Ο Γιώργος Σεφέρης αποπειράθηκε να γράψει το πρώτο σκακιστικό μυθιστόρημα στην ελληνική λογοτεχνία στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 20. Την περίοδο εκείνη ο Σεφέρης αντιμετωπίζει το δίλημμα να γράψει μυθιστόρημα ή ποίηση...

Tactics are all very well; you can go reasonably far in chess if you are very good at tactics and not much else. But that is crude hacking, not chess, and adopting such a primitive style would put a ceiling on your possible improvement. You will do better in the long run if you are well-rounded. [...]

The Čez Chess Trophy 2013 is taking place from 9th to 14th June in Prague, Czech Republic. This year the guest of honour is Chinese GM Hou Yifan, Women’s World Chess Champion on 2010–2012. Upon the arrival, Yifan and her mother visited Prague’s Castle on Saturday, and on Sunday she played a simultaneous exhibition against [...]

Petrosian left his closest followers a point behind

Ivanchuk beat Giri 7.5-2.5 in the blitz match, but Giri took overall victory thanks to his performance in classical and rapid

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With the ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships reaching the half-way point, it is become clear that there is one group sweeping away all challengers. As well as bringing the largest group of players to the Championships, the Vietnamese are playing extremely well, on the top boards in almost every category. China are also doing well with [...]

1. Participation: Up to 30 participants (by priority) from all Continents. Minimum 15 participants. Deadline for registrations is Monday 8th July 2013. 2. Schedule: • Monday, 15th July 17:00 to 21:00 Seminar (Part 1) Standard Time Zone: GMT/UTC + 02:00 hour • Tuesday, 16th July 17:00 to 21:00 Seminar (Part 2) Standard Time Zone: GMT/UTC [...]

Grischuk, Ponomariov and Nepomniachtchi finished half a point behind the Vietnamese

10ος ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α.9 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2013ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΑ,  Χρόνος  120 λεπτά (2 ώρες)Πρόβλημα-704G Heathcote,Chess Amateur, 1906Πρόβλημα-705S Levman,1 Prize,  64 Shahmatnoe Obozrenie, 1938Ματ σε 2 κινήσεις(9+9)Ματ σε 3 κινήσεις(8+10)1.Qa5 ! (5)  [2.Qxb4 #]1...Qa3/c3/a4 2.Qc3 #1...Qxc5 2.Qxd2...

Την Κυριακή 9 του Ιούνη 2013 ολοκληρώθηκε το σκακιστικό τουρνουά για παιδιά που διοργάνωσε η Ν.Ε.Π. με τη συμμετοχή 30 σκακιστών από 6 σωματεία ( Ν.Ε.Π. , Σ.Ο. Ρίου, Ναύπακτος, Ικαρία, Σ.Ο.Π., Προμηθέας,)

On Saturday I attended a Baguazhang class for the first time, prior to this my focus had been on Tai Chi. And something interesting happened in that some of the turns we practiced seem to have produced an increased awareness of my groin. This in turn seems to have had a very positive impact on [...]

The World Blitz Chess Championship 2013 has started on 9th June in Khanty-Mansiysk. The format of this championship is 3 minutes for the game plus 2 additional seconds per move. The Ugra Chess Federation President Vasily Filipenko made the first symbolic move on the board with Ildar Khairullin vs the representative of Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov [...]

10ος ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α.9 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2013 ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΑ,  Χρόνος  120 λεπτά (2 ώρες)12Ματ σε 2 κινήσεις(9+9)Ματ σε 3 κινήσεις(8+10)    34Ματ σε 5 κινήσεις (8+4)Παίζουν τα Λευκάκαι κάνουν ισοπαλία(4+4)    56h#4, Βοηθητικό σε 4...

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥΜε το αναμενόμενο πλήθος συμμετεχόντων (15)  διεξήχθη ο 10ος διαγωνισμός ΕΣΣΝΑ στο ανακαινισμένο CAISSA καφέ στον πύργο των Αθηνών. Στο νήμα κυριολεκτικά κρίθηκε ο φετινός διαγωνισμός για την ανάδειξη του...