FIDE is publishing the player’s contract for the Women’s World Chess Championship 2018 to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from November 1st to November 24. The qualified players are expected to fax or email scanned the original document of their signed contract to the FIDE Secretariat’s fax number +30 2109212859 or email office@fide.com no later [...]

The Cellavision Chess Cup is an 8-round Swiss tournament taking place from 3-5 August 2018 in Lund, Sweden. It starts off with four Rapid games with a time control of 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 5-second increment starting from move one, followed by four classical games with 90 minutes per game and [...]

The European Senior Chess Championship will be held in Drammen, Norway from August 3 (day of arrival) until August 13 (day of departure) 2018. The tournament will be held in Scandic Ambassadeur, a traditional hotel along the Drammen river, next to the Drammen Fjord, and within short distance of Oslo. This hotel is only 50 [...]

Тhe 9th Hainan Danzhou GrandMaster Chess Tournament in Hainan, China took place from July 26 to August 3 in Danzhou, a western city in China’s Hainan province. It was held at the China Chess Association Hainan Zhangzhou Training Base. It was 8 players round-robin with average rating 2728. The winner is GM Yu Yangyi with [...]

The 89th German Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 3-11 August 2018 in Dresden. host: ZMDI Chess Festival Dresden eV Venue: Wyndham Garden Dresden, Wilhelm-Franke-Strasse 90, 01219 Dresden Mode: 9 round Swiss system. The thinking time is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the remaining moves and 30 seconds [...]

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This was a game in our local league. White gave me a good central pawn in the opening. However, there were several places where Capablanca would have improved on my play. 1. Nigel said 11…Nxe5 would have been Capa’s choice. The engine isn’t too sure which it prefers but getting rid of White’s strong knight … Continue reading "Capa’s Choice"

The Copel Telecom Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 1-5 August 2018 in Caiobá, Brazil. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The event will be held in the modern and air-conditioned event hall of the Hotel Sesc Caiobá. 170 players are expected. [...]

The 2nd Irena Warakomska Memorial is a 9-round Swiss open taking place in Velvet Hotel, Suwałki, Poland from 1-8 August 2018. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Organizer is Irena Warakomska Association under the auspices of [...]

ECU Press Release 31.07.2018 A Brief history of the case: In May 2011 a group of individuals established an offshore shadow company in Delaware, U.S.A. named “European Chess Union LLC” Delaware and the same time, through this company, they opened a bank account in Slovenia. From 2011 to 2015, forging bank documents, invoices, letters and [...]

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From 1 to 11 August in Yekaterinburg, under the patronage of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region EV Kuyvashev, the most large-scale chess event of the Ural region of 2018 – the Eurasia Open Festival will be held. In the program of the Festival: match A.E. Karpov – N.N. Rashkovsky; the Cup of Russia among [...]

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better” Maya Angelou Let’s cut to the chase right away. Replay the following endgame and figure out what happened. The last move was 26. h4 … Questions like “What did White do right?” and “What did Black do wrong?” should … Continue reading "You Know What To Do. Why...

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better” Maya Angelou Let’s cut to the chase right away. Replay the following endgame and figure out what happened. The last move was 26. h4 … Questions like “What did White do right?” and “What did Black do wrong?” should … Continue reading "You Know What To Do. Why...

Interview with the author of Deus X