A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11 to 15 July 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia, by the Gunadarma University, in cooperation with the Indonesian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Bunawan Bong (INA) FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Hamid Majid (MAL). The [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19 to 22 May 2017 in Abha, Saudi Arabia, by the Saudi Arabia Chess Association, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Yaser Motlaq Al Otaibi (KSA). The venue of the Seminar will be [...]

The 2017 Chess Championships of China for men and women were held from 23rd April to 4th May in Xinghua Jiangsu China. Both events were 12-player round robins. In each section four players singled out on the top leaving the rest of respective fields far behind. In the men’s championship the top seed Wei Yi [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15 to 19 June 2017 in Budva, Montenegro, by the Montenegro Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the Slovenska Plaza Hotel in Budva. The Lecturers will be IA Branislav Suhartovic (SRB) and IA Zoran Bojovic (SRB), [...]

After a relaxing Easter Break at home we went on to Reykjavik. While at home and looking at the calendar Gawain said “It feels so strange to not be playing chess over Easter” and I jokingly replied that “I’ve signed him up to play at the chess club!”. On our train to Birmingham Airport we received […]

The sixteen-year-old Diana Mirza from Limerick, Ireland was victorious in the World Schools Under-17 Chess Championship that was held from 21-30th April in Iasi, Romania. This is the first world chess title for Ireland and definitely a huge encouragement for the many talented young players emerging from chess schools across the country. President of Ireland [...]

Η Σκακιστική Ακαδημία Πύργου κέρδισε την πρόκριση στο ντέρμπι της 1ης αγωνιστικής του κυπέλλου επί της ΓΕ Αγρινίου αφού παρά το ισόπαλο 2-2 το κριτήριο του Βερολίνου ευνόησε την ομάδα του Πύργου. Στα άλλα παιχνίδια ΝΕΠ...

Chess parents will find this interesting, many of the players featured gave up long ago. There are also some quite a few famous faces there too, most notably Judit Polgar: Nigel Davies

Chess Federation of the City of Nis, in association with the Serbian Chess Federation and under the auspices of the European Chess Union organizes the European Amateur Chess Championship 2017, which will take place in Nis, Serbia, from June 9 (day of arrival) to June 17 (day of departure) 2017. The tournament will be held [...]

Η ΕΣΣΠ καλεί τα σωματεία μέλη σε έκτακτη Γενική Συνέλευση στις 13 Μαΐου 2017 ημέρα Σάββατο και ώρα 19.00 στα γραφεία της στο Κολυμβητήριο Αντώνιος Πεπανός. Σε περίπτωση μη απαρτίας (50%+1) στην παραπάνω ημερομηνία, η Γενική...

Live games with analysis

Activity does matter in chess and when it comes to semi open games you need to pay attention to the open file to help the activity of your rooks. If your rooks can control that file, most of the time the position will favour you. But controlling the open file is not enough; you must […]

The World Senior Games 2017 will take place from 9-11th June in the Athens Riviera in Greece. Among the 15 sports competition, the organizers have scheduled a Rapid Chess Open for all chess players aged over 50, irrespective of elo or level. ORGANISERS: Vari Voula Vouliagmeni Municipality, European Sports for All Federation (UESpT), Lefkippos Chess [...]

The 11th Tashkent International Open – Memorial of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, will be held on 2-11th May in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss with the time control 90 min + 30 sec increment from move one. The total prize fund is 20,000 US dollars. The tournament is organized [...]

“Choices are the hinges of destiny” Pythagoras In April we held the BC Championship qualifier for the continental final of Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational 2017 in St. Louis. It is the second edition for us and the 14th edition for the continental final. This is a tournament exclusively for girls and over the years […]