ACP Board. “India, led by the world champion Viswanathan Anand, has recently become one of the most impressively growing chess countries. We are proud to announce that one of India’s best player, 20-year old Parimarjan Negi, has joined the ACP [...]

Η «Ακαδημία των Σπορ» προκηρύσσει ατομικά πρωταθλήματα BLITZ & θεματικού RAPID στις 30/11/2013 και 1/12/2013 αντίστοιχα, στο CAFÉ ΜΕΛΙ (Ν.Ε.Ο. Πατρών-Αθηνών 82). Όριο συμμετοχών 40 άτομα.

Στο Δ.Σ. της Ε.Σ.Σ.Π. στην τακτική συνάντησή του για τον μήνα Οκτώβριο έλαβε τις παρακάτω αποφάσεις…

The 22nd Annual Kings Island Open will be held from November 15-17, 2013 at the Kings Island Resort, 5691 Kings Island Drive, Mason, Ohio. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1250 and Under 1000. All sections have either 3-day (November 15-17) or 2-day (November 16-17) schedules [...]

The World Chess Championship 2013 between the defending champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger Magnus Carlsen is going to take place 07-28 November, 2013, in Chennai, India. This is the first game of the match, commented by IM Aman Hambleton. More: Official website / Live games / Live games 2 / Live games 3 / [...]

The World Chess Championship 2013 between the defending champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger Magnus Carlsen is going to take place 07-28 November, 2013, in Chennai, India. This is the first game of the match, commented by GM Vidit Gujrathi. More: Official website / Live games / Live games 2 / Live games 3 / [...]

For the third of our current trilogy of instructive junior games we look at an encounter between two slightly stronger players. Both combatants demonstrate good attacking skills but still make errors when forced to calculate. Now I don’t want to be too critical. Most of us make lots of errors when faced with a complex […]