The European Chess Union (ECU), the Education Committee of ECU (EC), and the International School Chess Union (ISCU) have the honour of inviting all National Chess Federations of the ECU to the First ECU School Team Internet Championships 2017 from November 16 to November 23, 2017. Quick Intro – Format: Online team tournament – When: [...]

Here are a couple of neat graphical representations of chess games. The modern game could probably do with more of this kind of thing in order to draw kids in. Moving dull plastic pieces around a board lacks appeal when compared to some of the amazing video games that are out there now, and I […]

The Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament 2017 was held from 28th May to 1st June at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club, UAE. The 9-round Swiss event with the rapid time control 15 min + 5 sec attracted 128 participants from 25 federations. Grandmasters Bassem Amin from Egypt and Viorel Iordachescu from Moldova shared the [...]

Ο 3ος Σκακιστικός - Πολιτιστικός Γύρος Θεσσαλονίκης θα διεξαχθεί φέτος το διάστημα 19 με 23 Ιουνίου.Ήδη την πρώτη μέρα που ανακοινώθηκε στο facebook καλύφθηκαν οι 18 από τις 25 θέσεις.Ο Σκακιστικός - Πολιτιστικός Γύρος...

I’ve been having lessons with Nigel for many years and can heartily recommend having them. It is very interesting to examine the games you’ve immersed yourself in with someone with a higher level of understanding. This was a game I played a few years ago against Ian Heppell of Wimbledon. It was a Caro Kann, […]

From 23 to 27 May 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Moscow, Russia, by the Russian State Social University and the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Artiom Akhmetov (RUS), FIDE Lecturer. Five (5) National Arbiters from Russia and Kazakhstan participated in the Seminar and all [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 4 August 2017 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, by the US Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel, 777 Waterside Dr., Norfolk, VA 23510. The Lecturer will be IA Carol Jarecki [...]

The 26th Annual Chicago Open was held on May 25-29, 2017, at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, Illinois. The event had 8 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The strongest Open section with 119 participants was completed over [...]

The legendary Italian chess player IM Stefano Tatai passed away on 30th May in Tenerife, Spain. Born in 1938, he became the National Master in 1958 and earned the prestigious title of International Master in 1966. Tatai was 12-times Italian chess champion, which is a national record: 1962 in Forte dei Marmi, 1965 in Florence, [...]

More than 8000 schoolchildren under 14 years of age participated in qualification tournaments in all regions of Russia during 2016/2017 academic year.

The International chess festival “Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup” started with a rapid tournament that was held from 29-30th May at the Central Chess School in Kazan. GM Alexander Morozevich and IM Zhamsaran Tsydypov shared the first place with 8,5/11 points each. Morozevich claimed the winner’s trophy on better tie-break. The tournament format was 11-round FIDE rated [...]

Simplification in chess can be a decisive strategy, and one that is much deeper than generally understood. Here are a few examples which illustrate when you can employ this strategy: 1) Simplification to dissolve an attack (Example by Fred Reinfeld) Here Black has material advantage but his rook on d8 is attacked. If it moves […]

Gawain left Sheffield on Sunday to head down to London to catch his direct flight to Minsk, Belarus. Over the weekend we saw the mess that BA had and we were very glad we weren’t flying that weekend. His trip on Monday went smoothly and he arrived in a new country. So far no complaints except that […]

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Οι σκακίστριες και σκακιστές που ανήκουν στο δυναμικό της ΕΣΣΠ και επιθυμούν να συμμετέχουν στα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Πρωταθλήματα Παίδων-Κορασίδων 2017 θα πρέπει να υποβάλλουν δήλωση συμμετοχής έως 8/6/2017.