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  • Διασυλλογικό πρωτάθλημα

    kesaris.blogspot.com | 05/01/2013 12:39:00 | Reads: 74
    Συμπληρωματική προκήρυξη1. Σε συνέχεια της προκήρυξης της Ε.Σ.Ο. (Ελληνικής Σκακιστικής Ομοσπονδίας) αριθμός πρωτοκόλλου ……………………… (90189/19-12-2011), η Τ.Ε.Σ.Σ.Δ.Ε. και ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Θεσπρωτίας διοργανώνουν το...
  • Φινάλε από το Χάστινγκς

    www.skakistiko.com | 05/01/2013 11:49:58 | Reads: 76
    Στο διεθνές τουρνουά του Χάστινγκς που διεξάγεται παραδοσιακά τις μέρες της πρωτοχρονιάς, στον 7ο γύρο του Masters προέκυψε η παρακάτω θέση: Vocaturo 2521 – Panjwani 2402, 88th Hastings Masters, 3.1.2013 68.Rd2! η λεγόμενη “άμυνα της δεύτερης...
  • IM Daniel Ludwig tops Eastern Open in Washington DC

    www.chessdom.com | 05/01/2013 11:41:53 | Reads: 78
    The 39th Annual Eastern Open took place on 27-30th December at the Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel, 1400 M St. NW, Washington DC. The event had five sections: Open, U2200, U1900, U1600 and U1300. Top three sections were played over 8 rounds of Swiss system, while the lower two were completed over 7 rounds [...]
  • Λευκός Πύργος

    www.skakistiko.com | 05/01/2013 07:42:07 | Reads: 157
    Σε εξέλιξη βρίσκεται το παραδοσιακό τουρνουά της Θεσσαλονίκης.  Συμμετέχουν παραπάνω από 90 σκακιστές και σκακίστριες. Ανάμεσα σ’ αυτούς  ο GM  Θ. Μαστροβασίλης,  ο Ν. Γαλόπουλος,  ο Σ Αργυρούδης κ.ά. Οι αγώνες...
  • Εκδηλώσεις στο Σύλλογο

    kesaris.blogspot.com | 04/01/2013 23:57:00 | Reads: 71
    Αρκετά τουρνουά σκάκι έγιναν μέσα στις γιορτές των Χριστουγέννων με κύριο διοργανωτή – παρακινητή τον κ. Νικόλα Τεπελένη! Μπορεί ο αγαπητός Νίκος να μας είχε τρελάνει στην ανάλυση αλλά τελικά έριξε λίγο νερό στο κρασί...
  • Chess and Chopsticks

    chessimprover.com | 04/01/2013 22:00:24 | Reads: 74
    We live in a fast paced society in which success is often measured by how little time it takes to reach a specific goal. Gone are the days when Quality stood above quantity. It’s all about accelerated productivity. Children are exposed to these concepts early on. Children, who once stopped to explore everything around them, [...]
  • Delhi International Chess Festival 2013

    www.chessdom.com | 04/01/2013 20:36:28 | Reads: 80
    Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta starts as the top seed and hot favorite in the premier event of Delhi International Chess Festival that gets underway from Saturday. A record breaking over 700 participants have registered for the biggest ever prize money tournament of the country, that started 12 years back. The premier [...]
  • Rubber

    www.skakistiko.com | 04/01/2013 03:00:10 | Reads: 82
    Η συνωμοσία της λανθασμένα τοποθετημένης σκακιέρας δεν έχει τέλος στις κινηματογραφικές ταινίες. Εδώ, το δεξί τετράγωνο μαύρο, στην ταινία του Kεντάν Nτιπιέ Rubber, η οποία προβλήθηκε το 2010. Η πλοκή είναι σουρεαλιστική...
  • The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

    www.skakistiko.com | 04/01/2013 02:10:46 | Reads: 106
    Θεωρείται ο σπουδαιότερος επιθετικός σκακιστής που κατέκτησε τον τίτλο του παγκόσμιου πρωταθλητή. Η σκακιστική ιστορία τον κατέγραψε σαν τον “μάγο της Ρίγα” και η αυτοβιογραφία του, η οποία κυκλοφορεί στα...
  • Una Interesante Novedad en la Apertura Inglesa

    chessimprover.com | 03/01/2013 22:05:14 | Reads: 90
    Tener la información más reciente sobre las novedades en las aperturas es una recomendación importante para todo aquel jugador de torneo por encima de los 2000 que desee mejorar su nivel y tener así mayor éxito en las competencias. En esta ocasión presentaré una interesante novedad en la Apertura Inglesa que se dio en la [...]
  • An Interesting Novelty in the English Opening

    chessimprover.com | 03/01/2013 22:00:45 | Reads: 79
    Having the most recent information about opening novelties is an important recommendation for any one tournament player above 2000 who wants to improve his level and thus have greater success in competitions. This time I will present an interesting novelty in the English Opening that happened in the game played two months ago between Russian [...]
  • GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden 2013

    www.chessdom.com | 03/01/2013 16:39:00 | Reads: 78
    Category 19 GM tournament in Baden-Baden with Anand and Caruana as top seeded
  • Gibraltar Chess 2013

    www.chessdom.com | 03/01/2013 00:17:38 | Reads: 117
    The traditional Gibraltar Chess Festival is going to take place 21-31 January, 2013. Seven players from the 2700 club are headliners in this year’s event. Top seeded is Vassily Ivanchuk, who won the 2011 Gibraltar Masters with 9,0/10 with a rating performance of 2968. His main competitors are the heroes of Gibtelecom 2010, Gata Kamsky [...]
  • Simple Meditation That Works

    chessimprover.com | 02/01/2013 22:00:52 | Reads: 186
    Whilst on vacation last week I was reading an old paperback that had been in my library for ages. I don’t remember clearly when I bought it, but inside it says it was printed in 1989. It had lain around these many years, just waiting for its moment… Dr. Herbert Benson of the Harvard Medical [...]
  • The Latest Cheating (Non-)Scandal

    www.thechessmind.net | 02/01/2013 21:23:45 | Reads: 92
    According to this story in ChessVibes, untitled Bulgarian Borislav Ivanov (2227) was "strip searched" at the end of a tournament that saw him score 6/9, defeat 4 GMs and draw two more, and finish tied for third at the Zadar Open with a spectacular 2697 performance rating. The arbiter had him remove his shirt and empty his pockets, and finding nothing after examining Ivanov's pen, apologized and...