“I no longer have any fear of pain because I’m the one inflicting it and can decide when it stops.” Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World History repeats itself with new actors if its lessons are not learned. Lately we have been going over the Greek gift sacrifice with the purpose to know … Continue reading "Self Inflicted Wounds (3)" The post Self Inflicted Wounds (3) appeared...

In an exclusive interview with World Chess, IM and WGM Elisabeth Paehtz talked about her positive experience as a female professional player in Germany over the past 4 years and acknowledged that everything is pointing in the direction that things are going to improve even more for women in chess. Elisabeth Paehtz is heading...

Now: Prague Chess Festival 2022 Live: Prague Chess 2022 Masters and Prague Chess 2022 Challengers Intense human stories related to Ukraine can be heard also at the Prague International Chess Festival. For example, Timofey Bokhnak who lives and plays chess in Přerov is looking forward to attending the tournament held from 7th to 17th June 2022 in Hotel Don Giovanni...

The Prague Chess Festival 2022 will take place 7-17 June. It will consist of a Masters 10 player round robin event, Challengers and Futures tournaments. The tournament will be live daily on Chessdom.com with detailed coverage and reports. Live: Prague Chess 2022 Masters and Prague Chess 2022 Challengers

The Prague Chess Festival 2022 will take place 7-17 June. It will consist of a Masters 10 player round robin event, Challengers and Futures tournaments. Live: Prague Chess 2022 Masters and Prague Chess 2022 Challengers The opening ceremony of the 4th year of the Prague International Chess Festival is going to be held in a Prague four-star […]

After a one-year break, the closed tournament Challengers is coming back. The winner shall receive not only a trophy and a cash prize but also the right to attend the prestigious Masters tournament in the following year. The fight of currently eight participants for the valuable prizes will be joined by the current Dutch champion […]

Las Vegas Chess Festival 2022 is taking place 8-12 June. It includes the National Open, the US Women’s Open, International Youth Championship and many side events. Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com

Las Vegas Chess Festival 2022 is taking place 8-12 June. It includes the National Open, the US Women’s Open, International Youth Championship and many side events. Live games from Las Vegas Chess 2022 here The National Open The National Open is a 7 round (9 rounds for the Open Section) Swiss System tournament, and you […]

To eat the opponent’s piece has a whole new meaning on this delicious chess cake board!

I Torneio de Xadrez de Sales Oliveira – Memorial Júlia Graton Squarizi is going to take place 7-12 June in Brazil. The tournament is a ten player round robin with GM Neuris Ramirez Delgado, GM Luis Paulo Supi, GM Alexandr Fier, GM Andre Diamant, GM Darcy Lima, IM Lucas Coro, IM Jose Daniel Gemy, IM […]

50 days remain to the start of the Chess Olympiad 2022. A week ago the Olympiad in Chennai broke records with 187 countries already enrolled. The Arbiters’ Team that will officiate in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India 2022, has been selected. Arbiters below have been invited and accepted their nomination. The list is mostly reusing the […]

After a well deserved resting day where players enjoyed a chess game played on the World’s largest chess board, the 6th day of Norway Chess 2022 saw interesting encounters and exciting games. All the eyes were on the match between the reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and the 15th World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand […]

The 5th edition of the Vera Menchik Memorial took place today in the Museum of the Public Transport in Prague. The event was a part of the Czech Grand Prix Tour 2021/2022. The event gathered more than 250 players who competed over 7 swiss rounds played in rapid time control. With a convincing score of […]