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The 28th International Chess Festival “M. Sadoveanu” took place on 18-24th August at the Sport Hall in Iasi, Romania. Top-seeded GM Costica-Ciprian Nanu won the main Open A with 7,5 points from nine games. 108 players from Moldova, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania competed. The total prize fund was 26.000 Lei (1 euro = 4,4 lei). [...]

When you can’t avoid checkmate or you can’t find a reasonable move, it may be time to consider resigning. Many beginners and even improving players will play on all the way to checkmate even when there is nothing they can do. Maybe it’s because that is the way they have been taught? Maybe it’s because […]

Minkochess joins Onno as leader of TCEC

The chess engine Onno is off to a good start at the TCEC Season 2, after a win with black in round 1. The 2800+ ELO rated Onno defeated the weakest opponent in the field Firefly 2.6 in a French Tarrasch (Open, Eliskases Variation), after sacrificing a knight and pawn for three pawns (replay the [...]

The 33rd International Chess Festival Conca Della Presolana – ScaccoBratto was held on 17-25th August at the Hotel Milano, località Bratto, Castione della Presolana, Italy. The Festival was organized by the historical chess club Scacchistica Milanese, the Italian Chess federation and ScacchiRandagi. The Festival consisted of five playing sections: - Master, for players with FIDE [...]

By WFM Ana Daniela Madrigal B.

Σε αυτή τη θέση παίζουν τα μαύρα και κερδίσουν. Μπορείτε να βρείτε τη έπαιξαν τα μαύρα;             Είναι μια παρτίδα μου από το διαδίκτυο. Έπαιζα με έναν Ισραηλινό παίχτη, στην οποία είχα...

Very often we hear about ‘talented’ players, which usually coincides with their position on an age/rating chart. Yet years of talent watching have made me deeply skeptical about the value of this simple approach, all too often they fail to develop whilst others seem to come from nowhere and hit the top in their teens. […]

The Mississauga Open 2013 was organized by the Mississauga Chess Club on 24-25th August at the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The tournament was played over five rounds of Swiss system and in three sections – Top Guns, U2000 and U1600. Tournament director and chief arbiter was Garvin Nunes. The [...]

The 3rd International Chess Tournament Isthmia 2013 was held on 18-25th August at the Alkyon Hotel in Vrachati, Korinthia, Greece. The event was organized by the Pnevmatiki Stegi Peristeriou and Korinthia Chess Academy “Argonaftis”, with support from the Prefecture of Peloponnisos, Municipality of Velo Vocha and Regional Unity of Korinthia. Grandmaster Hristos Banikas took a [...]

The 135th Annual New York State Championship, America’s oldest annual tournament, will be held from August 30-September 2, 2013, at the Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany, New York. The event has five sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under 1200. All sections will be played over 6 rounds of Swiss system. [...]

Καλή μέρα ήταν η σημερινή για τους Γιαννιώτες μιας και όλοι κέρδισαν τις παρτίδες του. Ο φίλος μας ο Γιώργος μας απογοήτευσε λιγάκι μιας και έχασε, αλλά δεν πειράζει. Όλα μέσα στη ζωή είναι. ...

Είναι μεγάλη μας χαρά να βλέπουμε τους μαθητές του Σκακιστικού Συλλόγου μας να συμμετέχουν σε καλοκαιρινά επίσημα πρωταθλήματα.Φυσικά είναι ακόμη μεγαλύτερη η χαρά μας όταν μαθαίνουμε ότι κερδίζουν τις παρτίδες...