Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

There’s a boy at the chess club who’s been playing for several years but is still obsessed with playing for Scholar’s Mate in every game. He even does things like 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Qh4. I’d emailed his mother, who replied saying she’d speak to him about it. So I took the black pieces against him […]

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club, under the auspices of FIDE, have the honor to invite all FIDE member federations to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2013 (Under 8, 10,12, 14, 16 and 18 years old – open and girls) scheduled 17 (arrival) – 29 (departure) December 2013 in Al [...]

There will be a 36-player strong contingent from the host country participating in Indonesia Open, with a full representation of the best current talent together with many veterans returning from days gone by! Once again the hopes of the nation will fall squarely on the shoulders of GM Susanto Megaranto who on his day has [...]

Το πρώτο επίσημο πρωτάθλημα γρήγορου σκακιού θα διοργανωθεί αύριο στο σύλλογό μας από τον Μ. Παππά.Με το δεξί ξεκινάμε τις διοργανώσεις και ευχόμαστε όλα να πάνε καλά για το σύλλογο και για τους παίχτες. Ευχόμαστε...

The Reykjavik Open 2014 will be held from March 4th to March 12th, 2014, in Harpa, the 28.000 sqm concert hall. The tournament is expected to be very strong. The event is celebrating 50 years anniversary since its inception in 1964, when Mikhail Tal won it with a record 12½ points out of 13. Throughout [...]

Το σεμινάριο θα γίνει το Σάββατο 2 Νοεμβρίου 2013, στην Αγορά Αργύρη και μπορεί να το παρακολουθήσει οποιοσδήποτε ασχολείται με την προπονητική στο σχολικό σκάκι, ανεξάρτητα αν παρακολούθησε το 1ο σεμινάριο ή όχι...

The Bangladesh Chess Championship named Berger Paints 39th National Chess Championship-2013 was held from 21st September to 5th October at the Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association in Dhaka. The event was held with all play all (round-robin) system and the average elo of 14 participants was 2298. Grandmaster Al-Rakib Abdulla narrowly edged colleague Ziaur [...]

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

The Russian Championship Superfinal 2013 for men and women will take place from 5th to 14th October at the State Historical and Architectural Museum in Nizhny Novgorod. Both events will be held according to round robin system with ten players. The total prize fund for both groups is 6 million RUB (approx 138,000 EUR). Participants [...]

One of the many difficult ideas the beginner must embrace is planning. I’ve touched on this subject in previous articles and wish to revisit this concept because without it, both the novice and skilled player are doomed to fail! Ask any beginner what their “plan” is and most will tell you that it’s to checkmate […]

The Moscow based Center for New Technologies “Digital” will host a match between GM Daniil Dubov (2641) and GM Alexei Shirov (2685) on 2-8th December. The match is organized by ChessTV and sponsored by businessman Oleg Skvortsov. The match will consist of six games with FIDE time control 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + [...]