Η φωτογραφία της ημέρας.

Young U.S. GM Aleksandr Lenderman, even if he never wins another chess game, has already been immortalized in the surprisingly readable 2007 book by journalist Michael Weinreb, The Kings of New York, subtitled “A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America’s Top High School Chess Team.” I say “surprisingly readable” because [...]

Nabaty got a 2681 rating performance

FM Manuel Fenollar Jorda arrived in second place

Russian Grandmaster Aleksandr Rakhmanov preserved the lead from the penultimate round and won the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship with 7,5/9 points. With the top four boards being drawn and a couple of decisive results further bellow, the number of players on the shared second place grew to eight. Among them is the talented Chinese [...]

I just got home from a day with various medical personnel only to learn about the bombings in Boston. As of this writing I don't know just how serious the damage was there it clearly dwarfs anything I'm going through. Nevertheless, for those are interested, the quick news in my world is that I'll have a minor discectomy next week. The general stats are that the procedure is effective in taking...

Από τη Δευτέρα 22 Απριλίου θα ξεκινήσουν satellite μπλιτς τουρνουά πρόκρισης για το 2ο διεθνές όπεν τουρνουά «Πάλαιρος 2013» Τα τουρνουά θα συνεχιστούν και για τους μήνες Απρίλιο, Μάιο, Ιούνιο και Ιούλιο, όλα με διεθνή...

It had to happen and the third round of the Thailand Open 2013 – 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open – was always a major candidate as the second of two games played on the same day! Defending champion Nigel Short must have felt his age but take nothing away from Saptarshi Roy who played and [...]

Rating favorite FM Ricardo Da Silva Texeira finished second

Round two of the Thailand Open 2013 – also the 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open – which is being played at the Dusit Thani Pattaya from 14-21 April saw few major but many small surprises with many half points being dropped by various contenders! Experience of the tournament maybe counts as defending champion Nigel Short [...]

Μέρες του 1983, Μαύρη Θάλασσα. Ο ηγέτης της Ρουμανίας Νικολάε Τσαουσέσκου (αριστερά στη φωτογραφία) παίζει σκάκι στη θαλαμηγό του, την εποχή της παντοδυναμίας του.  Λίγα χρόνια αργότερα, το 1989, ο Τσαουσέσκου άρχισε να...

Τα 90ηντα έκλεισε ο Σύνδεσμος Παιχτών Ζατρικίου Κέρκυρας και το γιόρτασε δεόντως! Να θυμίσουμε ότι η Κέρκυρα έχει τον αρχαιότερο σκακιστικό σύλλογο όλης της Ελλάδας. Χρόνια πολλά λοιπόν και πάντα επιτυχίες. Για...

Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Αμερικάνος διάσημος GM Μπιρν. Αν και ήταν καθηγητής σε κολέγιο, αποφάσισε το 1960 να ασχοληθεί επαγγελματικά με το σκάκι.Η πορεία του ήταν αξιόλογη με μεγαλύτερη επιτυχία του την κατάκτηση του...

Russian Grandmaster Aleksandr Rakhmanov assumed the lead in the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship after beating GM Viktor Laznicka with black pieces in round 8. Rakhmanov is holding 7 points and is paired to play white with GM Yuriy Kuzubov in the final round. Five players are lurking the opportunity to win the tournament by [...]

A typical complaint amongst club players is that they don’t have enough time to study theory, though usually it isn’t the opening that’s the problem. The feeling of not knowing the opening usually stems from not knowing what to do after the opening, which is usually a lack of middle game understanding. Of course things [...]