From 19 to 21 January 2018 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Bangkok, Thailand by the Thailand Chess Association in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer of the seminar was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), FIDE Lecturer. The venue of the Seminar was the Thailand Chess Association [...]

The candidacy confirmed at a meeting of the Georgian Chess Federation

The 1st Vajda Arpad Memorial is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 29 January to 7 February 2018 in the Csili Cultural Center in Budapest, Hungary. The top players are GM Nikola Sedlak, GM Gergely Aczel, GM etc… Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the [...]

Moscow, 31st January, TASS. The Trustees Board of the Russian CF is supporting the candidacy of Andrey Filatov to the position of the Federation President, the Head of the Board, Press-secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov told to the TASS question. Peskov said, “I can say on behalf of the Trustees Board, we [...]

Boris Savchenko is a constant participant and several-times winner of the previous editions of the Moscow Open. The grandmaster from Moscow told the correspondents of the tournament website of his recent success in the World Rapid Championship and the way this tournament started for him. - Hello, Boris! Several years ago you were ranked as [...]

A statement supporting Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy for FIDE Presidency issued by Afghanistan Chess Federation was received by Ilyumzhinov office in Moscow.

Το προσεχές Σάββατο 3 Φεβρουαρίου θα διεξαχθεί τελικά ο 4ος γύρος του Πρωταθλήματος κάτω των 8 και κάτω των 10 (Junior & Bambini)Με χθεσινή ανακοίνωσή της η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων όρισε την 4η αγωνιστική στην παραπάνω...

To be honest I was not particularly aware of Lev Polugaevsky until I came across his game against Eugene Torre, where he demonstrated his hard-work and creativity. This is a really inspiring illustration to show that skills can be cultivated with the hard-work and dedication. Nowadays it might be easy to prepare like this with […]

“Everything in life goes back to the basics” Kron Gracie Material balance article was posted HERE Kings’ position article was posted HERE Observing how all pieces are positioned is the third step anyone needs to do during their games. It is a challenging one for beginners and intermediate players in the opening and middle game […]

The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is pleased to announce the list of players that have been invited to participate as full tour participants for the 2018 GCT. The 2018 GCT event dates and tour point regulations have also now been finalized and are detailed below. A total of 10 players have been offered full tour [...]

Συνοπτικά τα αποτελέσματα του Σ/ΚΣΑΧ - ΠΑΤ Τριανδρίας 7,5-2,5ΔΕΗ - ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ ΠΟΛΙΧΝΗΣ 5-3ΧΑΝ Καλαμαριάς (Κ10)-Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ (Κ10) 1,5-2Εύοσμος (Κ10) - ΣΑΧ (Κ8) 4-0Νίκη του ΣΑΧΜε μία άνετη νίκη για την ομάδα μας συνεχίστηκε ο 3ος γύρος του...

My Dad and I played in the Stockport Rapidplay yesterday, I got 3.5/6 in the Major and Dad got 5.5/6 to win the Open. One of the things he has told me is that in faster time limits its really important to stay ahead on the clock, and this was probably what decided his round […]

Ο αγώνας στην Αθήνα διεξήχθη σε αίθουσα του Σκακιστικού Συλλόγου Ηλιούπολης.Υπήρχαν τρεις κατηγορίες προβλημάτων.Κατηγορία...

Με πλήθος αθλητών, μαθητών, γονιών αλλά και φίλων του σκακιού πραγματοποιήθηκε το Σάββατο 27 Ιανουαρίου η κοπή της πίτας στο ΣΟ Καλλιθέας. Την εκδήλωση τίμησαν με την παρουσία τους ο Αντιδήμαρχος Περιβάλλοντος κ...

Magnus Carlsen has won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, after an exciting last round. At the start of the matches five grandmasters still stood a chance of winning, with Giri and Carlsen jointly leading the pack. Because both their games ended in a draw, they had to play a tie-break, consisting of two blitz games [...]