The 5th Kolkata Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place fom 3rd to 13th December at Gorky Sadan Auditorium in Kolkata, India. The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws of Chess and 11 rounds will be played under FIDE Swiss System. Schedule of Play: Inauguration 3rd December 2012 at 2pm at [...]

The Webster University SPICE Cup Open will take place on 16-20th October at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel 7730 Bonhomme Avenue St. Louis, MO 63105. The prize fund is $10,000 guaranteed and there will be no entry fee. This event will be held alongside with the SPICE Cup Invitational (expected to be FIDE category 17-18): [...]

Μετά από την οριστικοποίηση των συμμετοχών, τα τουρνουά Champions League και Europa League διαμορφώνονται ως εξής:Champions LeagueΈχουμε συνολικά 50 συμμετοχές. 14 σκακιστές θα περάσουν απ' ευθείας στη φάση των ομίλων, ενώ οι υπόλοιποι 36 θα...

DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open, with a total prize fund of RM 45,000 thanks to generous sponsorship from the Masterskill Education Group, will be held in Kuala Lumpur at the Olympic Sports Hotel from 17-23 September 2012. The event is organised by Polgar Chess Asia for the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA) with support [...]

Αν είσαι πωρωμένος δεν πάς το ζωάκι σου στο γιατρό, αλλά το αλογάκι!!!

Υπό την αιγίδα του Δήμου Πύργου το Σάββατο 22 Σεπτεμβρίου, στις 6.30 το απόγευμα, στην κεντρική πλατεία της πόλης, η Σκακιστική Ακαδημία Πύργου διοργανώνει αγώνα σιμουλτανέ με όλα τα έσοδα της διοργάνωσης να αποδίδονται...

Η Αναστασία Αβραμίδου στο βάθρο των νικητριών. Του Βασίλη Τσαρουχά Πολύ ενδιαφέροντα συμπεράσματα βγάζει κάποιος αν κοιτάξει προσεκτικά την παρακάτω λίστα από τα πρόσφατα πανευρωπαϊκά νέων που διεξήχθησαν στην...

Since this is “The Chess Improver” I believe it worthwhile to spend bit of our valuable time discussing what improvement, and specifically chess improvement, is. Until a few years ago I would have defined “improvement” as an increase in my official rating (or grading; I shall try and appeal to readers of all national persuasions). [...]

On Sunday September 9th at the 38th FIDE Congress, FIDE Treasurer and Executive Director Nigel Freeman reviewed for the General Assembly the status of the lawsuits along with the financial implications. 2012 FIDE General Assembly – Legal Matters (Youtube) Both lawsuits were tied to the 2010 FIDE Presidential election and were heard in the Court [...]

The 11th Delhi International Chess Festival is set to take place on 5-13th January at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium near ITO in New Delhi, India. The Festival will include three tournaments for the record prize fund of $37000. Category A will be 11-rounds Swiss event for the players rated 2200 FIDE and above. Address [...]

The Black Sea Countries final tournament take place in Burgas , Bulgaria 12th-19th September 2012. Baadur Jobava, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Vladimir Malakhov, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexander Areshchenko and Suat Atalik play in this 6 player 10 round event.

The Black Sea Countries final tournament takes place in Burgas , Bulgaria 12th-19th September 2012. Baadur Jobava, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Vladimir Malakhov, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexander Areshchenko and Suat Atalik play in this 6 player 10 round event. Updates have moved to: http://www.theweekinchess.com.

One of the worst chess inventions, in my view, is the e-recorder. Truly a solution to a problem that never existed, it would be more apt to call it the problem to a solution. Where before players had the horrific burden of having to write their moves on a sheet of paper, now they tap them in on expensive hand-held computers. Some of these units, like those sold as "MonRoi" devices, are dedicated...

Always near the top and still very young, Sergey Karjakin is a potential world champion* - certainly he hopes to be, as you can see in this longish interview. It's worth a quick read, as Karjakin is relatively under-pressed (to coin a term) in the West. * Meaning, of course, a world champion in classical chess. He just won the world rapid championship about a month ago.

India’s newest Grandmaster Sahaj Grover of Delhi won the National Junior Chess Championship defeating overnight sole leader Debashish Das of Orissa in the 11th and final round that concluded at Ajmer. Grover, who turned 17 during the course of the championship, delivered when it mattered the most as Das was no match for the wily [...]