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Kragerø Resort Chess is a 9-round Swiss open restricted to players with a rating equal or above 2000 taking place from 21-25 February in Kragerø, Norway. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Tournament is divided in 2 sections. The top seeded playes are GM Jon [...]

The International chess festival Aeroflot Open, traditionally supported by PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, was officially opened in the Kosmos Hotel, Moscow, on February 19. The opening ceremony was led by the RCF Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky, the Executive Director of the festival Alexander Bakh, and the Chief Arbiter of the event IA Andrzej Filipowicz. [...]

SAINT LOUIS (February 20, 2018) — An induction ceremony on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA), will recognize five exceptional contributors to the game of chess as they take their places in history as members of the World and U.S. Chess Halls of Fame. The ceremony will serve [...]

The 9th Southwest Class Championships were held from February 15-19, 2018, at the DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The event featured seven rating sections, including the 9-round Swiss Master which was FIDE rated and eligible for title norms. The Master section gathered 81 players. Grandmasters Anton Kovalyov (Canada) and [...]

Here’s another in Lucas Anderson’s wonderful series of videos on great players. I must admit that I’m a big fan of Anatoly Karpov’s chess, as are many other strong players. His games are very subtle. Nigel Davies

4th International Open ‘Vardaris’ was held from 15 to 19 February in Thessaloniki. The tournament was divided in 4 groups. The winner was the young 13 years old Belgian FM Daniel Dardha with 6 out of 7, followed by IM Martin Petrov with 5,5 and FM Arben Dardha with 5 points. Martin Petrov was leading [...]

“When not opposed by the bishop pair, the queen is worth rook, minor piece, and 1½ pawns” Garry Kasparov Not long ago I presented a voting chess position where our team decided to go for an imbalanced material position by sacrificing our queen. You can review the article HERE Our controversial queen sacrifice split our […]

Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov (all from Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Viswanathan Anand (India), and Boris Gelfand (Israel).

Ο Φρανκ Μάρσαλ σε ηλικία 16 ετών σε φωτογραφία του 1893 που δημοσιεύτηκε στην εφημερίδα του Μόντρεαλ “Le Monde Illustre” όταν ο νεαρός Αμερικανός έχασε σε σιμουλτανέ από τον παγκόσμιο πρωταθλητή Βίλχελμ Στάινιτς...

For the tenth consecutive year, the Saint Louis Chess Club will host the U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. The fields have now been confirmed and fans are sure to see great battles April 17-30, 2018. The 2018 U.S. Championship is an elite national championship event, featuring 12 of the strongest chess players [...]

XII INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN OF LUGANO VICTORY OF THE GM DUSAN POPOVIC The twelfth edition of Lugano’s International Chess Open took place at the four-star Hotel De La Paix Hotel. GM Dusan Popovic, number 5 of the tournament in his first participation on the shores of Ceresio, won deservedly well with 5pt. out of 6 [...]

The 78th Noteboom Tournament was a 6-round Swiss tournament took place from 16-18 February 2018 in Oegstgeest, Netherlands. 90 players took part in the tournament. In the end 4 people made 5 points out of 6. The best tie-break had IM Robby Kevlishvili, followed by GM Benjamin Bok and GM Petar Arnaudov. All of them [...]

The 10th dMP Batavia Chess Tournament takes place from Thursday, February 22nd to Sunday, March 4th, 2018 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The games will start each day at 14:00 hrs. The final round starts at 12.00 hrs. Wednesday, February 28th is a rest day. Admission to the playing hall in Cafe Batavia [...]

Northumbria Masters was held in Newcactle from 14 to 18 February. The winner is GM Alexander Donchenko with 7 points out of 9, followed by GM Jakhongir Vakhidov with 6,5 points and GM Daniel Gormally with 6 points. It was not clear until the last round, where Donchenko had to win against FM Berry Neil [...]