It’s an old joke. An out-of-towner asks a New Yorker, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” and the New Yorker says, “Practice, practice, practice.” If you are a classical musician, you may have to practice eight hours a day to be competitive in your field—and even that level of effort doesn’t guarantee you’ll get [...]

Milan Velimirović, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, Solving Grandmaster and International Judge of Chess Composition, passed away on 25th February in Belgrade at the age of 61. Velimirović was editor of chess composition magazines MAT (1974-1985) and Mat Plus (since 1994). He published several books and numerous articles on chess composition. He was regular columnist in [...]

Everything will be decided on the last two rounds...

The leaders have nine different nationalities

The Romanian National Championships 2013 took place on 15th-24th February

Σήμερα έφυγε από την ζωή ένας σημαντικός άνθρωπος της σκακιστικής σύνθεσης, ο Μίλαν Βελιμίροβιτς (Milan Velimirovic), που γεννήθηκε στην Νις της Γιουγκοσλαβίας 21-04-1952.Ας αναπαυθεί εν ειρήνη.Πρώτα απ' όλα ήταν καλός άνθρωπος...

Anand and Gelfand are fighting in a Sicilian Najdorf

Στον πρώτο όροφο του ιστορικού ξενοδοχείου Savoy, στη Ζυρίχη, διεξάγεται το Zurich Chess Challenge με συμμετοχή του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή Βισβανάθαν Ανάντ, του περυσινού διεκδικητή Μπόρις Γκέλφαντ, του πρώην παγκόσμιου...

As the hour is late and, yet again, the ChessBase replayable game service is on the fritz (pun intended), I'll send my readers to the official site and to the TWIC page for recap information. The bare facts are that Kramnik-Anand and Gelfand-Caruana both finished in draws. Kramnik-Anand never really got off the ground, and the only reason it went past move 40 was so the players could avoid having...

I find myself continually frustrated by the standard features of chess training software. But that’s not to say that it can’t be adapted. The key for me is to find software which allows for customization by the user, and Fritz 13 has such capabilities. For example I figured out how to create my own endgame [...]

The 35th Annual Marchand Open, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Erich Marchand, is scheduled to take place on 23-24th March at the Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, New York 14607. The event will be played over 5 rounds of Swiss system and in four section: Open, U1800, U1400 and U1000. [...]

The Individual Chess Championships of Central Serbia were held on 18-24 February 2013 in Pozarevac, Serbia. There was an Open section and a Women’s section. Both groups were played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings. Grandmasters Miroslav Markovic and Miodrag R Savic shared the first place in the Open section with 7,0/9 points each and [...]

Press conferences with all players and interview with Anand

Συνεχίστηκαν το πρωί τα ομαδικά πρωταθλήματα Αττικής σε όλες τις κατηγορίες. Μεγάλη μάχη γίνεται στον ΠΟΑ τόσο για τις τρεις πρώτες θέσεις που εξασφαλίζουν απ’ ευθείας συμμετοχή στην τελική φάση της Α’ Εθνικής...

Μεγάλη φιέστα ετοιμάζεται μετά τις 18:00 το απόγευμα στο Σύλλογο Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών για να γιορτάσουμε την κατάκτηση του ομαδικού Κυπέλλου Δυτικής Ελλάδας για το 2013!Οι πόρτες του Συλλόγου είναι ανοιχτές για όλους!