Ένα τουρνουά για όλους του φίλους του σκακιού...1.ΠΡΟΚΉΡΥΞΗ:Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης προκηρύσσει το 1οΔορυφορικό Τουρνουά.2. ΠΡΌΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΑΓΏΝΩΝ:    ΓΥΡΟΣ ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΑ ΩΡΑ 1ος Τετάρτη 13/11/2013 ...

Ένα τουρνουά για όλους του φίλους του σκακιού...1.ΠΡΟΚΉΡΥΞΗ:Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης προκηρύσσει το 1οΔορυφορικό Τουρνουά.2. ΠΡΌΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΑΓΏΝΩΝ:    ΓΥΡΟΣ ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΑ ΩΡΑ 1ος Τετάρτη 13/11/2013 ...

I mentioned it a couple of days ago, but now that it has scrolled down a ways I'll mention it again and make it semi-official: I do intend to cover the match in detail for subscribers, who will receive the analysis of all the Anand-Carlsen games, video coverage of the games, and if you sign up before the match starts, I'll throw in the videos and PGNs I did for last year's Anand-Gelfand...

Russians have a very interesting concept. The word for it is “priyome.” It’s actually a very common word in Russian, but it’s the chess concept that I want to discuss in this brief blog post. Improving chess players begin to study pawn structures seriously. Priyomes are closely related. They are critical situations to learn and […]

It's up, with a pair of puzzles - one each from Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. Happy solving!

Today (yesterday for some of you) the world championship match between the champion, Viswanathan Anand, and his challenger, Magnus Carlsen, began with the opening ceremony and a very interesting press conference. The one important bit of information we have from the opening ceremony is that Carlsen will have the white pieces in game 1, which (I think) also means he's scheduled to have them in...

Chessdom: Olga, we met during the European Club Cup on Rhodes. What are your impressions from the event? Olga Dolzhikova: I am not used to participating in many official events, that’s why it gave me quite a festive feeling of something great and interesting to be part of. And generally, Rhodes is a wonderful place, [...]

The opening ceremony for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match was held today at 4pm local at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Periamet, Chennai 600003, in the presence of thousands in the audience. After the Tamil Thai Vazhthu and FIDE Anthem were performed, Mr K.C. Veeramani, Hon’ble Minister for School Education, Sports & Youth Welfare, Government [...]

Σήμερα Πέμπτη 7 Νοεμβρίου στις 21:00 μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε τη σκακιστική διάλεξη με θέμα «Η τύχη ευνοεί τους τυχερούς!» από τον προπονητή του Συλλόγου Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών.Υπάρχει τύχη στο σκάκι; Ποια είναι η...

Εν αναμονή του αγώνα γιά τον τίτλο του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή στο σκάκι μεταξύ του τωρινού παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή Viswanathan Anand και του διεκδικητή του τίτλου Magnus Carlsen που θα ξεκινήσει το Σάββατο 9 Νοεμβρίου 2013 στο Chennai της...

The latest from Anand - Carlsen in Chennai

The 2013 FIDE World Chess Championship match between Anand and Carlsen is about to begin. Chess as spectator sport? You may have already waded through articles and blog posts all over the world speculating about who is favored to win, etc. It’s certainly good for chess that there is excitement over this match. Furthermore, chess […]

GM Vidit Gujrathi, one of the bright young talents of Indian chess, will join the Chessdom commentators team for the World Chess Championship 2013, together with IM Aman Hambleton and IM Tania Sachdev. GM Vidit Gujrathi comes from the small city of Nasik, India. He is 19 years old and the youngest commentator at the [...]

Live games with analyis and GM Vidit Gujrathi

Despite its large size, India follows a single time zone, called the Indian Standard Time (IST). IST maintains a 30 minute offset from UTC. This means that when it is 12:00 UTC, it is 5:30 AM anywhere in India. This can be particularly confusing to travelers who are accustomed to integer time zone changes. All [...]