Pairings for Round 2 of the 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship looked more like those from a Swiss system than the actual round robin in place. After a completely decisive first round on Friday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, four out of five games on Saturday featured identical-score matchups, ensuring [...]

Special offer during the Tal Memorial

Με απόφαση του ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΝΑ το Ανοικτό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών Αττικής εντάσσεται στο 11ο Φυσιολατρικό Σκακιστικό Τουρνουα (Νίκαια 19-27/6)  Προκήρυξη

Με απόφαση του ΔΣ της ΕΣΣΝΑ το Ανοικτό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών Αττικής εντάσσεται στο 11ο Φυσιολατρικό Σκακιστικό Τουρνουα (Νίκαια 19-27/6)  Προκήρυξη

Live games with analysis

My new book The Right Way to Teach Chess to Kids will be published by Right Way Books next Thursday, 20th June. The book is written for parents and teachers of children of primary school age (up to 11) who would like to help their kids learn chess. Perhaps the main message of the book [...]

The second tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 16th to 28th June in Dilijan, Armenia. Twelve players with the average elo of 2505 compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Armenian Chess Federation & FIDE. The Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 will give qualification to the Women’s [...]

Some people know and understand a lot about chess, others can play excellent chess, some others, again, can teach well and some know how to interact with and motivate children: with World Junior Champion Alexander Ipatov this all comes uniquely together in one person. From early morning today, six young players sheltered from the daylong [...]

There were just 15 minutes of focus at the opening ceremony of the 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship – when the players selected numbers to determine who would control the majority of the white or black pieces. But the impact of those selections were omnipresent through all of Friday at the Chess Club and Scholastic [...]

To διάστημα 22 με 30 Ιουνίου στην Πάτρα θα διεξαχθεί το φετινό "Mega Patra" στον Πολυχώρο "Λάγιος", στην Γλυφάδα Πατρών.Με απόφαση της ΕΣΣΠ, το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών ΕΣΣΠ 2013 και το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Γυναικών ΕΣΣΠ 2013...

«Ημουν σκακιστής και σύχναζα το 1985 σε ένα στέκι στο Τελ Αβίβ όχι και τόσο αριστοκρατικό, όπου οι περισσότεροι ήξεραν να παίζουν καλά αλλά ήταν ο ένας πιο “τύπος” από τον άλλον. Είχα γνωριστεί μάλιστα και με...

One area in particular tends to befuddle the young beginning chess player, the middle game! As a chess instructor and coach, I have a limited amount of time in which to teach my students the finer points of good chess. In a perfect world, my classes would meet three times a week for two years. [...]

The island of Ikaria is the host of the annual Ikaros International Chess Tournament that takes place every summer on the picturesque Aegean island. As we wrote in the first part of this presentation, Ikaria is renowned for its very relaxing and hospitable atmosphere. The way of life of the Ikarians is very serene and [...]

In the period from May 25th to June 1st, in the very beautiful town on the south of Italy, started the 2nd Salento International Chess Tournament. This was actually the third year of this tournament in this part of Italy, but for the second time it took place in beautiful resort called La Sirene. For [...]

Gelfand joined Mamedyarov and Carlsen in the lead