Pablo Glavina and David Lana finished second and third, respectively

Ukrainian Yuri Solodovnichenko got his second straight win at the Fano on the Sea Chess Master Tournament. The event took place from 29th July to 4th August in Fano, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. The first edition was also won by Solodvnichenko, who was able to celebrate again after the tiebreaks calculation put him in [...]

The live ratings already have the Englishman in the twelfth position

It’s been 4 years since I’ve last been in Torquay and a lot has changed. I guess when I first came over it was my taster of what the UK was like and I don’t have particularly fond memories of Torquay. Last time the weather wasn’t particularly nice and our flat was small strange  and [...]

I run chess clubs in several schools and I often see children losing their Queens for either very little compensation or none at all. It’s not a problem that can be simply resolved by saying “move your Queen to the second rank” or “don’t move your Queen too early” or something similar. That might help […]

The 9th International Chess Tournament of Gazi-Heraklion was held from 27th July to 3rd August at the at the conference center of the Hotel Apollonia Beach Resort & Spa in Ammoudara Gaziou, Heraklion, Greece. The tournament was organized by the Chess Academy of GAZI, Chess Academy of Heraklion, DOPAFMAH, DOPPAM, Hotel Apollonia Beach Resort & [...]

The 114th Annual United States Open Chess Championship took place on 27 July – 4 August 2013 at the Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q Hammons Drive, in Middleton, Wisconsin. The tournament was played as a single section with class prizes and a projected prize fund of $50,000. 519 players (with re-entries) competed in the [...]

The 17th Open d’Echecs de Wasselonne took place on 1-4th August at l’Espace Saint-Laurent de Wasselonne, near Strasbourg, France. Group A was open for the players rated above 1400. International Masters Boris Grimberg (Germany), Jean-Noel Riff (France) and Grandmaster Aleksandr Karpatchev shared the first place with 6,0/7 points each. 134 players competed in this section. [...]

Reading this article about the attitude differences of the wealthy got me thinking about the differing attitudes of chess players. Here’s my highly stylized and probably controversial chess version, and I might add that I try to live up to the attitudes of the strong but don’t always succeed: Average players view failure as a […]

Πανευτυχής είναι ο Μίκη για την κατάκτηση της πρώτης θέσης στο κορυφαίο τουρνουά σκάκι του Ντόρτμουντ της Γερμανίας. Ο Άγγλος παίκτης βρέθηκε στην κορυφή με το σπαθί του, κάνοντας εφτά βαθμούς σε δέκα αγώνες και...

The 5th International Open Chess Tournament Rethymno took place from 28th July to 4th August at the Municipal House of Culture (“Mikrasiaton” square, old town), in Rethymno, Crete, Greece. The tournament was organized by the Municipality of Rethymno and Chess Club Rethymno, with support from the Region of Rethymno and Greek Chess Federation. Grandmaster Dmitry [...]

Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi emerged convincing winner of the 2013 Politiken Cup following his last-round victory against earlier co-leader Sabino Brunello of Italy. Negi completed the event with 9,0 points from ten games, leaving the chasing pack of seven players a full point behind. This is his second trophy at the Politiken Cup following the [...]

The 2nd Annual Twin Ports Open is scheduled to take place on 17-18th August at The Suites Hotel in Canal Park, Duluth, Minnesota. The event will be held in three sections: Open, Reserve (U1800) and Bantan (U1200). All sections will be played over five rounds of Swiss pairings. The prize fund is projected to $2,300. [...]

Στις 18 του μήνα ξεκινούν  στο Βραχάτι της Κορινθίας,  το 23ο Πανελλήνιο ανοιχτό ατομικό πρωτάθλημα σκάκι και το 16ο  Πανελλήνιο ανοιχτό πρωτάθλημα των γυναικών, που είναι ενταγμένα στα «Ίσθμια 2013». Στα φετινά «Ίσθμια»...

I am sometimes asked why I describe myself as both a teacher and a tutor. The truth is that the two jobs are very different and require very different skill sets. As a teacher your job is, in part, to be able to control and entertain a whole class. The teachers who look impressive to […]