Η ιταλική ένα πάρα πολύ ωραίο και σταθερό άνοιγμα το οποίο χρησιμοποιείται για πάρα πολλά χρόνια. Είναι ίσως η καλύτερη εναλλακτική επιλογή εάν κάποιος θέλει να χρησιμοποιήσει την Ισπανική. Εάν δηλαδή δεν θέλει να...

Mateusz Bartel and Dragan Solak finished second and third, respectively

Everyone has heard of this famous book "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco! But to see this actually happening in a chess game, well, this is an entirely different story! A very good friend of mine and a no less formidable opponent,  a very strong and county player with a Laskerian approach of chess Loukas Papadimitriou showed that he has enriched his...

The event will be held on 2nd - 9th August

Kramnik is in sole second place a point behind the Englishman

Hungarian Grandmaster Hoang Thanh Trang drew her last round game against the former continental champion Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) to secure the first place in the tournament and claim the title of 2013 European Women’s Chess Champion. Trang played very well throughout the event, scoring seven victories and conceding only four draws for a total of [...]

The 43rd Annual Continental Open will be held from August 8-11, 2013, Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, Massachusetts (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600 and Under 1300. All sections have either 4-day (August 8-11), 3-day (August 9-11) [...]

The 10th Open International d’échecs de Plancoët was held from 28th July to 3rd August in Plancoët, Bretagne, France. Open A was reserved for players rated above 1800. The top prize is 1200 EUR from the total prize fund of 6000 EUR. Open B, with 700 EUR in prizes, was reserved for the U1800 players. [...]

The 17th HZ Open Chess Tournament is taking place from 3rd to 10th August at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, Netherlands. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system with the top prizes being EUR 2000/1300/800/500/400/300. There are 250 players registered to take part, which is also the full [...]

Facts and demands by FIDE Vice President Ali Nihat Yazici

Vachier-Lagrave defeated Alexander Moiseenko in the final rapid match

The Interntaional Master finished on 7.5/9 to claim first prize

If there is one issue that comes up a great deal at beginner’s tournaments, it’s the touch-move rule. In the simplest terms this rule states that if you touch a piece during a game, you have to move that piece (unless a legal move cannot be made). The exception to this rule is when you’re […]

This year the participation in the 4th International Chess Festival “Terre degli Elimi” has been remarkable – a total of 100 players which is an absolute record for Sicily. There were 82 players in the Open A and 18 in the Open B – among them 35 foreign players from 14 countries. Again the wonderful [...]

The 25th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez “San Lorenzo” will be played on Saturday 3rd August Círculo Oscense, Pza. Navarra, 4 – Huesca, Spain. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system with the time control 15′+3”. The results are valid for El Circuito Aragones 2013. The prize fund is 3150 EUR, with [...]