Για δεύτερη συνεχόμενη χρονιά θα πραγματοποιηθεί φέτος το γρήγορο πρωτάθλημα σκάκι στο θεατράκι Παραμυθιάς. Το νέο ραντεβού με τους λάτρεις του σκακιού είναι για στις 18 Αυγούστου, στις 19:30 το απόγευμα.Θα υπάρχουν δύο...

The tournament is taking place from 6th to 14th July

It’s not often that you get to experience chess set to music. Mickey and I made a visit to the Hay Festival on the final weekend. For me it was a happy chance to wander about, taking in a bit here and a bit there of Hay’s unique atmosphere popping in and out of lectures [...]

Bruzon, Sokolov and Rozentalis are the favorites in this event that runs until July 28th

Liem said he has only one month for preparation, which is not enough to find a coach so he will train himself

Αναπάντεχες ανατροπές συμβαίνουν στο Fide Gran prix – Beijing… Ενώ ο Karjakin ξεκίνησε εντυπωσιακά με τρεις νίκες, έχασε δύο συνεχόμενες φορές, στον έκτο και στον έβδομο γύρο με αποτέλεσμα να βρεθεί στην πέμπτη θέση!Την...

A weakness could be a square from where you or your opponent can land your pieces for various operations, or it could be a weak piece or pawn which is difficult to defend. As a consequence, you can often force your opponent to provoke second weakness. A weakness is not weakness until you can exploit [...]

Rodshtein and Delchev are half a point behind the Venezuelan

« 2o Καλοκαιρινό Τουρνουά Αλλοστρόπος»Προκήρυξη1.ΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ: Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος «ΣΑΧ» Θεσσαλονίκης σε συνεργασία με την Ε.Σ.Σ.Θ.-Χ  προκηρύσσει το  « 2o Καλοκαιρινό Τουρνουά Αλλοστρόπος»   2. Πρόγραμμα...

Martin Lorenzini and Nahuel Diaz finished half a point behind the winner

Sanikidze explained that his decision is connected to his private life

The tournament takes place on 7 - 17 July at Novosibirsk, Russia

Russian GMs Dmitry Bocharov and Vladimir Fedoseev got second and third place, respectively

The Dutch Chess Championships were held on 5-11th July, 2013, at the Science Park Amsterdam. Both men and women tournaments were eight-player round-robins. Grandmasters Wouter Spoelman and Dimitri Reinderman shared the first place with 5,5/7 points each. Spoelman won the direct encounter but the rules called for a tie-break mini match of two games. Reinderman [...]

The biggest surprise in the leading pack is Georgian IM Gaioz Nigalidze