Get your Chess DVD here for 21.99 eur The Nimzo-Indian Defense is an incredibly effective weapon for black against 1. d4, typically generating double-edged positions very early in the opening. This chess DVD will teach you the basic principles of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, placing special emphasis on recurring tactical and positional concepts to ensure [...]

  Get the DVD here for 21.99 eur The French Defense is one of the most powerful weapons for black against 1. e4, based on an incredibly solid positional foundation that guarantees a minimum of fighting equality if not more for black from the opening. In the chess DVD ¨Crushing White – The French Defense¨ [...]

GM Boris Savchenko from Krasnodar won the very strong 11th Chess Festival Sagaalgan 2013 which was held on 1-3rd March at the Buddhist University “Dashi Choynhorlin” in Ivolga Datsan, near Ulan-Ude in the Russian Republic of Buryatia. The 13-round rapid tournament was a stage of the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia. An impressive number of [...]

A curious thing about the game of chess is in how it can captivate the soul. Highly intelligent and very successful people can become totally absorbed by chess to the exclusion of everything else. What is it that they are looking for? I have my own ideas about this but think it better that people [...]

  Individual DVD here at 21.99 eur This chess DVD introduces the viewer to a very solid chess opening – the Slav Defense with 4….a6, also called the Chebanenko Variation or Chameleon Variation. The chess DVD is structured with the first four clips devoted to sideline variations which are not especially dangerous but are played [...]

King's Indian DVD by GM Perelshteyn

Saduakassova missed a win for Kazakhstan

Η σκακιστική Ακαδημία Πύργου διοργανώνει διασυλλογικό τουρνουά rapid με διεθνή αξιολόγηση για ομάδες παμπαίδων και παγκορασιδων στην Ολυμπία στις 24 Μαρτίου. Οι δηλώσεις συμμετοχής πρέπει να αποσταλούν έως την Πέμπτη 21...

They will support the Chess in Schools program in the South-american country

«Το σκάκι μέσα από τα μάτια των παιδιών» “Από την επαφή μου με καλλιτέχνες και σκακιστές, διαπίστωσα ότι όλοι οι καλλιτέχνες δεν είναι σκακιστές όμως όλοι οι σκακιστές είναι καλλιτέχνες” Marcel Duchamp, 1952. Ο Σκακιστικός...

ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ«ΤΟ ΣΚΑΚΙ ΜΕΣΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΩΝ»“Από την επαφή μου με καλλιτέχνες και σκακιστές, διαπίστωσα ότι όλοι οι καλλιτέχνες δεν είναι σκακιστές όμως όλοι οι σκακιστές...

Στην ανάρτηση αυτή υπάρχουν ειδήσεις για σκακιστικές δημοσιεύσεις και για διαγωνισμούς σκακιστικής σύνθεσης.ΔημοσιεύσειςΗ βρετανική κοινότητα σκακιστικών προβλημάτων (BCPS, British Chess Problem Society) εκδίδει από πολλές...

The tournament will be held on March 29th - April 1st

Marcin Tazbir finished second and Radoslaw Wojtaszek third

Zurich is over and the Candidates are coming, but other events are and have been afoot as well. Here's a brief overview: 1. Reykjavik Open: This very strong (five 2700+ players) open tournament went from February 19-27 and saw Pavel Eljanov, Wesley So and Bassem Amin finished with 8/10; Eljanov was declared the winner on tiebreaks. Nine players finished half a point behind, including 2700+...