Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan from China has apologised for giving away her game against Lalith Babu M R from India in the last round of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival within five moves. In an exclusive interview with the Festival press team Hou Yifan tells Tania Sachdev she apologised to chess players, to her [...]

Over the last year or so, I’ve really enjoyed studying the endgame. Part of this I can attribute to GM Nigel Davies, who emphasizes this training in Tiger Chess. Another aspect is that it has given me a new outlook on the opening and the middlegame. I started to notice this when studying the games of […]

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess is a melting pot of cultures, ages, nationalities and abilities. Watch the mood video to experience the ambience of #gibchess 2017.

I’m so happy that Gawain won the Tata Steel Challengers (on tiebreak) with 9/13 along with Markus Ragger. The tie break in use was individual result which favoured Ga as he beat Markus in Round 6. Like most of you I was watching the last game and couldn’t bear to watch the proceedings (especially not in real […]

Having previously examined the role of opening preparation, and how one should go about it, today I thought I’d look at the topic of preparing for specific opponents. It can certainly be useful to understand how a prospective opponent is likely to play, for example which openings might crop up and what sort of middle […]

Dmitry Gordievsky, Semen Lomasov, Boris Grachev (all from Moscow) and Ramil Faizrakhmanov (Kazan) top the table in the men’s competitions. Ramil managed to win over the ranking favorite Sanan Sjugirov (Kazan) in the fourth round. Nine chess players scored 3,5 points.

“Chess is a part of my life, but it is not my whole life!”… Four-time women’s world champion, Hou Yifan, gives a candid interview at #gibchess 2017.

A pawn which has no pawns of its own colour on neighboring files is called an isolated pawn. The most common sort of isolated pawn is a d- file pawn known as an IQP. It offers its owner some advantages and disadvantages, and these in turn are the basis for formulating strategies around the isolated […]

After the ECU General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan, all the investigation’s reports and materials from Bulgaria, Montenegro and FIDE Ethics Commission, as well related with the case press items & letters from the above countries, including Serbia, were sent to the major legal office in Zug, Switzerland, for further evaluation. Additionally were forwarded to Switzerland [...]

From 12 to 16 January 2017, a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, by the Tunisian Chess Federation, under auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Atrium Hotel in Hammamet. The lecturer was IA Bechir MESSAOUDI (TUN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Wajdi CHOUARI (TUN). The lectures and [...]

From 10 to 12 January 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in New Delhi, India, by the All India Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Park Plaza Hotel in New Delhi. The Lecturer was IA Prof. R. Anatharam (IND), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councillor and FIDE [...]

From 15 to 18 January 2017 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), Asian Chess Federation Executive Director and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Kwai Keong Chan (HKG). The lectures were in the English [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 3 to 5 March 2017 in Manila, Philippines, by the Eugene Torre Chess Foundation, in cooperation with the National Chess Federation of Philippines (NCFP) and with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Casto Abundo (PHI), FIDE [...]

From 24 to 28 January 2017 the 49th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM), FIDE Rules Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer and the Technical Organizer was IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE), FIDE Lecturer. The Lectures were [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστικών Σωματείων Πελοποννήσου (ΕΣΣΠ) σε συνεργασία με τον Σκακιστικό Επιμορφωτικό Όμιλο Καλαβρύτων-Επαρχίας (ΣΕΠΟΚΕ), διοργάνωσαν και πραγματοποίησαν με μεγάλη επιτυχία τόσο την Προκριματική Φάση του...