Ο Σύλλογος Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών ξεκινάει την Δευτέρα 30 Σεπτεμβρίου, τις δραστηριότητές του για τη νέα χρονιά 2013 – 2014. Ο νέος μας χώρος βρίσκεται στη γωνίατων οδών Χρήστου Κατσάρη και Αγίας Μαρίνας (Υπέρ - Σύνδεσμος) ...

We’ve all experienced this: building up an overwhelming position at the board, perhaps winning material or having a huge attack, and knowing (not just hoping) that we have a won game, and that it is just a matter of time. But the opponent is stubborn and keeps fighting, perhaps surprising us with unexpected or strange […]

Grandmaster-elect V Vishnu Prasanna of Chennai with 8.5 points from nine rounds, emerged the champion in the Chennai Chess Blitz 2013 that was held at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai. He secured the winner’s purse of Rs. 90000 (Rupees Ninety thousand only). Remaining undefeated Vishnu was impressive in his title march defeating three Grandmasters viz., Deepan [...]

FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2013 for boys & girls under 20 are taking place in Kocaeli, Turkey, from 12th to 27th September 2013. In the Open section top-seeded GM Yu Yangyi of China is on the brink of winning the title of World Junior Champion. Yu won a nice game with black against Samvel [...]

Το σχετικό έγγραφο είναι εδώ: http://www.chessfed.gr/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ypepth-skaki.jpgΚαλή συνέχεια!

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2013, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, is taking place on 18-28th September at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 50.000 USD. First place is 10.000 [...]

Τα αποτελέσματα δημοσιεύτηκαν στην σελίδα http://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/solving/open-solving-batumi-2013/Οι τρεις πρώτοι είναι1) Comay, Ofer, ISR, 50/602) Zude, Arno, GER, 50/603) Vuckovic, Bojan, SRB, 49/607) Selivanov, Andrey, RUS, 39.5/60, ο μόνος που έλυσε το αντίστροφο εξάρι!Ελληνικές...

The 2014 edition of the Reykjavik Open will take place March 4th-March 12th. Once again the tournament will be held in the beautiful Harpa concert hall by the Reykjavik harbour. The 2014 Reykjavik Open will celebrate a 50 year anniversary of the tournament. The organisers will do their best to make this 50 year anniversary [...]

I have observed a common mistake made by coaches whilst monitoring kids, they emphasize finding series of moves rather than just one and insist they search for candidates moves first,analyse them and then go for the best one. This is not bad if you are teaching to adult or a player with some experience and […]

FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2013 for boys & girls under 20 are taking place in Kocaeli, Turkey, from 12th to 27th September 2013. In the Open section top-seeded GM Yu Yangyi of China once again emerged the sole leader after beating IM Andrey Stukopin from Russia. The defending champion Alexander Ipatov (Turkey) could not [...]

Medina Warda Aulia is Indonesia’s youngest ever Women Grandmaster, achieving her third and final norm at the ongoing World Junior Championship. Article by Peter Long Last time around she almost won the championship, ultimately finishing fourth on tie-break and in fact was the leader in Turkey after six rounds till back to back losses pushed [...]

Things are getting hectic here in Paris. Although the first two rounds had been tense enough, some could have complained about the high drawing rate. The third round had it all: complicated battles and more decisive games than in the previous days taken together, all with the white pieces! Ever since Capablanca’s sceptical claim that [...]

Μπορεί στην Ελλάδα όλα τα βήματα ανάπτυξης και προόδου να γίνονται με πολύ αργούς ρυθμούς, όμως τελικά γίνονται και αυτό είναι ένα πάρα πολύ αισιόδοξο μήνυμα. Το υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων έγκρινε το αίτημα...

- Dear Nafisa, please share your feelings about playing for the first time in Grand Prix in the capital of your home country. - This is a first time for me to have so much attention. I felt myself under pressure even before the start of the tournament. Every day the journalists were calling me [...]

Προς Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο ΕΣΣΘΧΠριν ενάμιση περίπου χρόνο έγινε μία μεγάλη γενική συνέλευση με αφορμή την αλλαγή του καταστατικού. Μία συνέλευση για γερά νεύρα, χωρίς νικητές και ηττημένους που έδωσαν μία νότα...