Here’s a game of mine from this last weekend in which I managed to grind out a win in what looked like an even endgame. I was helped by my opponent’s shortage of time but I had a slight edge later in the game that was enough encouragement to keep going. Sam Davies

Representatives of more than thirty countries play in the RSSU Moscow Open Cup. Today we were lucky to talk to international master Juan Carlos Guerrero, who arrived from distant Columbia. - Juan Carlos, we are happy to see you in our press-center! Do you play in the tournament for the first time? What are your [...]

Με μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον εξελίσσονται οι συναντήσεις του 4ου γύρου. Ακολουθεί αναλυτικότερη ενημέρωση με την ολοκλήρωση του.

Η μετεωρική του παρουσία στο σκάκι κράτησε λιγότερο από πέντε χρόνια (1929-33). Τον αποκάλεσαν “το πιο μεγάλο φυσικό ταλέντο στο σκάκι που εμφανίστηκε στην ιστορία”. Ήταν δια βίου υπηρέτης του Σερ Ουμάρ Χαγιάτ Χαν και...

Arab Individual Chess Champioship for juniors was held in Sharjah Chess Club, UAE from 28.01 to 03.02. In the under 20 group winner is CM Hbacha Achraf, followed by IM Ouaret Abdelouhab and IM Sultan Ibrahim. In the under 18 group winner is CM Al-Zaabi Sultan, followed by FM Zayan Mohamed and FM Al-Bashayra Yazan. [...]

Arab Individual Chess Championship Women was held in Sharjah Chess Club, UAE from 27.01 to 03.02. WIM Amina Mezioud was the winner with 8 points out of 9. She was leading from the start and was point clear from the second player. WFM Ghayda M.Alattar . and WFM Alshaeby Boshra have shared 2-3 place. Final [...]

Arab Individual Chess Championship was held in Sharjah Chess Club, UAE from 27.01 to 03.02. In the men section the top seed Mohamed Haddouche won the title with 6.5 out of 9. After 7 rounds IM Noaman Omar was leading with 5,5 but he lost his final two games. That opened the door for the [...]

There are ten types of people in the world: those who understand binary arithmetic and those who don’t. There are two types of people in the world: those who enjoy putting people into two categories and those who don’t. I’m in the former category here. One way in which you can split people is whether […]

On February 3, the XIII Congress of the Russian Chess Federation took place in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. The Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov greeted the delegates at the start of the meeting. Then the RCF President Andrey Filatov read a summary report, and after it a film about [...]

Russian Chess Federation and Moscow Pedagogical State University signed the Agreement about cooperation. The signatures under Agreement were put by Rector Alexey Lubkov and President Andrey Filatov. On January 31, 2018 the Moscow Pedagogical State University and the Russian Chess Federation signed the Agreement on cooperation with the purpose of consolidation of efforts for ensuring [...]

The grandmaster from Israel Tamir Nabaty is the sole leader of the 2018 Moscow Open Men’s Cup of Russia. After the victory over Nikolai Shukh from Russia in the seventh round he has 6,5 points. Young Moscow chess players Nikita Afanasiev and Semen Lomasov are sharing the second place, remaining behind the leader at a [...]

2nd Marcel Duchamp Cup will be held from 2 to 8 February in Montevideo, Uruguay. The venue is Sala Roja y Foyer del Centro de Conferencias de la IMM, Montevideo. There are more then 150 participants. The top players are GM Sandro Mareco, GM Gilberto Hernandez, GM Ulf Andersson, GM Salvador Alonso etc… live game [...]

When I teach my students the opening principles, we talk a great deal about the center of the board because that’s the name of the game when it comes to the opening. My more astute students pay close attention, making mental notes regarding the center of the board. Yet rarely does one of them ask […]

The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing an international open chess tournament, dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, which will take place on June 20-30, 2018, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk. All interested chess players can participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The total prize fund is increased and amounts to AMD [...]

The Malopolska Chess Association, the Polish Chess Federation, the Community of Krakow, the European Chess Union (ECU), have honour to invite all the Chess Federations, and eligible players to take part in the European School Chess Championship 2018 organized in Krakow, Poland from 29th June to 8th July 2018. European Schools Championship 2018 is played [...]