Συνεχίζοντας την παράδοση των τελευταίων ετών ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Αιγάλεω διοργανώνει το 18ο Ανοιχτό Τουρνουά του απευθυνόμενος άλλη μια φορά κυρίως στους σκακιστές που παραμένουν ακόμη στο κλεινόν άστυ τον Ιούλιο...

Sound opening and middle game moves seem to baffle the beginner to no end. Examining beginner’s positions on the chessboard for hours each day provides a challenge to me as a chess teacher. How can my students get the hang of placing their pawns and pieces on the most active squares possible? I make a [...]

The chess community needs to join efforts in order to help a young colleague that is going through a hard time. Slovenian WIM Vesna Rozic has been struck by a very serious condition, metastatic peritoneal cancer. The father of the WIM sent a letter asking for solidarity: Dear Sir, I turn to you with a request for [...]

The Pacific Meridian (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) rapid tournament was held on 18-20th July at the student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok, Russia. The event was 11-round swiss with the time control 15′+10”. The results are valid for the Rapid Grand Prix Cup of Russia. Grandmaster Vladimir Onischuk started furiously with eight straight wins before routinely drawing [...]

The main grandmaster tournament begins on July 22nd

The massive tournament is taking place on 11th - 27th July in Pardubice

The Schveningen tournament runs until July 27th

Miezis edged first seed and early leader Christian Bauer on tiebreaks

The rapid tournament is set to take place from July 29th until August 1st

After the completion of the 7th round of Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2013, upsets and surprises keep coming up, with FM Stathes Gazis (seeded No. 5) of S.M.S. Elefsinas keeping the lead having an absolute (7/7) score, and the 19 years old Dimitris Kanellos of S.O.Pagratiou (seeded No. 22) tying for the 2nd place. Standings [...]

Los Angeles city councilman Paul Krekorian introduced a resolution on behalf of World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand during Anand’s recent visit to Southern California in July 2013. “Vishy” Anand, as he is often called, was in Los Angeles by invitation from Metropolitan Chess, Inc. by founder Ankit Gupta for a camp that the organization had [...]

The Chess’n Math Association (CMA), the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) and FIDE – the World Chess Federation, invite youth to take part in the 10th Annual North American Youth Championship, in Toronto, Canada. The Championship will be held on 14-18th August at the Chestnut Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1R1. For [...]

Ο Στάθης Γαζής μόλις έχει πραγματοποιήσει την πρώτη του κίνηση στον φετινό «Ίκαρο», με αντίπαλο την Ειρήνη Φραγκιαδάκη Εκπλήξεις στον φετινό "Ίκαρο" με το Στάθη Γαζή, σκακιστή του Σ.Μ.Σ. Ελευσίνας (5o στην αρχική λίστα...

Russian Internet giant “Yandex” has presented a list of ten most popular sports in Russia. The list was composed after examining queries in the Yandex search engine. The two most popular sports are football (5-10 million queries per month, depending on season) and hockey (6-8 million per month). The other sports in the top ten [...]

18ο Ανοιχτό Τουρνουά Σ.Ο.Αιγάλεω (23-29 Ιουλίου 2013). Περιγραφή: Ατομικό τουρνουά με Ελβετικό σύστημα 7 γύρων και χρόνο σκέψης 1 ώρα και 30 λεπτά ανά παίκτη για όλη την παρτίδα και μισό λεπτό ανά κίνηση από την πρώτη...