After the approval by the 1st quarter 2017 FIDE Presidential Board of the New Laws of Chess and the New Swiss Rules to be in effect from 1 July 2017, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the FIDE Rules Commission and the FIDE Systems of Pairings and Programs Commission, organized a lecture, in order [...]

From 3 to 6 May 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM), Chairman of the FIDE Rules Commission and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant lecturer was IA Husan Turdialiev (UZB). The venue of the Seminar [...]

From 14 to 17 April 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the Saudi Chess Association, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer of the seminar was IA Yaser Motlaq Al Otaibi (KSA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was FA Ahmed Agami (EGY). [...]

Οι Παγκόσμιοι Αγώνες Άθλησης για Όλους 50+ (World Senior Games) με 15 διαφορετικά Αθλήματα έρχονται στην Ελλάδα από τις 9 έως τις 11 Ιουνίου 2017. Το Σκακι είναι ένα από τα αθλήματα των Αγώνων και θα λάβει χώρα στον χώρο της Λίμνης της...

“We had this meeting with George Martin where we’re trying to get as much information as possible out of him, and probably the most shocking revelation he had for us was when he told us the origin of Hodor — or how that name came about…” David Benioff Our minds function in ways we still […]

The 2017 Czech Chess Championships for men and women were held from 29th April to 7th May at the Culture Palace in Ostrava. Both events were incorporated into single open section with 58 participants, organized by Ostrava Chess z.s. Top seed David Navara took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points to claim his eighth [...]

There are some openings which lead directly into an endgame, missing out the middle game altogether. Here’s an example of this in the Caro-Kann Defence. White might be better off playing 16.Be3. Sam Davies

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The Grand Chess Tour is very pleased to announce that the 2017 GCT Rapid tournament in Paris will be broadcast on the CANAL+ SPORT channel in France. The show will feature a daily highlights package of the best games from each the five days play. Each show will last for one hour and will be [...]

I have a Bird in my hand at the moment. A big fat blue Bird. Or, to be precise, a book about Henry Edward Bird. H.E. Bird A Chess Biography with 1,198 games, written by Hans Renette, a Belgian FM and chess historian, and published by McFarland. A handsome, large format hardback of more than […]

Live games with analysis

Live games with analysis

Last week, we discussed the importance of controlling the center of the board with a pawn move or two, giving the greatest consideration to 1. e4. As I mentioned. We don’t want to make too many pawn moves during the opening, opting instead to introduce our minor pieces quickly. For any beginners reading this, the […]

There are many little known players who have played some wonderful games. Among them is Bela Perenyi, a Hungarian International Master who also came up with many creative ideas in the opening. Tragically he died in a car accident in 1988. It’s well worth checking out his games if you want some inspiration. Here’s a […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 18 to 24 June 2017 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers will be IA Sainbayar Tserendorj (MGL) and IA K.K. Chan (HKG). The venue [...]