Οι κάτοικοι του χωριού Μαροτισάλ, κοντά στο Τρισούρ, στην Ινδία παίζουν σκάκι κάτω από ένα υπόστεγο.  Το παιχνίδι το έφερε στο χωριό ο Σ. Ουνισικεράν, ο οποίος σπούδασε φυσική στην Αγγλία και γυρίζοντας στη γενέθλια γη...

Indonesia wrapped up the MAKITA Women Chess Match against France at the Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto with a fighting 2-2 draw to complete a comprehensive victory. France won the Blitz 3-1 on the opening day but then it was all Indonesia with 10-6 in the Rapid matches and now 9.5-6.5 in Classical chess. Indonesia also [...]

Robert Pearson recently offered thought provoking suggestions re: the causes of Chess Blindness, a frustrating subject that I groused about a couple of months ago. Tim Hanke has also written extensively regarding obstacles to improvement and concrete positive steps forward. Today I’d like to add a bit more insight from my own efforts to improve [...]

The final tournament “Rapid Grand Prix of Russia 2012″ will be held from 22 to 24 December in Kirov. The tournament will be played in knock-out format with 16 participants who scored most points in the Grand Prix rapid events throughout the year. Time control will be 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. Each [...]

The 3rd ITT Jahv McGregor open chess tournament was held from 11th to 16th December at the Centro Comercial Bulevar Niza in Bogota, Colombia. The tournament was played over nine rounds of Swiss pairings. 386 players from 14 countries competed, including 9 Grandmasters and 13 International Masters. Top seed GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista from Cuba [...]

Grandmaster and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi got off to a good start in the AICF-AAI Chess Cup holding top seed Radoslav Wojtaszek of Poland to a draw here at the AAI institute. The first round provided exciting games in the highest category tournament of the country with Abhijeet Gupta holding out Krishnan Sasikiran to a [...]

The third round of Classical games at the MAKITA Women Chess Match between Indonesia and France held at the Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto in Jakarta from 16-22 December ended in a 2-2 draw. Indonesia therefore takes a comfortable 7.5 to 4.5 lead into the fourth and final round after having won rounds one and two [...]

Από το Βαγγέλη Τόλη έλαβα το παρακάτω κείμενο θέσεων: Φίλες και φίλοι, Μέσα στα 2,5 χρόνια που μεσολάβησαν από τις προηγούμενες εκλογές της ΕΣΣΝΑ πολλά πράγματα άλλαξαν στη χώρα μας, κάποια άλλα όμως έμειναν αναλλοίωτα...

Έκδοση ελληνικού σκακιστικού ηλεκτρονικού βιβλίουΜε ιδιαίτερη χαρά σας ενημερώνουμε ότι κυκλοφόρησε σε CD, σε τιμή προσφοράς (3 ευρώ) μέχρι τις 31.12.2012, το βιβλίο «Η Τέχνη του Ματ» του Δημήτρη Βανδώρου. Η ποιότητα του CD...

Με κάτι μοναδικό και πρωτότυπο έρχονται να ταράξουν τα νερά οι άνθρωποι από τη Σκακιστική Ένωση Νικόπολη Πρέβεζας! Πρόκειται για τον πρώτο διαγωνισμό επίλυσης σκακιστικών προβλημάτων στη Ήπειρο. Θα ζητήσουμε σίγουρα...

I am not sure why people teach chess professionally. Maybe they have an urge to teach chess for whatever reason of their own? With some exceptions I doubt their main motivation is money although I’ve seen some whose only inspiration seemed to be “dirty lucre”. But you would think such people would find something else [...]

While he didn't win the 2012 London Chess Classic, Vladimir Kramnik had an excellent tournament, going +4, taking clear second and moving back into second on the rating list. In this video interview, he discusses his performance, Magnus Carlsen and his chances in the upcoming Candidates matches. Worth a few minutes of your time. HT: monster_with_no_name

Karsten Mueller and Alex Markgraf, The Chess Puzzle Book 4: Mastering the Positional Principles. Foreword by Mark Dvoretsky. (Russell Enterprises, 2012.) 184 pp., $19.95. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. There are many puzzle books where the aim is to solve tactical problems, and there are plenty of positional manuals where little-to-nothing is asked of the reader except to watch attentively...

Efstratios Grivas, Chess Analytics: Training With A Grandmaster. Foreword by Robert Zysk. (Russell Enterprises, 2012.) 320 pp., $24.95. Efstratios Grivas is a Greek grandmaster probably best known nowadays for three things. First, he has with some justification named a variation of the Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6) after himself. Second, he has made a name for himself as a...

Yuri Averbakh, A History of Chess From Chaturanga to the Present Day. Foreword by Garry Kasparov. (Russell Enterprises. 2012.) 88 pp., $14.95. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos. Yuri Averbakh has left his mark on almost all spheres of our beloved game. He was a great player, winning one Soviet Championship and tying for first in another while making it all the way to the Candidates tournament back...