The tournament is being played on 6th-14th July

Δικαστής και Φιλόσοφος έπαιζαν σκάκι. Μετά από πολύωρη αμφιταλάντευση, η παρτίδα φάνηκε να κλίνει υπέρ του πρώτου. Πριν όμως κάνει την τελευταία κίνηση, ματ, ο Δικαστής σκέφτηκε ότι θα ήταν άδικο να ταπεινώσει τον...

The event runs until July 14th

Ο τυφλός τραγουδιστής και πιανίστας Ρέι Τσαρλς (αριστερά) παίζει σκάκι με το μάνατζέρ του Τέιλορ, λίγο πριν από συναυλία σε θέατρο του Ρότερνταμ, στην Ολλανδία, το χειμώνα του 1972.

Οταν ο Ζαν-Μισέλ Γκενασιά ήταν µικρός, η αγαπηµένη του ασχολία ήταν το ποδοσφαιράκι. Μόλις τελείωνε το σχολείο, στο προάστιο Ντανφέρ-Ροσρό του Παρισιού, πήγαινε σε κάποιο από τα µπαρ της περιοχής κι έπαιζε ποδοσφαιράκι...

The biggest obstacle to chess improvement is not the innate difficulty of chess, at least not in my experience. Without exception, whenever I have spent a few weeks studying hard, and then played in a few tournaments, my game has shown noticeable improvement. That formula has always worked for me, at least so far. The [...]

IM Tomask Warakomski and WGM Joanna Majdan-Gajewska finished second and third, respectively.

Kovalev got a score of 7/9 and edged Finnish IM Mikael Agopov on tiebreaks

Ten players are half a point behind the Israeli

The 41st Annual World Open was held on June 29th – July 7th, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. A 10-way tie for first place in the Open Section led to an Armageddon play-off game between the two players with the best tie-break scores. This game was contested [...]

WGM Videnova completes the first Master Challenge at Chessdom Chess Arena with a +13 = 0 – 1 score. The Olympic games board 2 players won four games with white, nine games with black, and lost one with black. The only player to score a point vs WGM Videnova was user: chanuchess Click on the [...]

Το "5ο Μεσογειακό Πρωτάθλημα Σκάκι Νέων-Νεανίδων", κάτω των 20 ετών, θα διεξαχθεί στα Χανιά από 26 Αυγούστου (άφιξη) έως 3 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012 (αναχώρηση) στο ξενοδοχείο IOLIDA BEACH Luxury Resort Hotel *****, στη περιοχή Αγία Μαρίνα.Διοργανωτές...

The 18th Annual Bradley Open will be held from July 19-21, 2013, at the Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2110, Under 1810, Under 1510 and Under 1210. All sections have either 3-day (July 19-21) or 2-day (July 20-21) schedules to play [...]

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The idea of chess being ‘fun’ is one which has been discussed a lot by The Chess Improver contributors so I thought I’d try to lend greater clarity to the matter. Many people believe that chess should be ‘fun’, especially with regard to children playing. First of all let’s try to define exactly what ‘fun’ [...]