Αύγουστος σε μιάν Αθήνα που τις ημέρες κοντά στο δεκαπενταύγουστο ήταν και πάλι ήσυχη αλλά και πιό ανθρώπινη!Οι λάτρεις του σκακιού πάντα βρίσκουν στιγμές χαλάρωσης αλλά και μελέτης πάνω στο αγαπημένο μας...

The 8th Annual Indianapolis Open was held from August 16-18, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd, Indianapolis, Indiana. The event had 5 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under 1200. All sections were completed over 5 rounds of Swiss pairings. Grandmaster Nikola Mitkov emerged clear winner [...]

The European Chess Club Cup 2013 will take place on 19-27 October, 2013, in the conference center of the 5-star Rodos Palace Convention Resort which is regarded as one of the finest deluxe hotels on the island of Rhodes. At the present 64 teams are signed up to take participation. There are few more clubs [...]

My son Sam had his best win on Sunday scoring 7 out of 7 in the inaugural Bradford Junior Knights event. But en route to this result he had to survive one of the chess player’s greatest threats, that of mind numbing success! Success can be very disorientating, especially for those who aren’t used to […]

Eight matches of the fourth round of the World Chess Cup 2013 have started today. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defended with the Sicilian Scheveningen and it looked good as he pushed the “liberating” d6-d5, but this only prompted Gata Kamsky to sacrifice a piece and launch a promising assault on the black king. Black had to find [...]

Games start at 16:00 CET

1ο Ανοιχτό Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα Blitz – Rapid ΕΥ ΑΓΩΝΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ 2013Στην τελική ευθεία μπαίνουν οι προετοιμασίες για το 1ο Ανοιχτό Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα Blitz – Rapid ΕΥ ΑΓΩΝΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ 2013 στην Αρχ. Ολυμπία από τις 29 Αυγ-1 Σεπτ 2013 Η...

I’ve been home for a few days now and so I decided it’s time to look back at my previous two tournaments. The British started somewhat disappointingly when I got bogged down with too many draws. After winning round one, I had a repeat of my final round pairing from the previous year’s tournament with […]

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Stronger opponents are not infallible. Stronger players can be a bit too sure of themselves, and they can underestimate their opponents. That is their weakness. One thing I’ve learnt from analysing my own games is that no one plays perfect chess, not even titled players, they just tend to make fewer serious errors, that’s all. […]

The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) have the honour to announce the 2013 World Chess Team Championship in Antalya, Turkey. The event will be held from 24th November 2013 (arrival) to 06th December 2013 (Departure). According to FIDE Regulations D.07.11.6.2., the following Federations are entitled to send a team: a. Armenia [...]

After the World Chess Cup 2013 round 3 tie-break matches, the pairings for the 4th round are officially confirmed. Alexander Morozevich will play white pieces against former European champion Evgeny Tomashevsky in round 4 game 1. Follow the live games with computer analysis Round 4 Match 1 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2739 – Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS [...]

ZMDI Open 2013 was organized by the ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden e.V. from 10th to 18th August at the Ramada Hotel in Dresden, Germany. 199 players competed in three elo sections. The main event was 9-round Open A with 99 participants. Grandmasters Samuel Shankland (USA), Mikhailo Oleksienko (Ukraine) and Georg Meier (Germany) shared the first place [...]

Ο Κωνσταντίνος είναι ο μοναδικός αήττητος με 2, ½ βαθμούς σε 3 αγώνες. Μπράβο μικρέ, πήγαινε για το κύπελλο! :)Δυσκολίες συνάντησε σήμερα και ο Γιώργος αλλά και ο Νικόλας. Ο απολογισμός τους βρίσκει με μια κερδισμένη και...

Το Ατομικό Νεανικό Πρωτάθλημα Σκάκι Δυτικής Αττικής θα διεξαχθεί σε μία ηλικιακή κατηγορία, για νέες και νέους κάτω των 16 ετών (γεννημένοι από 1/1/1997 και μετά.Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες παρακαλώ επισκεφθείτε εδώ.