Chess Blindness is also called Amaurosis scacchista and that term was coined by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch. This term is often used to describe when a player of any strength misses a move that should be obvious to any decent player. Even top grandmasters of chess can fall to this disease. Beginning chess players often miss […]

Με μια μικρή γιορτή θα ξεκινήσει η νέα σκακιστική χρονιά στο Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης.Ένα αρκετά ισχυρό τουρνουά προβλέπεται το φετινό Champions League ενώ μαζί με την κλήρωση των ομίλων θα υπάρξει παράλληλα και η βράβευση των...

Ποιος GMθα έρθει αύριο στα Γιάννενα; Αύριο το απόγευμα μετά της 18:00 ένας κορυφαίος προπονητής, ο οποίος ζει πολλά χρόνια στην Ελλάδα, θα βρεθεί στην πόλη μας. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε με...

Μετά τις ατέρμονες θεωρίες περί ύπαρξης ζωής στον κόκκινο πλανήτη Αρη, μπορούμε πλέον με βεβαιότητα να ανακοινώσουμε πως: Ναι, υπάρχει ζωή, τουλάχιστον σκακιστική, αλλά στον …κίτρινο Αρη! Ο Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αρης...

It’s more than time to move on to Chapter 12 of Move Two! I explain to my private pupils that there are many books teaching you how the pieces move and other basics, some of which they will have read. There are also many books written for players who are already strong and want to […]

Το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της ΕΣΣΠ ενέκρινε και δημοσιεύει το αγωνιστικό πρόγραμμα της ΕΣΣΠ για το 2013-2014

The Quarter Finals of the 2013 ACP Cup were played on Saturday at the Rietumu bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia. In the afternoon schedule Grischuk swiftly eliminated Wojtaszek with 2-0, while Svidler won the first game and drew the second to get past Radjabov. The two Russians will play in the Semi Finals on Sunday [...]

FIDE Women’s World Championship Match resumed after the rest day and once again Hou Yifan scored a victory with black pieces, only this time much easier than in the first game. It was another Nimzo-Indian defence and the players quickly moved through the starting 15 moves of theory. But after Yifan’s 15…Rc8, the reigning World [...]

IRT Cerrado Feminino Ciudad de Linares was held from 7th to 15th September 2013, concurrently with the Spanish Club Chess Championship – CECLUB Division de Honor 2013. The tournament format was 10-player round robin. IM Anastasia Savina sported a fantastic finish with three consecutive victories to catch IM Sopiko Guramishvili on the shared first place. [...]

Καλή επιτυχία για τους συμμετέχοντες (και τους διοργανωτές) στον διαγωνισμό λύσης της Κυριακήςhttp://kallitexniko-skaki.blogspot.gr/2013/08/12.htmlΕίναι ο δωδέκατος Πανελλήνιος Διαγωνισμός και θα δημοσιεύσουμε τα 12 προβλήματά του εδώ...

Those of us who are part of Western culture know all too well the high premium placed on winning. It seems that everywhere one turns, the message of “winning is everything” appears like a frightening apparition. Even if you don’t buy into this notion, it leaves a faint impression deep within the emotional seat of […]

The 2013 ACP Cup started on Friday at the Rietumu bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia. The tournament is organized by the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and Latvian Chess Society. The playing format is a Knock-Out tournament with sixteen participants. On the first day matches of the 1/8 Finals were completed in two shifts – [...]

FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2013 for boys & girls under 20 is taking place in Kocaeli, Turkey, from 12th to 27th September 2013. The first round was played today and there were already a couple of unexpected results. Yan Fang (China 2281) made a draw against World Cup participant GM Jorge Cori (Peru 2587), [...]

The 2014 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival will take place from Monday 27th January to Thursday 6th February, 2014. The Festival will consist of five events: Masters, Challengers Wk1 (U2250), Challengers Wk2 (U2250), Amateurs Wk1 (U1900) and Amateurs Wk2 (U1900). Last year winner was GM Nikita Vitiugov. Currently top rated players in Masters are: Adams Michael [...]

Με την έναρξη των προπονητικών τμημάτων την Παρασκευή 13 Σεπτεμβρίου και με σχέδια για ποικίλες εκδηλώσεις ξεκινάει για φέτος η νέα σκακιστική χρονιά για τον Σκακιστικό Όμιλο Χαλανδρίου. Ο Σ.Ο. Χαλανδρίου πιστός στο...