The 29th Genève International Chess Open will take place on 26-30th December at the Maison des Associations, Salle Gandhi, 15 Rue des Savoises, CH – 1205 Genève, Switzerland. The Masters Tournament will be held over 7 rounds and open to players rated above 1800. Top prizes in the Masters are 1st place 3’000.-, 2nd 2’000.-, [...]

The Bahamas International & Amateur was held from October 24-28, 2012 at the Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino, West Bay Street, Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas. GM Alex Shabalov won the International Section, finishing with an undefeated 6.5/9 and taking home the $2000 first prize. Few days ago Shabalov qualified for the 2013 World [...]

Let’s step back for a moment and ponder why we even need to draw up a program of study for ourselves. Did Bobby Fischer become great by following a structured program? Many great players of past eras, and many grandmasters today, seem to have reached their positions of eminence rather haphazardly by following no rational [...]

The 38th Guernsey International Chess Festival was held on 21-27 October 2012 at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey. The Open Tournament, sponsored by Intertrust Guernsey, was a seven round FIDE-rated Swiss Competition. Grandmasters Mark Hebden (England) and Marc Narciso (Spain) shared the first place with 6/7 points each. Hebden dealt with German Wolfgang Mack in the [...]

London/Alkmaar, Netherlands – The book “Move First, Think Later” by Willy Hendriks won the English Chess Federation’s 2012 Book of the Year award. Move Fist, Think Later is “one of the most original chess books the judges have seen for a number of years”, according to the judges report. The judges observed that the book, [...]

1587 young talents at this year's WYCC in Maribor, Slovenia

Daily on Chessdom.com we will be publishing a preview of an age group of the World Youth Chess Championship 2012. Today we start with the eldest of the participants, the group of participants boys and girls U18. Top seeded player of the competition and only participant above 2600 ELO is the Grandmaster from Poland Dariusz [...]

Ηλικιωμένοι σκακιστές συγκεντρώνονται κάθε μέρα, ανεξάρτητα από τις καιρικές συνθήκες, έξω από το Μουσείο Πούσκιν, στη Μόσχα. Είναι το στέκι τους. Στο Πούσκιν συνέρρευσαν πολλά έργα από άλλα μουσεία -από το Ερμιτάζ, από...

I’ve been doing a few endgames with my son of late, having left it until his sight of the board was fairly well developed. And one thing I’ve found useful is to enhance the basic mates (king and queen vs. king, king and rook vs. king and king and two bishops versus king) with some [...]

The 2nd Torneo Internazionale La Meridiana is set to take place on 7-9th December at the La Meridiana Hotel in Perugia, Italy. The Open A will be for the players rated between 1700 and 2350 elo, while the Open B is reserved for the players rated under 1700. Both groups will be played over 5 [...]

ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝΟ Σκακιστικός Όμιλος Θεσπρωτίας (Σ.Ο.Θ.) προκηρύσσει το 25o Ατομικό Σχολικό Πρωτάθλημα Σκακιού Θεσπρωτίας 2013, το οποίο αποτελεί προκριματική φάση του 25ου Πανελλήνιου Ατομικού Σχολικού Πρωταθλήματος 2013...

The 16th Unive Chess Tournament was from 19th to 27th October at the town hall in Hoogeveen, Netherlands. The tournament consisted of the Crown Group, the Unive Open and two Amateur events. The Crown Group was a four-player double round-robin. Hikaru Nakamura regained his form after the poor performance in London Grand Prix and routinely [...]

The European Chess Union has awarded the organisation of the European Individual Women’s Championship 2013 to Serbian Chess Federation. The Championship will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from July 22 to August 4, 2013 with a prize fund of 75 000 Eur (60 000 Eur for players, 15 000 Eur for the ECU). The Ministry [...]

New Delhi (28 Oct 12): The First National School Chess Championships 2012 got off to a rousing start here at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, Civil Lines on Saturday. A total number of 596 players from different schools across the country are participating in this nine round Swiss system championship that serve as selection event for [...]

Today’s reading is taken from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Chapter 13 Verse 11. “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” I guess I should say from [...]