The first Scottish Blitz Chess Championship was staged on June 16 at the Quicentenary Building, Edinburgh. The championship was supported by Skyscanner.net and a some local sponsors. A healthy prize fund attracted a strong and international field including the Germans number one Arkady Naiditsch.

Five players qualified for the 65th Russian Chess Championship Super-Final took place in Tyumen 16th-27th June 2012. Dmitry Andreikin, long time leader 16 year old Daniil Dubov (lost to Alekseev in the final round), Nikita Vitiugov all finished on 7.5 points. The along with Sanan Sjugirov and Vladimir Potkin from the group on 7 points go forward to the superfinal later in the year (not yet in...

Five players qualified for the 65th Russian Chess Championship Super-Final from the qualifier that took place in Tyumen 16th-27th June 2012. Dmitry Andreikin, long time leader 16 year old Daniil Dubov (lost to Alekseev in the final round) and Nikita Vitiugov all finished on 7.5 points. These along with Sanan Sjugirov and Vladimir Potkin from the group on 7 points go forward to the superfinal in...

The 35th Barbera Open International tournament will take place on 4-12th July at Torre d’en Gorgs, nº 40. in Barbera del Valles, Spain. The organizer of the tournament, Club d’escacs Barberà, celebrates its 60th anniversary. The players will be divided in three groups: Open A (2150 elo and higher), Open B (1850-2150) and Open C [...]

Σκάκι στην κωμωδία του Μπίλι Γουάιλντερ «One, Two, Three». που σατιρίζει τον ψυχρό πόλεμο με φρενήρεις ρυθμούς.  Ο Σ. Ρ. ΜακΝάμαρα, υψηλόβαθμο στέλεχος εταιρείας στο Δυτικό Βερολίνο φορτώνεται την επίβλεψη της κόρης του...

Οι Έλληνες συνθέτες Νίκος Περγιάλης και Μάνος Πανταβός συνεργάζονται και παράγουν ωραία προβλήματα, σε μορφή μινιατούρας ή Μέρεντιθ.Στην ανάρτηση αυτή παρουσιάζουμε πέντε αδημοσίευτα προβλήματά τους, όλα ορθόδοξα...

I’m not a great believer in the value of preparation, at least for open tournaments. In most cases I think that it’s better to rest before games and take the view that if I don’t know what I’m going to play there’s no way my opponent will be able to figure it out! The following [...]

The Chinese league is a marathon event over 22 rounds. Rounds: Beijing 28th Apr - May 1st, Taizhou 27th-29th June, Shanghai 11th-13th July, Shenzhen 14th-17th Sept, Hangzhou 6th-9th October and finally Tianjin 19th-22nd Dec 2012. (info http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews). Round 5 saw Hou Yifan start with a loss to Bu Xiangzhi, she really is playing too much chess right now with travel thrown in...

The Chinese league is a marathon event over 22 rounds. Rounds: Beijing 28th Apr - May 1st, Taizhou 27th-29th June, Shanghai 11th-13th July, Shenzhen 14th-17th Sept, Hangzhou 6th-9th October and finally Tianjin 19th-22nd Dec 2012. (info http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews). Round 5 saw Hou Yifan start with a loss to Bu Xiangzhi, she really is playing too much chess right now with travel thrown in...

The grave of Johannes Zukertort was rededicated yesterday at Brompton Cemetery, thanks to the efforts of GM Stuart Conquest and support from the Polish Embassy. Zukertort is considered to have been the second best player in the world from about 1871-1886. His burgeoning reputation led him to be invited to London in 1872, where he lived as a professional chess player. Amongst his many...

The grave of Johannes Zukertort was rededicated yesterday at Brompton Cemetery, thanks to the efforts of GM Stuart Conquest and support from the Polish Embassy. Zukertort is considered to have been the second best player in the world from about 1871-1886. His burgeoning reputation led him to be invited to London in 1872, where he lived as a professional chess player. Amongst his many...

Την Πέμπτη 28 Ιουνίου και την Παρασκευή 29 Ιουνίου σας περιμένουμε όλες και όλους για Ελεύθερο παιχνίδι σκάκι στην κεντρική πλατεία Ιωαννίνων! Την εκδήλωση οργανώνει ο Σύλλογος Ιωαννιτών Σκακιστών. Ελάτε να μάθετε και...

The 9th Annual Philadelphia International will be held from 29th June to 3rd July at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, PA. The event has one Open section which will be a 9 round Swiss tournament with GM and IM norm opportunities. Free entry for GMs, IMs and WGMs. The [...]

The Armenian Chess Federation organized the 5th Karen Asrian Memorial Chess Tournament on June 16-25, 2012, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk. The 9-round Swiss event was dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, who passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team [...]

The young chess talent from Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdumalik completed her final norm for Women Grandmaster. With this achievement she has all necessary requirements for the WGM title at age of 12 years 5 months and 15 days, making her the second youngest WGM in history. The youngest WGM record is still in possession of the [...]