I got a chance to play GM Matthew Sadler on Saturday in the Rapid Play tournament at the British Championships. It was a privilege to play such a great player, despite the result. Here’s one of his games: Sam Davies

8th international chess festival „Riga Technical University Open 2018” will take place on August 6th – 12th in already traditional venue – international exhibition centre “Kipsala” (8 Kipsalas Street) located across the bridge from the city center. This year we will keep the changes that we introduced last year since they were even more successful [...]

The 6th edition of the International Tournament of Famalicense City ended, 9 rounds and 121 participating chess players provided great chess games in the Municipal Library of the city, which was also the last event of the National Circuit of Classics of the FPX referring to the season 2017- 2018. The Cuban Lelys Duany won [...]

With the new season fast approaching, it’s high time I looked at my Thames Valley League games from last season. Our first match was against Surbiton B, where I had White against a higher rated opponent I’d played several times in recent seasons. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Predictably … Continue reading "2017-18 Season (1)"

The Dresden Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 29 July to 6 August 2017 in Dresden, Germany. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament is divided in 3 sections. In group A [...]

The Irish Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 4-12 August 2018 in the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland Players receive 105 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with [...]

The Sinquefield Cup sees Magnus Carlsen and 9 more of the world’s best players compete in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 18-27 August 2018. The event is the penultimate leg of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour, with the tour regulars joined by wild card Magnus Carlsen. In adddition to tour [...]

The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz is the third stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The 10-player tournament takes place in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 11-15 August and sees tour regulars Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, MVL, So, Mamedyarov, Grischuk and wild card Dominguez. The prize fund is [...]

26th Troya International Open will be held in Çanakkale from 6 to 11 August. The venue will be Univercity Student Social Event Center. It will be 9 round Swiss. The tournament will be divided in 3 sections. 357 players are expected in all events. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Date Time Statement 04 August 2018 Saturday 18:00 Deadline [...]

The 27th Kavala International Open is a 9-round Swii tournamnt taking place from 5-11 August 208 at the Foyer of Prefecture Amphitheatre in Kavala, Greece and is organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union. Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest [...]

The 11th Arad International Chess Festival is a 9-round Swiss open taking place from 5-12 August 2018 in the Continental Hotel in Arad, Rumania. The event is organised by the Vados Chess Club Arad. Players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 15 minutes for the rest plus 30 seconds per player [...]

The 22nd Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament is a 9-round Swiss open taking place in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, from 4-11 August 2018. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. 247 players are expected. The top seeded are GM [...]

Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club is organizing the Abu Dhabi chess festival in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Sports Council and under the Patronage of H.H Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan from 6-16th August in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the UAE. 1. Masters Tournament: Open to all FIDE rated players with standard [...]

As the FIDE elections of 3 October are approaching, we are pleased to announce the launch of our “FIDE Forward” campaign website.

World Chess and FIDE are pleased to announce The College, a breath-taking historic building in the heart of London as the venue for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2018. The 10,000 square foot space in Holborn will host 400 people each day to see Magnus Carlsen defend his world title against US challenger Fabiano [...]