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 [...]

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 [...]

Στο ιστολόγιο Julia's Fairies (Οι μυθικές συνθέσεις της Julia) δημοσιεύθηκε η βράβευση για τον πρώτο θεματικό διαγωνισμό, hsp-2012. Το θέμα ήταν "παιγνίδι με μπαταρίες ή αντιμπαταρίες σε HSP συνθέσεις με μυθικά κομμάτια είτε μυθικές...

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Η πρώτη έκδοση ελληνικού σκακιστικού ηλεκτρονικού βιβλίου Θεωρία και πράξη των συνδυασμών, για αρχάριους και προχωρημένους, μέσα από ασκήσεις, καρπός της πολύχρονης πείρας του συγγραφέα ως καθηγητή σκακιού...

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...

Της Λήδας Φιλιππάκη Μέχρι τα εννέα της χρόνια ζούσε στις παραγκουπόλεις της χώρας της, πεινασμένη και ρακένδυτη. Κάποια στιγμή, το 2005, ψάχνοντας να βρει να φάει, έπεσε σε έναν συμπατριώτη της, τον Robert Katende μέλος...

Το Δ.Σ. του Σ.Ο.Θ. ανακοινώνει:Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Θεσπρωτίας καλεί  τους φίλους και τα μέλη του στην Γενική Συνέλευση που θα πραγματοποιηθεί το Σάββατο 15-12-2012 στις 8:00 μμ στο χώρο του ομίλου.Η Συνέλευση θα...

The 24th Roquetas de Mar Chess Festival is set to take place from 2nd to 6th January, 2013, at the Bahia Serena Hotel in Roquetas de Mar (Almería), Spain. The Festival consists of the General Tournament (9-round Swiss) and the U2150 Tournament (7-round Swiss). Top prizes are 1000 € / 750 € / 650 € [...]

The Chess Federation of Puerto Rico and the autonomous municipality of Caguas, Puerto Rico, are holding the 1st Center America and Caribbean Chess Cup from December 12 to December 16, 2012. The tournament is open for players of the Center America and Caribbean Chess Federations affiliated to the International Federation of Chess (FIDE). The Organization [...]

What is difference between chess Grand Master and chess amateur? Many chess expert already spoke on that but in my opinion …. A chess amateur opinion the only difference is they blunder in rare cases and we blunder often whether it’s positional or tactical. While playing on internet or at chess club I have observed [...]

New Year’s Tournament “Piterenka 2012″ will take place on 29th December at the Moscow Central Chess Club. Four international Grandmasters will be invited to participate. The tournament will be played as round robin with two rapid (10′+5”) and two blitz games (3′+2”) in each round. The winner of the mixed rapid and blitz event will [...]

Vitaly Tseshkovsky Memorial was played as a rapid chess tournament on 8th December in Krasnodar, Russia. The tournament was attended by 16 invitees and 10 players who qualified from the five stages of the Open Cup “Krasnodar Krai Chess Federation Kuban”. The prize fund was provided by A.G. Beshukov and R.M.Zhenetl. GM Boris Savchenko convincingly [...]

Today Gawain turns 25 (halfway to 50) and Vishy turns 43! Last night we were out celebrating the end of the LCC with a dinner at Simpson’s full of potential donors and the players. The players did a simul with ended 12-6 in favour of the other players (I personally blame a certain World Number [...]