Live games with analysis

Often, a beginner will see checkmate close at hand except for one small problem, there’s an opposition pawn or piece standing between the beginner and victory. “If only that pawn or piece wasn’t on that square”, muses our intrepid beginning player. “I’d win this game if my opponent would just move that darn pawn (or […]

The GRENKE Chess Open 2017 has broken all records. 1,202 participants have registered for what is currently the largest open chess tournament in the world. In group A, 688 participants including over 200 title holders are fighting for a total prize pool of 37,000 Euros, with 10,000 Euros awaiting the winner. In group B, 384 [...]

The Chinese Chess Association in cooperation with the Zhu Hai Chess Association is going to organize a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Xiamen, China, from 29 April to 1 May 2017, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Casto Abundo (PHI), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers will be IA K.K. Chan (HKG) and [...]

Η Ε.Σ.Σ.Π. προκηρύσσει το Διασυλλογικό κύπελλο Ελλάδος για το 2017. Δικαίωμα συμμετοχής έχουν όλα τα σωματεία της ΕΣΣΠ με μία ομάδα. Οι αγώνες σε περίπτωση συμμετοχής περισσοτέρων απο 16 ομάδες θα ξεκινήσουν στις 30...

Live games with analysis

Εκδόθηκε η πρώτη ανθολογία για Πορτογάλους συνθέτες.Αφιερωμένη στην μνήμη του Rui C. Nascimento (1914-2012) – FIDE ́s Honorary Master of Chess Composition – αυτή η ανθολογία καλύπτει όλη την ιστορία της σκακιστικής σύνθεσης στην Πορτογαλία μέσω...

The GRENKE Chess Open will be held over the Easter holidays from 13th to 17th April at the Schwarzwaldhalle in Karlsruhe, Germany. The event will run parallel to the GRENKE Chess Classic 2017. It ranks among the strongest and largest open chess tournaments worldwide, with last year’s inaugural event drawing more than 960 participants. The [...]

The Easter holidays are a festive season for German chess fans. This year is no exception, with the GRENKE Chess Classic 2017 being held from 15th to 22nd April. World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who won the last GRENKE Chess Classic in 2015, will again be competing, ready to defend his title. His strongest competitors are [...]

For those who haven’t seen this coverage earlier, here’s the last in a great series of videos on the US Championships. This has now taken over from the Russian Championships as the most important national championship in the World. And this is largely due to the trio of giants, Wesley So, Fabiana Caruana and Hikaru […]

The Kortchnoi Open, organized by the Schachgesellschaft Zurich, is taking place from 13-17th April, parallel to the Kortchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017. The 7-round Swiss event will have two sections – Main and Master with 20 Grandmasters among 85 participants from 20 countries. Participants – Master: 1. GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2693 2. GM Safarli [...]

The Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017 has had its first decisive result: The American Hikaru Nakamura won the Opening Blitz and thus made it very clear that he intends to repeat his success from 2015 and 2016 and therefore become the first player to win the tournament three times in a row. Although the American’s [...]

The 2017 Asian Youth Chess Championship and Asian Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships were held from 1-10th April in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. The event was organized by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation (UCF), under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). Indian youngsters lifted the Asian Youth Chess Championship overall trophy with [...]

The 18th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2017 started yesterday in the Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel in Riga, capital of Latvia. The Championship attracted lots of attention as it is one of the strongest tournaments in history, gathering many former World and European Champions and top female chess players. The event was officially [...]

Η Οργανωτική επιτροπή των Πανελληνίων Πρωταθλημάτων 2017 (Ατομικά Νεανικά- Α΄Εθνική- Τελική φάση Κυπέλλου) σε συνεργασία με την Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου (ΕΣΣΠ) διοργανώνει σεμινάριο διαιτησίας για...