The Confederation of Chess for America, in cooperation with the Dominican Republic Chess Federation, is going to organize an Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Dominican Republic, from 16 to 22 January 2012, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Santiago Garcia Ramos (MEX), FIDE Lecturer. The Technical Organizer will be Mr. [...]

The traditional chess event continues in the top ski resort Bansko.

Riding on the success of World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, the Indian Chess is on an all-time high with its players tasting success regularly at the international chess events.

Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Master norm and a International Grandmaster norm round robin tournament in tandem from December 7th to December 11th of 2011.

The European Blitz Chess Championship 2011, under the auspices of Bronisław Komorowski – the President of the Republic of Poland and the European Parliament, was played on 16th December 2011, in The Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, Warsaw, Poland. The Championship was organized by the Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development in cooperation [...]

Massive rapid in Barcelona, closed tournament in Guipúzcoa, full TV coverage of the chess festival in Peru.

GM Rafael Leitao, four-times champion of Brazil, is maintaining a full-point margin ahead of the 2005 champion Alexandr Fier.

International Chess Tournament Zadar Open is taking place on 11-17th December at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik in Zadar, Croatia. The tournament consists of two groups, Open A for the players rated above 2300 FIDE and Open B for the players rated U2200. Players rated between 2200-2300 can choose the group in which they [...]

International Chess Tournament Zadar Open took place on 11-17th December at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik in Zadar, Croatia. The tournament consisted of two groups, Open A for the players rated above 2300 FIDE and Open B for the players rated U2200. Players rated between 2200-2300 were choosing the group in which they would [...]

FIDE continues with launching dedicated websites to inform about the activities of the Commissions. The latest addition is the FIDE Events Commission website, available at http://events.fide.com. The Events Commission is currently focused on several important operations: - To create a new format for a more distinct Bid Procedure starting from 1st March 2012 - To [...]

The 35th Zurich Christmas Open will be held on December 26-30, 2011, at the “Crowne Plaza Zürich”, Badenerstr. 420, 8040. System and rate of play: 7 rounds, Swiss system; 90 minutes for 40 moves+30 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. The Open consists of two playing [...]

The European Rapid Chess Championship 2011, under the auspices of Bronisław Komorowski – the President of the Republic of Poland and the European Parliament, was played on 17th and 18th December 2011, in The Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, Warsaw, Poland. The Championship was organized by the Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development [...]

The first round of the Women World Team Chess Championship appeared to be not an easy one for the favorites. A clear rating favorite in the match, China could overcome the ambitious Turkish squad only by a least margin. Kubra Ozturk on the second board took an upper hand on Zhao Xue and the first [...]

Interview with Pavel Eljanov by Alexander Ipatov for Chessdom.com

The international chess festival “Moscow Open 2012” takes place in Moscow on January 27 (date of arrival) – February 6 (date of departure), 2012. The venue is Russian State Social University (RSSU). Among the multiple events, there are two strong closed tournaments for young grandmasters – men and women. Here are the participants and a [...]