Αγαπητοί φίλοι, όπως γνωρίζετε το skakistiko.com (που λειτουργεί εδώ και 7 χρόνια και είναι το site αναφοράς του ελληνικού σκακιού, με περισσότερους από 1.300 μοναδικούς επισκέπτες την ημέρα) είναι κατά βάση ένα ερασιτεχνικό site...

Υπαίθριο σκάκι στα υψίπεδα της Βολιβίας, στην πρωτεύουσα Λα Παζ. Την ημέρα της πρωτομαγιάς διάλεξε ο πρόεδρος της χώρας ‘Εβο Μοράλες για να ανακοινώσει την εκδίωξη της USAID, της αμερικανικής υπηρεσίας για τη διεθνή...

The King’s Gambit isn’t an opening in which the theory develops very quickly, largely because it is played so little. But once in a while something happens. In my 2005 book, Play 1.e4 e5 I recommended the King’s Gambit Declined with 2…Bc5 as a sound and economical choice. But the following year David Vigorito mentioned [...]

The women's title went to the first team of Chieti, Fischer 1

The 6th Calgary International Chess Classic is scheduled to take place on 14-20th May at the Best Western Village Park Inn, 1804 Crowchild Trail NW, Calgary, Canada. The tournament provides an excellent opportunity for players seeking GM and IM norms. The playing format will be 9-round Swiss, CFC/FIDE rated, and draw offers are not allowed [...]

Gelfand and Anand finished second and third, respectively

Κατά 25.000 χιλιάδες ευρώ πλουσιότερος είναι ο Βούλγαρος Βέσελιν Τοπάλοβ, μιας και κατάφερε να κερδίσει με ευκολία το Gran Prix της FIDE, το οποίο πραγματοποιήθηκε από τις 17 Απριλίου έως την 1 Μαΐου.Συγκέντρωσε 8 βαθμούς...

Η Εκτελεστική Επιτροπή της FIDE, επέβαλε, με εφαρμογή από 01-01-2013, την καταβολή παραβόλου απ’ όσους διαιτητές επιθυμούν να θεωρούνται ενεργοί - εγγεγραμμένοι στα μητρώα της FIDE..Τα τουρνουά που θα εποπτεύονται από «μη...

Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savidis, new owner of the biggest Thessaloniki football club PAOK and main sponsor of the Greek Chess Federation, is interested to hold the top chess events in Thessaloniki. The main incentive for the motion is the beautiful venue in the historical hotel Makedonia Palace where Savidis recently took the management. It is [...]

Coming into the last round of the Alekhine Memorial, Boris Gelfand led Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Mickey Adams and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave by half a point. Gelfand faced Anand in the last round, played it safe with the white pieces, and Anand drew without much trouble. That eliminated one rival and made it such that no one could catch him unless he or they won their games. Unfortunately for...

Sberbank Open chess tournament is announced to take place on 3-8th June at the main arena of Euro 2012 – NSK “Olympic” in Kiev, Ukraine. The event will have three competitions: A tournament for top-level Grandmasters, B tournament is open for children, C tournament is reserved for the employees of Sberbank Group. The main A [...]

Viswanathan Anand's hometown of Chennai, in India, has (at least for the moment) been given the rights to host the planned world championship match between Anand and his challenger, Magnus Carlsen. While this goes back to the adventures in planning the Anand-Gelfand match last year, it's obviously problematic for Carlsen, whose objection is twofold. The obvious problem is that it's in his...

The tournament takes place from April 28th until May 5th

The tournament is being held from April 27th to May 4th

The event runs from May 1st to May 8th