The use of tactics can give the player who employs them a decisive advantage. While tactics won’t always guarantee a winning game, it will give you potential advantage, materially speaking. Beginners often purchase apps or books with simple tactical problems which is a good way to start their studies. However, those puzzles have the tactic […]

Evidence points to Igor Shinder as the man behind Glen Stark

The 3rd Kolkata International Grandmaster Open Chess Tournament will be held from 14 to 22 May in Kolkata. Venue will be The New Town School. Tournament is organised by Dibyendu Barua and Allsport Foundation. System of Play: The tournament will be conducted as per FIDE Laws of Chess and FIDE Swiss System with 9 rounds. [...]

KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) is proud to organize 11 KIIT International Chess Festival in association with All Odisha Chess Association. It will be held from 25 May to 6 June. The venue is International Chess Hall, Campus 15 B, KIIT University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It will be 10 rounds Swiss system. Time control [...]

The 27th Annual Chicago Open will be held over Memorial Day weekend from May 24-28, 2018, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois. The event has 8 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The Open Section is a [...]

Croatian and European Chess Champion GM Ivan Saric spoke to Chessdom.com editor GM Marian Petrov about his recent victories Marian Petrov First of all, congratulations for conquering the Croatian title, that comes right after your European one! Ivan Saric I’m happy that I’ve managed to win the Croatian championship. But honestly, I’m not happy with [...]

African Individual Chess Championships will be held in Zambia from 12 to 22 May. Organizers are the African Chess Confederation and the Chess Federation of Zambia. The venue is Warm Harbor Hotel. 30 players are expected in the Open section and 22 in the Women section. The top seeded players are the Egyptians GM Bassem [...]

Ο Α.Σ.Ο. Αιγίου διοργανώνει δυο ελβετικά τουρνουά με διεθνή αξιολόγηση, Κυριακή 20/05/2018 στα οποία ισχύουν οι Κανονισμοί FIDE και ΕΣΟ.

As many of you know I captain several Hertfordshire Chess Association teams and a game from Board 7 of our ‘A’ Team playing in the C&DCCC Division 2 Sinclair attracted my attention by the insightful notes that our player, Ross Brennan, made after claiming a draw by threefold repetition. Ross, as well as being a […]

φωτ. Ο Μίσα Ταλ και ο Εβγκένι Βασιούκοβ μιλούν για την παρτίδα που μόλις τέλειωσε, Ντούμπνα 1973. Σε ηλικία 85 ετών έφυγε ο γκρανμέτρ Εβγκένι Βασιούκοβ. Ξεκίνησε να παίζει σκάκι σε ηλικία 15 ετών, μια ηλικία απαγορευτική με...

The Nakhchivan Open 2018, dedicated to the memory of former Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev, was held from May 1st to 11th at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. 58 players took part in the group A tournament. The winner is GM Nidjat Mamedov with 6,5 points out of 9. Second is GM Sergei Tiviakov [...]

Fritz and Texel continue in the First Division

The Glen Stark case becomes a Pandora’s box

The INTERNET based FIDE Seminar for International Organizers is set to take place from 18-21st June, 2018. 1. Participation: Up to 30 participants (by priority) from all Continents. Deadline for registrations is Thursday 14th June 2018 2. Schedule: • Monday, 18th June 17:00 to 20:00 Seminar (Part 1) Standard Time Zone: GMT/UTC + 02:00 hour [...]

Nigel said I played this well, until I didn’t. I had a minority attack and should have won a pawn on move 32. I decided to keep my bishop versus Knight. I thought I could weaken his Queenside enough that the long range power of the bishop would be worth it. And all rook ending […]