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1. Προκήρυξη: Η Σκακιστική Πολιτιστική Κίνηση Φυλής προκηρύσσει το 6ο ΦΥΛΗκό Ατομικό Τουρνουά Σκάκι με διεθνή αξιολόγηση. Το τουρνουά θα διεξαχθεί στο εντευκτήριο του συλλόγου, Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου & Ίωνα Δραγούμη. 2...

A good start of the season for UT Dallas

Live games with analysis

IM Lorin D’Costa is one of the latest ChessBase video authors. Today a new video was released where he teams with amateur Nick Murphy. They cover the plans and ideas in three different variations on the Giuoco Piano opening. There’s a lot to like about this video. Nick Murphy is a good foil for IM […]

The 2013 US Class Championships are set to take place on 27-29th September at the Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017. The event will be played in eight sections, all to be completed over five rounds of Swiss system. The prize fund is $11,500 Guaranteed. Master (2200/up): $1,250-650-400 (U2400: [...]

On 12-15th September the ACP Cup, an international tournament of the Association of Chess Professionals, will be held in Riga for the first time. Sixteen outstanding Grandmasters of this intellectual sport from Russia, France, Poland, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Latvia will take part in the competition. The ACP Cup is organised by the Association of Chess [...]

The 1st Azuqueca Chess Classic, organized by the Equigoma Casa Social, is set to take place on 15-22nd September at the Centro de Ocio Rio Henares in Azuqueca de Henares, Guadalajara province, Spain. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system. Top prizes are 1000 € / 600 € / 400 € [...]

The Quebec Chess Federation staged the 2013 Montreal Open Championship on 6-8th September at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, 3200 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal. The tournament was held in four sections: Section A Open, Section B (U2000), Section C (U1600) and Section D (U1200). All sections were played over five rounds of Swiss system. The Open section had 34 [...]

Την Κυριακή 8/9 και με τη λήξη του τουρνουά στη μνήμη του Καραπάνου, έγινε και η απονομή του κυπέλλου του διασυλλογικού πρωταθλήματος με αποδέκτη την ομάδα μας. Παρακαλούνται οι αθλητές της ομάδας μας που έπαιξαν στο...

Heading into the rest day, Nakamura stands as the front-runner with 2.5/3 points, while Carlsen trails just a half-point behind in second place. Armenia's Levon Aronian sits in third with 1/3 after battling to a draw with reigning U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky, who earned his first half-point of the tournament.

Σκακιστικές εκδηλώσεις στο 39ο Φεστιβάλ ΚΝΕ-Οδηγητή19 - 20 - 21 Σεπτέμβρη, Πάρκο Τρίτση στο ΊλιονΟ Σεπτέμβρης είναι ο μήνας κορύφωσης του Φεστιβάλ της ΚΝΕ που από τις αρχές του καλοκαιριού ταξιδεύει με τις εκδηλώσεις του σε...

One of the paradoxes for the intermediate level chess improver is that very often, focusing on studying well-annotated top-level games, such as in the excellent anthology The Mammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games, backfires. This is because the games are so subtle and dominated by sharp tactical turns, that the chess improver find […]

Two back-to-back international open chess tournaments will start the year 2014 in India. The 2nd Gurgaon Open and the 12th Delhi Open will be held between 1st and 16th January in the Indian capital and nearby Gurgaon (20km distance). The 2nd Gurgaon International Open Chess Tournament will take place on 1-8th January, 2014, at the [...]