Η αληθινή ζωή του Σεμπάστιαν Νάιτ  γράφτηκε στο Παρίσι το διάστημα 1938-1939 και εκδόθηκε στην Αμερική το 1941. Στο μυθιστόρημα συναντάμε αρκετά αυτοβιογραφικά στοιχεία του Ναμπόκοφ αλλά και χαρακτηριστικά στοιχεία ενός...

Siberian bank “Sberbank of Russia” is holding a round robin blitz tournament on 21st June in Novosibirsk, Russia. Twelve players from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are forming the field with average elo of 2608, or XV FIDE category. 1. Vladimir Malakhov, Moscow, 2725   2. Alexey Dreev, Moscow, 2711   3. Vadim Zviagintsev, Moscow, 2659   4. Pavel [...]

In these days of ever increasing technology and computer power what does the current correspondence chess world champion do to beat the other guys?  Fabio Finocchiaro of Italy has recently given an interview to the International Correspondence Chess Federation in which he outlines his winning strategy. Asked how he prepares for an important tournament like [...]

Some more thoughts on the super-strong Tal Memorial, whose last three rounds will take place Friday-Sunday: * Magnus Carlsen is having a good tournament but not a great one. Nevertheless, he did enjoy a very important victory when he crushed Viswanathan Anand in round 5. He achieved some advantage in the opening with White in a Nimzo-Indian, and that advantage grew quickly and massively after his...

I don't anticipate giving these events much further coverage, if any, but a quick mention of these two strong national championships is not out of order. The Ukranian Championship is 6 rounds in and after winning three and then drawing three Ruslan Ponomariov has a half point lead over Yuriy Kryvoruchko. Five rounds remain, which is probably five too many for tailender Valeriy Neverov, who lost...

Matthieu Cornette and Fabien Libiszewski, The Complete Kalashnikov (Chess Evolution, 2013). 262 pp. €22.99. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. First, as a matter of full disclosure, I don't play the Kalashnikov Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5) with Black, and I've only faced it in a few blitz games as White. So although I'm not completely innocent of this opening, and I have a...

The 3rd International Open Marcel Duchamp is taking place on 20-29th June at the Club Atletico Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2013 Argentina Championship. The event will be a nine round Swiss with the prize fund of 8000 USD. Official website. Participants: 1 GM Flores [...]

Opening fashion is a curious thing. Variations will suddenly become popular after being played by a strong player and then just as quickly disappear when another strong player wins for the other side. Then years may pass before the line is rehabilitated and everyone flocks back to it because it’s good again. At least for [...]

Tomorrow will be the second rest day in Moscow

The second tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 16th to 28th June in Dilijan, Armenia. In round 4 top seeded players Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk joined Nana Dzagnidze in the shared lead with three points each. Koneru crushed Tatiana Kosintseva while Muzychuk clinched a nice positional victory against Viktorija [...]

Still, no one can find distance in the standings at the 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship. Today marks the players’ rest day after Tuesday’s round 5 pushed the nine-game round-robin tournament past its halfway point. But despite a finish line that now looms, seven of ten players still sit within a point of each other, [...]

Δείτε το αποτελέσματα του Σεμιναρίου Διαιτησίας που διοργάνωσε η ΤΕΔ-ΕΣΣΝΑ σε συνεργασία με τον ΕΟΣ Αχαρνων από 7-9/6/2013  ΕΔΩ

Δείτε το αποτελέσματα του Σεμιναρίου Διαιτησίας που διοργάνωσε η ΤΕΔ-ΕΣΣΝΑ σε συνεργασία με τον ΕΟΣ Αχαρνων από 7-9/6/2013  ΕΔΩ

Latvian Grandmaster Alexei Shirov held a clock simultaneous exhibition against 12 students of the Northwestern Federal District in St. Petersburg, Russia. The time control was 90 minutes plus 10 seconds per player, but the famous Grandmaster managed his time wisely and succeeded in winning all 12 games. After the session Shirov analysed all games with [...]

Με συμμετοχή 34 ομάδων, μετά την αναπλήρωση όλων των κενών θέσεων, θα πραγματοποιηθεί η τελική φάση του 41ου Πανελλήνιου Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος Α΄ Εθνικής Κατηγορίας στο Ρίο Αχαΐας στο χρονικό διάστημα από 2 μέχρι 7...