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  • 23rd Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational

    www.chessdom.com | 17/12/2012 17:43:25 | Reads: 81
    Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is hosting an Grandmaster norm round robin tournament from December 19th to December 23rd of 2012. This tournament is the 23rd in its series and is being held in Suite C855 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament is organized by Ankit Gupta, FA, [...]
  • Χριστουγεννιάτικα τουρνουά ΣΟ Χαλανδρίου

    www.halandrichess.gr | 17/12/2012 15:00:00 | Reads: 72
    Δύο ανοικτά τουρνουά στο Σ.Ο. Χαλανδρίου τα Χριστούγεννα   Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Χαλανδρίου συνεχίζοντας την προσπάθεια για τη διοργάνωση μιας σειράς αγώνων που θα καλύπτουν όλες τις δυναμικότητες σκακιστών...
  • Al Ain Chess Classic – Participants

    www.chessdom.com | 17/12/2012 07:30:51 | Reads: 96
    The Al Ain Chess Club is holding the $30,000 Al Ain Chess Classic with the unique format of a Swiss tournament bringing in from the knock-out event the Masters from the World Cities Chess Team Championship 2012. The individual tournament will be a 9-round combined Swiss Al Ain System wherein players eliminated from the first [...]
  • Η Σ.Ε.Βόλου κυπελλούχος ΕΣΣΚΕ για το 2013

    www.esske.net | 17/12/2012 03:19:46 | Reads: 70
    Η ομάδα της Σ.Ε.ΒΟΛΟΥ είναι η μεγάλη νικήτρια του FINAL FOUR που διοργάνωσε η ΕΣΣΚΕ στον αγωνιστικό της χώρο στην Λαμία.Στον πρωινό αγώνα η Σ.Ε.ΒΟΛΟΥ απέκλεισε τα Φάρσαλα και ο Σ.Σ.ΛΑΡΙΣΑΣ τον Σ.Ο.ΛΑΜΙΑΣ.Στον απογευματινό...
  • European Rapid Chess Championship 2012: Aleksey Dreev is the winner

    www.chessdom.com | 17/12/2012 01:53:49 | Reads: 76
    Russian Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2012 that was held on 15-16th December at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. 753 players from the European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10) competed in the 11-round Swiss event with the time control G-15′+10”. Eventually four players shared the first [...]
  • MAKITA Women Chess Match: Indonesia – France

    www.chessdom.com | 17/12/2012 00:50:19 | Reads: 91
    MAKITA Women Chess Match between Indonesia and France is taking place in Jakarta on 16-22 December 2012. The event is organized by the famous Utut Adianto Chess School (SCUAR) and Indonesia Chess Federation. The Playing Venue for Blitz Chess is in the Grand Ballroom Pullman Hotel. The Playing Venue for Rapid and Standard Chess is [...]
  • UT Dallas Aims for Third Straight Win at Pan-American

    www.chessdom.com | 16/12/2012 23:18:43 | Reads: 89
    The UT Dallas chess team is gearing up for one of the season’s biggest tournaments: The Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, known as “The World Series of Chess.” The tournament is taking place on 27-30 December at Princeton University. Since 2000, the chess team has won the championship or tied for first nine times. Last [...]
  • Προπονητικοί διάλογοι

    www.skakistiko.com | 16/12/2012 23:08:46 | Reads: 72
    Συνεργασία του Ηλία Κουρκουνάκη Οι περισσότεροι παίκτες, ανεξάρτητα από την δυναμικότητα που έχουν, υποτιμούν την σημασία της μελέτης των φινάλε. Κάποιοι θεωρούν ότι ο χρόνος τους θα αξιοποιηθεί πολύ παραγωγικότερα...
  • Round Robin Tournaments in Santos, Brazil

    www.chessdom.com | 16/12/2012 22:11:25 | Reads: 71
    Federação Paulista de Xadrez held two round robin tournaments from 10th to 16th December in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both events, 11th Internacional Mario Covas Jr and 9th Internacional Regina Helena Marques Prol, were 10-player round robins with equally balanced fields that averaged 2410 FIDE elo. XI Internacional Mario Covas Jr, Final Ranking: 1 GM [...]
  • Slow Learning

    chessimprover.com | 16/12/2012 22:00:28 | Reads: 70
    The term ‘slow learner’ is often seen as being something negative, certainly compared to efficient achievement. Our schools and colleges frame ‘education’ in terms of the time spent on gaining certain qualifications, which no doubt helps cultivate this idea still further. But I’d like to take a different view. One thing I’ve learned through a [...]
  • Tourneo Internacional de Ajedrez Valladolid: GM Julio Granda Zuniga takes top prize

    www.chessdom.com | 16/12/2012 17:19:29 | Reads: 83
    The 8th Tourneo Internacional de Ajedrez Valladolid took place on 16th December at Hotel Novotel in Valladolid, Spain. The tournament with 118 participants was played over 8 rounds of Swiss system with the time control of 15 min + 5 sec increment. Top prize was 500 EUR and the tournament was organized by Club Deportivo [...]
  • Ανακοίνωση

    www.essnachess.gr | 16/12/2012 15:45:16 | Reads: 83
    Υπενθυμίζεται στα εντός έδρας σωματεία και τους διαιτητές των συναντήσεων  ότι έχουν την υποχρέωση να προσκομίσουν όλα τα ΠΡΩΤΟΤΥΠΑ Φύλλα Αγώνος των διοργανώσεων που ολοκληρώθηκαν(Κύπελλο Μπίκου ,Πρωταθλήματα...
  • Kiril Georgiev wins Vodovod Rapid

    www.chessdom.com | 16/12/2012 15:26:31 | Reads: 147
    Weekend tournament SK Vodovod 2012 was held on 15th December at Dom Penzionera in Kragujevac, Serbia. 114 participants, including 18 Grandmasters, competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament with the rapid time control 15 minutes per player. Guest from Bulgaria, GM Kiril Georgiev, took the top prize of 450 EUR by finishing clear first with 8,0/9 [...]
  • Τρία βοηθητικά ντούπλεξ

    kallitexniko-skaki.blogspot.com | 16/12/2012 14:53:00 | Reads: 77
    Στα βοηθητικά παίζει πρώτα ο μαύρος και βοηθάει τον λευκό να κάνει ματ. Δεν υπάρχει αντιπαλότητα όπως στις παρτίδες, αλλά συνεργασία για επίτευξη κοινού στόχου.Στα ντούπλεξ προβλήματα υπάρχει κι άλλη λύση, όπου παίζει...
  • Σκακιστικές στιγμές …

    esachess.wordpress.com | 16/12/2012 09:48:50 | Reads: 107
    Με όμορφες παρουσίες στην υποδοχή. Πρώην και νυν μαζί. Η μικρή Έλενα Ταβαλιόν κατά την απονομή. Στιγμές απ΄την πρώτη τάξη Μπουφές για τους γονείς και τους σκακιστές απο τον Ξυλόφουρνο Μπομποτσιάρη. Απονομές με τον κ...