Chess in Schools and Communities is delighted to announce today that the six leading English players, Michael Adams, Luke McShane, Nigel Short, Matthew Sadler, David Howell and Gawain Jones have accepted their invitation to play in the 5th London Chess Classic to be staged at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, running from Saturday 7th [...]

As expected, top seeds Ram Aravind of Tamilnadu and Priyanka Nutakki of Andhra Pradesh clinched the titles after beating Barath M of Goa and Lakshmi C of Tamilnadu respectively in the eleventh and final round in the National Under-11 Chess Championship-2013, which concluded here at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex on today. Playing with black pieces, [...]

Εάν ρωτήσουμε τους περισσότερους σκακιστές «θέλεις να αποκτήσεις κάποιον τίτλο στο σκάκι;» Οι περισσότεροι θα απαντήσουν: «ΝΑΙ».Μπορείτε να πατήσετε στον παρακάτω σύνδεσμο, ώστε διαβάσετε τις συμβουλές από κάποιον...

Μπορεί η αίθουσα του Συλλόγου να μην είναι ακόμη έτοιμη. Μπορεί να μην έχει ξεκινήσει η χειμερινή περίοδος. Όμως οι καταφέραμε να κάνουμε την πρώτη μας συνάντηση στο νέο χώρο! Ο Γιώργος μας έδειξε παρτίδες του από τα...

Σε σκακιστικό ... μαραθώνιο εξελιχτήκαν οι ανοικτές εκδηλώσεις της Σκακιστικής Ένωσης ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΗ Πρέβεζας που πραγματοποιήθηκαν την Πέμπτη 22 και την Παρασκευή 23 Αυγούστου στην πλατεία Ανδρούτσου, για πέμπτη συνεχόμενη...

If you’re looking for inspiration, you could do a lot worse than looking at some grandmaster games from the greatest chess players in history. There are many games collections to choose from or if you prefer, millions of games are available on databases. One of the most inspirational games collections I have ever read is […]

The Organizing Committee is publishing the team line-ups of the European Club Cup 2013 (Open & Women). Data is still being processed and is subject to corrections. All clubs are kindly requested to check their data and email us at eccc2013rodos@gmail.com for possible remarks and corrections, regarding either club names or player data. Please note [...]

The 11th International Chess Festival “Città di Amantea” was held on 1-8th September at the Hotel La Tonnara in Amantea, Italy. The Festival consisted of three events: Master Open (for players rated above 1850), Open B (1500-1900 elo) and Open C (U1500). Ukrainian Grandmaster Yaroslav Zinchenko won the Master Open with 7,0/9 points. In the [...]

The 17th Torneo di Cesenatico took place from 31st August to 8th September at the State Middle School n. 1 Viale Torino in Cesenatico, Italy. 160 players competed in three groups – Open A (elo 1900 and higher), Open B (U2000) and Promotion (juniors born on 1997 and later). The Open A had 70 participants. [...]

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The 23rd FIDE Individual World Senior Championships 2013 will take place on 11-24th November, 2013, at the conference centre Tamaris in Grand Hotel 4.Opatijska Cvijeta in Opatija, Croatia. The Championships are organized by the Chess Club “Rijeka” in agreement with Croatian Chess Federation under the auspices of the Mountain-littoral County, the City of Rijeka and [...]

CECLUB Division de Honor 2013, the Spanish Club Chess Championship, is starting today. Eight players over 2700 ELO are among the participants – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez, GM Anish Giri, GM Etienne Bacrot, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM David Navara, GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, and GM Loek Van Wely. Besides them, multiple established [...]

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This is my very first post on the Chess Improver. I decided to start my story at the beginning of my chess career back in the 1970′s. I moved from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to be with my mom, brother and sister. My brother, Steve, taught me the basic moves and rules […]

So how do you checkmate with a king and queen. Or, more importantly and more interestingly, how do you teach the king and queen checkmate? Here’s what I do. I start by demonstrating (or, for older children, asking them to discover) the different types of checkmate. There’s the ‘corridor mate’ with the queen checking on […]