Tomorrow at 15:00 challenge with IM Pantev

Μεγάλες ανατροπές και ανακατατάξεις επεφύλασσε ο τελευταίος γύρος του τουρνουά της Θεσσαλονίκης. Αν και ο Kamsky προηγούταν και όλα έδειχναν ότι θα κατακτήσει την πρώτη θέση, η ήττα από τον Ιταλό Caruana σε συνδυασμό με τη...

Διαβάστε την ανακοίνωση της ΕΣΣΠ που διευκρινίζει τις λεπτομέρειες σχετικά με την διαδικασία ώστε να γίνει η δήλωση συμμετοχής όσων σκακιστών και σκακιστριών ενδιαφέρονται να συμμετάσχουν στα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά...

Σκακιστική σκηνή από τον «Ταλαντούχο Κύριο Ρίπλεϊ» σε σκηνοθεσία Άντονι Μινγκέλα, του 2000. Ένας Αμερικανός μικροαπατεώνας, στην Ιταλία του ’50, σκοτώνει το πλουσιόπαιδο που τον φιλοξενεί και οικειοποιείται την...

There is a burgeoning popular and professional literature on how to acquire expertise. This literature specifically targets those of us—the vast majority, the great unwashed, the hoi polloi—who may not have outstanding natural ability in a specific field. We need guidance in how to become expert at something, and achieve the success we all believe [...]

Creativity and good management against the financial crisis. That is the motto for the Ciudad de Leon organizers. Its 26th edition will be a clash of generations, a very attractive match: Vassily Ivanchuk (44 years old) and Anish Giri (18). The format is a new one: “Total Chess”, with two classical games (although somewhat accelerated) [...]

ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΑ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ 2ο OPEN ΤΟΥΡΝΟΥΑ ΣΚΑΚΙ   «ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΤΣΙΤΟΥΡΑΣ» ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΟΜΙΛΟΥ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ (2013)ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΝΕΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΟΜΑΔΑΣ ΛΑΜΙΑΣ (2013)ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ...

Leinier Dominguez outplayed Veselin Topalov in the longest game of the day to overtake Gata Kamsky and claim a clear first place in the Thessaloniki Grand Prix. The Cuban finished the tournament with 8/11 points. In the other key encounter Fabiano Caruana made a good favor for Dominguez by defeating the overnight leader Kamsky to [...]

Interview for Chessdom.com after the Thessaloniki Grand Prix

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced at the closing ceremony of Thessaloniki Grand Prix that the next Grand Prix event will take place from 3rd to 17th July in Beijing, China. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov explained for Chessdom that the deal was finalized last week during the SportAccord Convention in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The tournament was originally supposed [...]

The 4th tournament of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012-2013 is currently ongoing in Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. The round 11 pairings are: Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 – Grischuk Alexander 2779, Nakamura Hikaru 2775 – Svidler Peter 2769, Bacrot Etienne 2725 – Ivanchuk Vassily 2755, Morozevich Alexander 2760 – Ponomariov Ruslan 2742, Caruana Fabiano 2774 [...]

Blogging can be a perilous activity, especially when you become popular. The two chess blogs I kind of followed, Steve Giddins chess blog and Kevin Spraggett’s blog, ran into difficulties lately. Steve hung up his keyboard altogether whilst Kevin Spraggett got closed down a couple of days ago and had to switch to WordPress. The [...]

Διεθνές τουρνουά στην Ικαρία, τη δεκαετία του ΄90.  Κλικ στη φωτογραφία για μεγέθυνση.  Πόσους αναγνωρίζετε;  Μια ακόμα πρωτοβουλία του Κάισσα Café (Μεσογείων 12, Αμπελόκηποι), η παρουσίαση κάθε Τρίτη ενός καλοκαιρινού...

Local chess fans from Thessaloniki have taken advantage of the weekend to attend the Grand Prix playing venue in greater number and listen to Greek commentary by GM Ioannis Papaioannou. Around 100 visitors participated in “Guess A GM Move” quiz, prepared by Papaioannou. The winners were awarded by FIDE Vice-President and former ECU President Boris [...]

The penultimate round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix has set the stage for exciting final round on Monday 12:00 local time. Gata Kamsky celebrated his birthday with a quick and convincing victory against Alexander Morozevich, who suffered fourth consecutive loss. Leinier Dominguez survived Alexander Grischuk’s assault to stay in the contention for the first place. [...]