Ali Nihat Yazici, FIDE Vice President and Turkish Chess Federation President, gave a lengthy interview.

GM Dmitry Svetushkin from Moldova has kindly agreed to an interview about the European Team Chess Championships.

Fabiano Caruana talks about his game with Maxim Rodstein and Italy's victory against Israel.

IM Natasa Bojkovic has kindly agreed to an interview about the European Team Chess Championships.

Ali Nihat Yazici, FIDE Vice President and Turkish Chess Federation President, gave a lengthy interview during theEuropean Team Chess Championships. This is part 2 of the interview, you can review part 1 below. Interview with Ali Nihat Yazici (part 2) Interview with Ali Nihat Yazici (part 1)

Bulgaria continues the string of successes at the European Team Chess Championship – Open Section, as they defeat Germany 3-1 and take the sole lead with 9 match points. Ivan Cheparinov defeated Georg Meier in a crushing manner, while Veselin Topalov scored the full point after Arkadij Naiditsch committed an error. Azerbaijan and France split the points [...]

After winning their match against Georgia, Russia emerged as the sole leader in the European Team Chess Championship – Women Section. Nana Dzagnidze put her team ahead by defeating Nadezhda Kosintseva, but Alexandra Kosteniuk stroke back against Nazi Paikidze. The game on the 2nd board was drawn and eventually Natalija Pogonina bagged the victory by scoring on [...]

A selection of most interesting selected details of the World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The National Chess Federation Panama organized the 1st Panama Chess Open from 3rd to 7th November.

Mary Ann Gomes kept the top spot with 7.5 points, and the second place is shared by IM Eesha Karavade (Maharashtra) and WGM Padmini Rout (Orissa) at 7.0 point apiece.

GM Mikhail Brodsky, captain of the Ukrainian women's team, speaks about his first experience as a captain of the national team.

GM Hans Tikkanen from Sweden speaks about the team's and his own performance at the European Team Chess Championships

GM Markus Ragger from Austria has kindly agreed to an interview about the European Team Chess Championships.

IM Fred Berend from Luxembourg has kindly agreed to an interview about the European Team Chess Championships.

In the 6th round of the European Team Chess Championship – Open Section, Bulgaria and France were engaged in a tense struggle. Ivan Cheparinov’s third consecutive victory put Bulgaria into an early lead. Two more games were drawn and it was Andrei Istratescu who evened the score by defeating Kiril Georgiev. Russia and Azerbaijan opened [...]