The International Chess Festival “Moscow Open 2013″ is taking place from 31st January to 11th February, 2013, at the Russian State Social University (RSSU), B. Pick Street, 4, metro station “Botanical Garden” in Moscow. Both strong opens, for men and women, saw the favorites making drawn at the first board. In the male tournament, there were 3 draw in the [...]

The Chess Bundesliga is taking place from October 10th 2012 until April 7th 2013. This is the most important long-term club event in the world. The 7th and 8th rounds were played this weekend. The favorites mostly won their matches and maintained their good records in the standings. Baden-Baden still has a perfect score, but [...]

Με την παρουσία της νέας προέδρου της ομάδας μας ξεκίνησε το αμφίρροπο παιχνίδι με τη ΝΕΠ που κρίνει κατά ένα μεγάλο βαθμό τον τίτλο. Η πρόεδρος έφερε γούρι στην ομάδα μας που φαίνεται να είχε υπεροχή στους άνδρες αλλά...

The 1st Jersey International Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place on 6-10th March at the Hotel Ambassadeur, St Clement Bay, Jersey JE2 6SB. The tournament will be held in two sections – The Masters and The Holiday. The Masters is open to all players and will be conducted over nine rounds of Swiss system. [...]

The Fiji Chess Federation is planning to re-introduce free chess coaching sessions for players of various levels. This was one of the areas the national body discussed during their 34th annual general meeting last Sunday in Suva. The federation believes the sessions will increase the excitement in the sport ahead of the Oceania Zonal Chess [...]

After Gib, Gawain flew into Heathrow where I managed to see him for 2 hours then he was off to Dusseldorf for Bundesliga. Unfortunately, he loss yesterday to an up and coming junior. Sometimes things just don’t click. You can follow the live games here. He plays for Solingen and is Board 3 against Polischuk. He [...]

A Chess Boxing match between Leonid “Granit” Chernobaev and Frank “Anti-Terror” Stoldt took place on 1st February at the gallery Artcurial, Champs-Elysées, Paris. Grandmaster Jean-Luc Chabanon provided live commentary of the event and Chess & Strategy team was on the spot to record the action. The famous sports newspaper L’Equipe also reported about the match.

Many years ago, before I was paid to teach chess, I worked in the market research industry. One thing you learn from working in market research is how to ask questions. We can ask questions where the respondent chooses from a list of possible answers. These could be fact (“Are you male or female?”) or [...]

The Turkish National Championship 2012-2013 is taking place on 1-9 February at the Halls of the Limra Hotel in Antalya, Turkey. The tournament will be a 9 round Swiss open and the Classical FIDE time control will be used. The organizers are offering a prize fund of 30,000 Turkish lira, or approximately 17,000 USD. The prizes [...]

The International Chess Festival “Moscow Open 2013″ is taking place from 31st January to 11th February, 2013, at the Russian State Social University (RSSU), B. Pick Street, 4, metro station “Botanical Garden” in Moscow. The first round saw the typical uneven pairings in the first boards, and most of the favorite players achieved the expected victory, but there were some [...]

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Οι Σκακιστικοί Σύλλογοι που επιθυμούν να συμμετάσχουν στο Διασυλλογικό Κύπελλο Δυτικής Ελλάδας παρακαλούνται να δηλώσουν τους παίχτες με τους οποίους θα αγωνιστούν.Επαναλαμβάνουμε ότι το όριο συμμετοχών είναι 16...

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Το ντοκιμαντέρ μικρού μήκος με τίτλο "Street Knights: Money - Chess - Life" του Αμερικανού σκηνοθέτη Matt Baron θα παρακολουθήσουμε σήμερα. Το ντοκιμαντέρ αυτό που γυρίστηκε το 2009 παρουσιάζει ορισμένους από τους επαγγελματίες σκακιστές...

Ο πρώτος Λαϊκός Επίτροπος Διαφώτισης της ΕΣΣΔ, διακεκριμένος λογοτεχνικός κριτικός, συγγραφέας και φίλος του σκακιού Ανατόλι Λουνατσάρσκι (1923). Παρτίδα ζωντανού σκακιού στο Κόκκινο Στάδιο Λεόν Τρότσκι του Κιέβου την...