Live games with computer analysis

In the week before the Easter holidays I decided to ask my pupils some very simple questions. I presented them with six positions, five after Black’s 2nd move and one after Black’s 3rd move, and invited them to find the best move for White, giving their reasons. What was interesting was that none of the [...]

For those who are curious, my back problem is a hernia, which really comes to a series of various pains up and down my left leg. Fun...sort of...not really. At times the pain is mild, at other times miserable, and the one pretty consistent factor is that sitting like a normal person is pretty well out of the question. This is not only interfering with blogging (and with life in general), but it's...

The first leg will take place at Geneva, Switzerland

The events are taking place on 6th-14th April

The event will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 26th April to 1st May

Η Ελληνική Σκακιστική Ομοσπονδία δημοσίευσε τη συμπληρωματική προκήρυξη για την τελική φάση των Πανελλήνιων Σχολικών Πρωταθλημάτων- Ομαδικών και Ατομικών- που θα διεξαχθούν στην Ερέτρια Έυβοιας από 27 έως 29/4/2013. Για...

Μη παραλείψετε να διαβάσετε στον ιστοχώρο skakistiko.com, το γλαφυρό κείμενοτου Παναγιώτη ΚονιδάρηΗ γοητεία του να "χάνεις" στο Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι.

Echo.az correspondent Teimur Tushiev interviewed FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and AGON founder Andrew Paulson during the Candidates Tournament in London. One of the common questions was the destiny of the FIDE Grand Prix series. Andrew Paulson said: “I really wanted to have the first FIDE Grand Prix of the year in Lisbon but the organizers [...]

The 2013 College Chess Final Fourwill take place on April 5-7 in Rockville, MD. The event is sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton. Format: Round Robin – Each team is allowed 4 starters and 2 reserve players Scoring: Game point will be used to determine the championship team and NOT match point. Tiebreaks: 1st tie break [...]

International Master Narayanan Srinath retained his Asian Junior title while J Saranya, also of Chennai finished runner-up in the Asian Junior girls’ championship that concluded at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on April 6, 2013. Srinath had won the Asian Junior at Tashkent in June 2012 and made his maiden Grand Master norm. He [...]

Του Κοσμά Κέφαλου Το Κάισσα Café, Μεσογείων 12, νέο στέκι και για το σκάκι!  Όσοι ζήσαμε την άνθηση των σκακιστικών εντευκτηρίων στο Κέντρο, καθώς και στις γειτονιές της Αθήνας, και νιώθαμε θλίψη και απογοήτευση κάθε φορά...

18th Century chess player and musical composer Philador once said that “pawns are the soul of chess.” Perhaps the most misunderstood participant in a beginner’s chess game is the mighty pawn. For the master, an extra pawn or two can mean victory in the endgame. The master knows the true value of the pawn. For [...]

"Nielsen will not be in either team," said Anand

Baden-Baden has a perfect score after 13 rounds