Both Houdini and Stockfish play with experimental versions

Το σεμινάριο παιδαγωγικής επιμόρφωσης προπονητών σχολικού σκακιού, που ήταν προγραμματισμένο για το Σάββατο 2 Νοεμβρίου 2013, στην "Αγορά Αργύρη", αναβάλλεται. Η νέα ημερομηνία και τόπος υλοποίησης του θα ανακοινωθούν...

Ιστορικά στοιχεία για το ΟΧΙ.Τις πρώτες πρωινές ώρες στις 28 Οκτωβρίου του 1940 η τότε Ιταλική Κυβέρνηση απέστειλε στην Ελλάδα τελεσίγραφο, με τον Ιταλό Πρέσβη στην Αθήνα Ε. Γκράτσι, ο οποίος και το επέδωσε ιδιόχειρα στον...

This is another game against a chess master that I played on the ICC server. This chess master is from Hong Kong. When I asked him for a draw I sent my request in English and I also sent it in Chinese. I used translation software to write in Chinese. I never got any messages […]

Chessdom: Mr. Azmaiparashvili, you are here as head of the Appeals Committee in European Club Cup and you’ve been following the tournament so far. How do you see the battles on the chessboard and overall organization of the event? Zurab Azmaiparashvili: Well, this is interesting for me. First of all, I will start with the [...]

  The closing ceremony of the European Club Cup was held from 22h on Saturday. The winning teams Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and G-Team Novy Bor, as well as individual board prize winners were awarded with cups and medal. Replay games open / replay games women Photos from the closing ceremony

Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona will take place from 25-31st October at the Gran Casino of Barcelona (Marina Avenue, 19-21). The tournament is organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by the Casino of Barcelona (Group Peralada), Barcelona City Hall and and the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. The tournament is included in the ACP Tour [...]

The 9-round rapid chess tournament in memory of Svetozar Gligoric was held on 26th October in Pancevo, Serbia. The tournament was organized by the chess club “Svetozar Gligorić – Gliga”, one of the inheritors of legendary Grandmaster. 82 players from six countries competed. Serbian champion GM Boban Bogosavljevic won the first place after edging four [...]

The European Club Cup was held on 19-27th October at the Rodos Palace Hotel on Rhodes, Greece. The local chess club Ippotis Rhodes was actively involved in the organization, provided several arbiters for the event and registered a team that competed in Open section. GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Deputy Minister of Sports in Georgia and head [...]

Μόνος στην κορυφή o ΣΟ Πατρών μετά την νίκη απέναντι στην ΝΕΠ. Στις άλλες αναμετρήσεις νίκησαν ο ΑΣΟΝ ΕΠΑΧΤΟΣ και η ΕΣ ΑΙΓΙΑΛΕΙΑΣ. Τα αποτελέσματα αναλυτικά

Με νίκη 3,5 – 2,5 συνέχισε η ομάδα μας στον 3ο γύρο απέναντι στην Ακαδημία των σπόρ. Σιρινιάν Ματθαίος – Πρίντζιος Λάμπρος – Ζαφειρόπουλος Στράτος – Διαμαντόπουλος Νίκος – Καράμπελα Μαρία και Μπομποτσιάρη...

Most of the lower level junior games I look at are of only transient interest but occasionally I come across an encounter which is both instructive for the players and fascinating for the insight it gives into how children think about chess. Here’s one such game. We start here, after Black’s 5th move. White’s essayed […]

Starting this past Thursday and continuing indefinitely, depending on reader interest, of course, I will write twice a week for the ChessUSA website, on their blog. Those posts will not duplicate my work on here, and will be aimed at a more introductory audience - from relatively serious casual players to low-to-mid-range tournament players. One post a week will offer some sort of...

Six down, four to go. Next week's victim: Navy. Over to you, Mr. Bandleader:

Le trophée Anatoly Karpov 2013 is underway in the resort city of Cap d'Agde, France, and it will be going for a while. It's an eight-player double-round robin - or at least that's how the first stage will work. After that the top four will play a pair of knockout rounds to determine a champion. The three biggest names in the event are Vassily Ivanchuk, Etienne Bacrot and Anatoly Karpov...