Grandmaster Anton Korobov of Ukraine stayed in sole lead following a draw with Parimarjan Negi in the fifth round of AICF-AAI Cup 2012 here at AAI Officers Institute. On what turned out to be another hard fought day, Russian Evgeny Alekseev capitalized on a optical blunder and went on to beat former world junior champion [...]

Before we look at GM John Nunn’s opinion of Logical Chess, here are sample dicta from Chernev’s book, typical of his teaching approach as he presents annotated master games for a non-master readership: “Every pawn move loosens the position” (quoting Tarrasch). “The best openings to play are those you are most at home in.” “No [...]

ΑΡΧΑΙΡΕΣΙΕΣ Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α. , Κυριακή, 23.12.2012Ψήφισαν εξήντα τρία (63) από τα εξήντα οκτώ (68) ενεργά, σύμφωνα με το άρθρο 7.1.3. του Καταστατικού της Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α., σωματεία – μέλη της Ένωσης.Έλαβαν:1.    «ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ»: 35...

The final tournament “Rapid Grand Prix of Russia 2012″ was played on 22-24th December in Kirov. The final was a knock-out event with 16 participants who scored most points in the Grand Prix rapid events throughout the year. Famous Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev, who became the European Rapid champion last weekend, added another title by winning [...]

Grandmaster Anton Korobov of Ukraine shot in to sole lead defeating top seed Radoslav Wojtaszek of Poland in the fourth round of AICF-AAI Chess Cup now underway here at AAI Institute. Aided by the victory Korobov took his tally to three points out of a possible four and the Ukrainian now enjoys a full point [...]

The Stockholm Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 42nd Rilton Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2012 to 5th January 2013. This year the Rilton tournaments will be a part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics, arenastockholm2012.se. Every participant will therefore receive a copy of the [...]

We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas! If you will be travelling back during this busy period we wish you a safe journey. We hope if you are in the UK the flood hasn’t affected you. We will see some of you in Hastings staring a few days after Christmas!

Το Σκακιστικό Καφενείο εύχεται σε όλους τους φίλους και όλες τις φίλες Καλά Χριστούγεννα!Σε μία εποχή που η οικονομική, η ανθρωπιστική και η πολιτισμική κατάρρευση και ένδεια είναι ο κανόνας και οι πόλεμοι και οι...

Φτωχογειτονιά στη Δαμασκό της Συρίας, φωτογραφία του Reuters. Μια γυναίκα, μέλος της χριστιανικής κοινότητας της χώρας, κρεμάει στην εξώπορτα του σπιτιού της ένα χριστουγεννιάτικο στολίδι. Η μάχη ενάντια στο καθεστώς του...

In his column last Friday Vojin said he wasn’t sure why people teach chess, and I’m sure this thought is shared by many people. I can give my take on it which admittedly is going to be a somewhat personal answer. But elements of this will be true for other chess teachers too. First of [...]

While many will be spending the last week of December on holiday break, the Webster University chess team will be pursuing another title. It’s already been a fantastic first year for the chess team, both on individual and team levels. Members of the team have shined representing Webster as well as their own countries throughout [...]

I will keep monitoring (and approving) comments over the next week or so, and it's possible that I'll offer an occasional post, but for the next week or so I'm going to take a little vacation from the blog and most everything else to enjoy the holidays and to relax and recreate. So don't worry: I'm not intending to end the blog or anything drastic at the moment; I'm just taking a little time...

For the seventh year running, The Chess Team at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will travel the day after Christmas to compete in the 2012 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship from Thursday, Dec. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 30. The results of the tournament, hosted this year by Princeton University [...]

The Princeton University Chess Club will host the annual Pan American Collegiate Team Chess Tournament on the Princeton University campus from December 27-30. The tournament is open to college and university teams from North and South America, including the Caribbean. The Pan-Am has been held since 1946 and was last held at Princeton in 1960. [...]

  OMAΔΙΚΟ ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ ΦΙΛΙΑΣ 2013 «ΝΙΚΟΣ ΣΤΡΟΦΑΛΗΣ» ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ Η Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α. προκηρύσσει το Ομαδικό Κύπελλο Αττικής Φιλίας «Νίκος Στρόφαλης» 2013.