The 6th Open Internacional Augusta Aragon Stadium Casablanca will be held from 22nd to 30th December at the Stadium Casablanca in Zaragoza, Spain. The 9-round Swiss event features a prize fund of 8500 EUR with 2000 EUR dedicated to the winner. Currently 124 players are signed to take participation. Julio Granda Zuniga of Peru and [...]

Αρχίζει το Σάββατο 15 Δεκεμβρίου στη Πάτρα στις αίθουσες συνεδρίων του ξενοδοχείου PATRAS PALACE το 5ο Πανελλήνιο Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων – Κορασίδων. Στους αγώνες παίρνουν μέρος 16 ομάδες και 160 σκακιστές –στριες από...

Chicago voters ("Vote early and often!") and those bored of supporting Psy against Justin Bieber can go here if they want to engage in a ballot-stuffing operation to make Magnus Carlsen the Norwegian "Name of the Year". He's currently in second place, but I'm sure that once the broader chess community knows about this his success will be a foregone conclusion. (HT: Martin Thoresen.)

The newspaper Dagbladet is running an online poll to elect the Norwegian of the Year. World’s highest ever rated chess player Magnus Carlsen is one of the ten candidates. Can you help Magnus win Norway’s Person of the Year? He’s trailing in 2nd place and needs your vote. To vote, please go here. After a [...]

The Final of the 2012 Cup of Russia for men and women took place from 4th to 11th December in Khanty-Mansiysk, immediately after the Women’s World Chess Championship was concluded. Polish GM Bartosz Socko won the Russian Cup for men by defeating the Russian GM Denis Khismatullin in the final match with 1,5-0,5. Aleksandra Goryachkina, [...]

Grandmaster Dzhumaev Marat of Uzbekistan won the Rose Valley Open International Chess Tournament by defeating International Master V Vishnu Prasanna in the 11th and final round that concluded here at Gorky Sadan. Indian GM S P Sethuraman had to be content with a second place finish after drawing with second seed Grandmaster Anton Korobov of [...]

Για τρίτη σχολική χρονιά συνεχίζονται τα μαθήματα Σκακιού στο Ειδικό Κατάστημα Κράτησης Νέων Αυλώνα από την Σκακιστική Ακαδημία Χαλκίδος, στα οποία συμμετέχουν μαθητές Δημοτικού, Γυμνασίου και Λυκείου. Η συμμετοχή...

Ευχαριστούμε τον Διονύση που μας έστειλε ένα ωραίο τραγούδι που χρησιμοποιεί ως backround το σκάκι.

Όσα άλογα και αν έχει κάποιος ο αξιωματικός είναι καλύτερος! Τώρα που θα παρακολουθήσετε το παρακάτω βίντεο θα καταλάβετε πολύ καλά τι εννοώ…Τα άλογα είναι καλά μόνο για ένα πράγμα… Για να τα θυσιάζεις!! :-)Μην ξεχνάτε...

It is good to be reminded, from time to time, that “improvement” is more than just raising one’s grading. I presume everyone reading this plays chess because they enjoy it. Of course, we all like winning chess games, but understand that we are going to lose some, as well. Beyond the fight in the competitive [...]

Grandmaster SP Sethuraman emerged as sole leader defeating Viorel Iordachescu of Moldova in the tenth and penultimate round of Rose Valley Open International Chess tournament now drawing to a close here at Gorkey Sadan. Round 10 video by Vijay Kumar The victory took Sethuraman to 7.5 points out of a possible ten and the young [...]

Η περιοχή μας για ακόμα μια φορά γίνεται το επίκεντρο της προσοχής της ελληνικής σκακιστικής κοινότητας αφού η ΕΣΣΠ διοργανωνεί σε συνεργασία με την ΕΣΟ το 5ο ομαδικό πρωτάθλημα Παίδων Κορασίδων με την συμμετοχή 16...

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The World Mind Sports Games 2012 are going to take place in Beijing, China, 14-19 December. This year’s edition of the mind sports competition include bridge, chess, draughts, go, and xiangqui. The Minds Sports chess competition has three parts. Seven rounds of rapid chess will be played on the 14th and on the 15th of [...]

The World Mind Sports Games 2012 are going to take place in Beijing, China, 14-19 December. This year’s edition of the mind sports competition include bridge, chess, draughts, go, and xiangqui. The Minds Sports chess competition has three parts. Seven rounds of rapid chess will be played on the 14th and on the 15th of [...]