Vietnam Individual Champioships 2018 were held from 27 April to 3. May in Ho Chi Minh . Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh, who scored 7 of 9, won the men’s championship . The same number of points ranked second place by Tran Quoc Dung. On the third place is Dao Thien Hai, who was behind by [...]

“I’m only bothered about things that will change the pawn structure.” – N Davies I have a tendency to spend too long calculating and Nigel has advised me to spend my time considering the pawn structure and possible levers/ changes when it is my opponent’s move. In this game I was very interested in Nigel’s […]

Women’s World Championship Match 2018 between the Women`s World Champion Tan Zhongyi and the winner of FIDE Grand Prix Series Ju Wenjun will be organized from 2nd to 9th of May in Shanghai and the latter half from 11th to 20th May in Chongqing. Challenger Ju Wenjun selected the Black queen with a white base [...]

The 2018 Women’s World Chess Championship is an upcoming match between Tan Zhongyi, the 2017 Women’s World Chess champion, and her challenger Ju Wenjun. Ju Wenjun qualified by winning the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2015–16. The match is played from 2 to 20 May 2018 and will be played in two halves, the first in [...]

2nd Open International d’Échecs de la Côte Basque Bayonne was held from 28 April to1 May. 102 players took part in the tournament. 14 years old Nurgyul Salimova from Bulgaria is the winner. She won her first 6 games and despite the loss in the last round has won the event with better tie-break from [...]

Chess opening traps and tricks are very popular among beginners and there is a very large amount of material that falls into this category. That is the reason why many YouTube videos are booming around traps and tricks. Some opening traps are just not good like this one Richard talked few days back, but some […]

“Πεταλούδες σε διάφορους τόπους, με διάφορες αμφιέσεις: χαριτωμένο αγοράκι με φουφούλες και ναυτικό πηλήκιο· ψιλόλιγνος εκπατρισμένος κοσμοπολίτης με σπορ παντελόνι και μπερέ· παχύς ηλικιωμένος κύριος, ασκεπής με...

GM Vidit Gujrathi, GM Alexander Morozevich, GM Nils Grandelius, GM Benjamin Gledura, GM Aryan Tari and IM Linus Johansson. These are the six great chess players that will fight for first prize in this year’s edition of TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament. As in previous years, the tournament will be held at the Hipp [...]

The Nakhchivan Open 2018, dedicated to the memory of former Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev, runs from May 1st to 11th at the Nakhchivan Chess Center in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, and is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry, the Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Nakhchivan AR Chess Federation. First prize is USD $5,000. Players receive 90 [...]

Drama unfolded during the playoff Monday in Saint Louis, as the best women chess players in the nation went head to head in a rapid chess match that was going to decide the victor. Annie Wang has been leading the whole event and was only caught in the last round by Nazi Paikidze due to [...]

The Argentinian Women’s Championship is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 2-7 May 2018 in Ushuaia, Argentina. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, [...]

The 19th Women’s Russian Team Championship is a 12-team open tournament taking place in Sochi from 1-10 May 2018. Teams consist of five players, with four playing each match. 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. [...]

Russian Team Championships in classical chess among men, women, seniors, youth (boys and girls under 15), boys (under 11), and girls (under 11) will be played on April 30 – May 11 in Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina, Sochi. The main tournaments – Russian Team Championship Premier League – will be played according to the round-robin system. [...]

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer” Bruce Lee A quick reminder about how to do it: Have a look at the position for 1 minute (watch the clock) Think about the choices in front of you and pick the one you feel […]

Interview with Andrew Grant