The RCF Supervisory Board meeting with an absentee ballot concerning the election of the candidate for FIDE President from the Russian Chess Federation was held. 24 ballots were received by the RCF Secretariat by 6 p.m. (Moscow time) on June 27th. 22 RCF Supervisory Board members voted in favour of Arkady Dvorkovich and 2 in [...]

The Dutch Women’s Championship is an 8-player round-robin tournament taking place from 2-8 July 2018 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 1. Live games with analysis will be provided daily with the best [...]

The Dutch Championship is an 8-player round-robin tournament taking place from 2-8 July 2018 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 1. Live games with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess [...]

OSS international was held from 22 to 26 June in Oslo. 54 players took part in the tournament. The key game was in round 7 when the sole leader Deviatkin with 6 out of 6 won with black against Chatalbashev, who had 5,5 points. In round 8 Hoi won against Tiger Hillarp. The winner is [...]

19th ASEAN+ Age Groups Chess Championships were held from 19 to 24 June in Davao city, Philippines. The overall winners are Vietnam. The winners in the groups are under 8 Open 1. Nguyen Vuong Tung Lam 7 2. Le Ngoc Minh Truong 6.5 3. Buto Al-Basher 6.5 under 8 Girls 1. Dang Le Xuan Hien [...]

Στο Ρίο της Αχαϊας θα γίνουν από 3 έως 9 Ιουλίου τα πανελλήνια ατομικά πρωταθλήματα παίδων & κορασίδων στις κατηγορίες 8, 10, 12, 14 και 16 ετών. Σύμφωνα με τις δηλώσεις συμμετοχής στην κατηγορία όπεν 16 ισχυρότεροι είναι οι...

Today we will see a typical theme know as fool’s mate. The idea is to use the weak (e1-h4 or h5-e8) diagonal with the queen or the bshop in order to checkmate opponent king. I believed that the chance of this happening would be very low for experienced players until I found a victim rated […]

The All India Chess Federation on behalf of FIDE and Commonwealth Chess Association Cordially invite your Federation to participate in the Championship to be held at New Delhi, India from 25th June to 4th July 2018 organized by Delhi Chess Association. It will be held in Open section, and from under 8 to under 20 [...]

The Gold Coast Open has over the years, established itself as Queensland’s most prestigious chess tournament. First run back in 1993, the event enters its 26th year after an amazing first quarter of a century. This years’ event has been rebranded and tweaked to have a Premier, Major and Minor division – ensuring an event [...]

World Chess Legends is a Rapid and Blitz round-robin tournament taking place from 25-30 June in Platja d’Aro, Spain. Karpov, Torre, Vaisser und Ljubojevic play six rounds of Rapid (25 min + 10 sec), followed by twelve rounds of Blitz. Live games with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in [...]

The Women’s Russian Higher League is a 9-round Swiss Open held in the Ring Premier Hotel in Yaroslavl from 26 June to 5 July 2018. The top five players in the tournament will qualify for the 2018 Women’s Russian Championship Superfinal. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the [...]

The Russian Higher League is a 9-round Swiss Open taking place in the Ring Premier Hotel in Yaroslavl from 26 June to 5 July 2018. The top five players in the tournament will qualify for the 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end [...]

“I’ve paid my dues in the classical trenches” Laila Robins When one “talks the talk”, it must also “walk the walk”. Now it is my turn to do so. Last week I went over a chess 960 middle game position where I was lucky to get 2 pawns out of a combination; some games are […]

The Montcada Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 25 June to 2 July 2018 in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live games with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top [...]

The 4th ad Gredine Open was a 9-round Swiss tournament which took place from 16-24 June 2018 in Ortisei, Italy. In the A group 81 players took part. The European champion GM Ivan Saric won the tournament in very close contest with the young prodigy Praggnanandhaa. They both finished with 7,5 points out of 9. [...]