The city of Dortmund and the German Chess Federation present the world elite of the royal game in the Orchesterzentrum NRW. Six international grandmasters and two top players of the German chess national team will sit in Dortmund on the boards that move the world. For the fifth time the Grandmaster Tournament will take place [...]

The Minsk Amateur is a 9-round Swiss tournament. The tournament is held from June 24 (arrival day) till July 2 (departure day) 2018, at the address: Minsk, Republic of Belarus, Avenue of the Winners, 103, hotel “ViktoriyaOlymp” Everyone has the right to participate in the tournament, except for the holders of the title “International Grandmaster” [...]

City Chess Federation of Nis in cooperation with Hotel „Zeleni Vir“ is organizing The International Chess Festival „OPEN NIS 2018“ 26. 06. – 04. 07. 2018. Hotel “Zeleni Vir“ OPEN „A” OPEN tournament for players rated higher then 2100 FIDE ELO. The organizer has the right to include players with lower rating. The Open “A” [...]

12th Chess Festival “Silver Lake” was held in Silver Lake (VelikoGradiste) from June 17th, 2018 to June 24th, 2018. The Festival consists of three events: A tournament, B tournament and C tournament. The venue was hotel “Danubia Park”. Around 300 players took part in all groups. The winner in A group is GM Kiril Georgiev [...]

12 Corporate VIPs will be invited and will be paired with one of the 10 GCT players + GM Gary Kasparov + 1 additional French GM (Etienne Bacrot?). Each team will consist of two players who will alternate moves as in a normal pro-biz. Teams will play in two pools which will consist of 6 [...]

My Dad was showing me this rook endgame from Nikolay Minev’s book on rook endgames. Minev gives this as winning for Black after 77.Rb2+ Kc5 78.Rc2+ Kd4 79.Ra2?? Ra6 but I asked why White can’t play 79.Rc6. We came to the conclusion that it draws, and the engine says that 79.Rc8 and 79.Rc7 draw too. […]

Μια σκακιέρα εμφανίζεται για λίγα δευτερόλεπτα στο Σέρπικο του Σίντνεϊ Λιούμετ. Ο Αλ Πατσίνο στα καλύτερά του. Ταινία καταγγελίας, με θέμα τη διαφθορά στους κόλπους των αστυνομικών της Νέας Υόρκης και την ανοχή του...

The Dunajska Streda GM is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 23-30 June 2018 in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. 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. Live games with analysis will be provided daily with the best [...]

Hikaru Nakamura showed off his nerves of steel today and emerged as the winner of the 2018 Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American is no stranger to the winner’s circle as he has previously won the 2016 edition a full point ahead of Magnus Carlsen. He earned $37,500 and 13 tour points for his efforts. [...]

Participants in GreeceSolver's nameRound 1Round 2TimeTimeTimePoints..123456789101112Rd-1Rd-2TotalTotalPlaceMendrinos Nikolaos554,55535.15.511812023843,51Konidaris Panagiotis04,75125.5503.512012024030,752Papastavropoulos Andreas53.52,5.55.5..12012024030,53Kostouros Alexis00025.5502.2120120240214Masouros Panagiotis5...2,5.5..2.512012024019,55Mitsakis Konstantinos54.1..5..2..120120240176Anemodouras...

The Marmaris Karya IM is a 10-round Scheveninegn tournament taking place from 25-29 June 2018 in Marmaris, Turkey. 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 Chess Engine Championship – [...]

5ος Διεθνής Παράλληλος Διαγωνισμός Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων Του ΙσραήλΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2018Η  Ομοσπονδία για το Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι του Ισραήλ προκηρύσσει τον 5ο Διεθνή Παράλληλο Διαγωνισμό Λύσης Σκακιστικών...

I guess 94 is a pretty good age, but it’s still sad to have to mourn a passing. I was sorry to hear that the London Commercial Chess League has decided it has no choice but to close down. The league website reports: “On June 5th 2018, The Executive Committee of the London Commercial Chess […]

It is confirmed that Zambia, the previous African stronghold of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Lewis Ncube, is now supporting Georgios Makropoulos and “FIDE Forward”! The new Vice-President in the ticket of Makropoulos is the Health Minister of Zambia Dr. Chitalu Chilufya and his brother Mr. Mukubulo Chilufya is the President of the Zambian Chess Federation. From [...]

We’ve all driven by vehicular accidents on motorways and silently hoped the victims weren’t badly hurt. However, we seldom give a moment of thought to the men and women who have to clear those wrecks off of the road. When a truck flips over and blocks the motorway, it’s these men and women who not […]