Μετοικος.    Ξεκινάει σήμερα, στις 2 το μεσημερι δική μας ώρα, στο Tromso της Νορβηγίας, την πόλη που θα φιλοξενήσει και την σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα του χρόνου, το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο με 127 σκακιστές (την απόλυτη συμμετρία...

Η Τοπική Επιτροπή Διαιτησίας Αιγαίου με τη συνδρομή της Κ.Ε.Δ., διοργανώνει σεμινάριο διαιτησίας από τις 14 έως τις 18 Αυγούστου. Το σεμινάριο θα διεξαχθεί διαδικτυακά χρησιμοποιώντας την πλατφόρμα WizIQ – Education on line...

The 17th HZ Open Chess Tournament was held from 3rd to 10th August at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, Netherlands. Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow from Poland took the winner’s trophy after edging GM Erwin L’Ami, GM Lalith Babu M.R. and IM Quinten Ducarmon on tie-break score. All four players finished the tournament with [...]

It’s time to return to my book Move Two!, where we have now reached Chapter 11. In this chapter we return for the third and final time to the subject of opening tactics. The first section is called ‘Explosion on f7′ and demonstrates examples where a piece is given up on f7/f2 to expose the […]

The 20th IRT Feria de las Flores Medellin 2013 was organized by Liga de Ajedrez De Antioquia on 3-7th August at the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot Parque del Ajedrez in Medellin, Colombia. The event was held in three sections: - FIDE Open (9 round Swiss for players rated above 2000 elo) - Aficionados (9 round [...]

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The 1st Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Pontevedra is being held from 9th to 15th August at the Casino Mercantil e Industrial de Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain. The 9-round Swiss Open is organized by the Escola Xadrez Pontevedra and is valid for the 26th Circuito Gallego de Ajedrez. Top prize are EUR 1.000 / 750 / [...]

H ΕΣΣΠ τιμώντας την μνήμη του αξέχαστου Νίκου Καραπάνου διοργανώνει τουρνουά ράπιντ με διεθνή αξιολόγηση 6-8 Σεπτεμβρίου στο ξενοδοχείο Porto Rio. Τα έσοδα από τα παράβολα θα διατεθούν στην οικογένειά του. Δηλώσεις...

The 29th Abierto Internacional Albariño was organized by the Club de Xadrez Albariño on 1-9th August at the Instituto de Bachillerato “Ramón Cabanillas” in Cambados, Spain. The 9-round Swiss open is valid for the 26th Circuito Galego de Xadrez. Latvian FM Nikita Meskovs overtook several Grandmasters in the tournament to claim a clear first place [...]

Once the beginner has mastered the game’s rules, learned the most basic tactics and started to understand the mechanics of the opening principles, they face additional hurdles which they must clear in order to progress in their play. One of these hurdles is the transition from the opening to the middle game. During the opening […]

The third edition of the SportAccord World Mind Games is set to take place on 12-18th December in Beijing, China. Once again, chess is among the sports selected at this important meeting. Sixteen male and sixteen female players will participate. To decide who qualifies, the organizers obtained the average between the classical, rapid and blitz [...]

The 3rd Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival will run from 15th to 20th August at the Caleta Hotel and follows the successful pattern of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, offering some good and very competitive chess-playing opportunities with an equally strong social, fun and educational programme. Age Groups: Under 16 on 1/1/13 ( Born 1997 [...]

The 6th Arad Open took place from 31st July to 9th August in the Great Concert Hall of the City Cultural Palace in Arad, Romania. Ukrainian International Master Konstantin Tarlev edged Hungarian Grandmaster Attila Czebe on tie-break to claim the winner’s trophy in the main Open Tournament. Both players finished the event on 7,5 points [...]

Grandmaster Timur Gareev will give a simultaneous blindfold chess exhibition Saturday, Sept. 14, at Lone Star College – CyFair in Cypress. Gareev will showcase his blindfold talents by taking on eight players at a time in four flights, according to a press release from Lone Star College – CyFair. The exhibition will take place 8 [...]