Three rounds have been played in the main tournament of the RSSU Cup, 2017 Moscow Open. The sole leaders will appear not so soon, and participants are trying to score the maximum number of points in the starting games. It’s worth saying, there are many very young chess players among the leaders. Seven players keep [...]

The Grand Chess Tour is pleased to announce the event allocations for the nine tour participants of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. All invited players accepted their invitations except for GM Vladimir Kramnik, who has been replaced by GM Levon Aronian. The 9 tour participants will all compete in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup and the [...]

Στη σημερινή ανάρτηση έχουμε ένα δυάρι άμεσου ματ, του Νίκου Περγιάλη.Η λύση του προβλήματος δεν είναι δύσκολη, και θα την μελετήσουμε για να δούμε πώς λέγονται τα διάφορα φαινόμενα με κινήσεις, παρσίματα και...

The first ECU Board meeting in 2017 took place on 27th and 28th January in Antalya, Turkey. The Turkish Chess Federation hosted the Board members under the excellent conditions at Mardan Palace, during the Turkish Youth Championship 2017. The ECU Board members had the chance to make the first ceremonial moves at the last rounds of the [...]

“With major pieces (queen or rook) on the board, having bishops on opposite colors favors the side with an attack.” Edmar Mednis Not long ago I mentioned Mednis and his principles while annotating a voting game. You can review that article here. This time I have another nice example on how true these principles are and […]

Three years ago, Russian businessman Andrey Filatov became the President of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF). Now he takes a step back to assess the work he and the RCF have accomplished in that time. In this interview with Sport Express, Mr. Filatov talks about how chess is experiencing a boom, both in Russia and [...]

The traditional Ballarat Begonia Chess Tournament will once again – for the 51st time – take place over the Victoria Labour Day weekend from 11-13 March 2017. The playing venue will be the modern facilities at Ballarat Clarendon College in Ballarat, 120 km from Melbourne. The 7-round Swiss event will offer a minimum prize fund [...]

Here’s a game from almost two years ago when I’d been playing in adult long play tournaments for less than a year. Up to that point I’d struggled to hold my own in the bottom section but this was the start of a surge forwards. The following summer I won Minor sections at Heywood and […]

Last week I asked a question which was posed at the London Chess & Education Conference: “Silence, Touch Move, Timers: how strict should chess classes be?” We might also ask other questions such as whether or not we have scoresheets, or whether or not we allow children to play Bughouse (Exchange), Suicide and other chess […]

The grand Ceremony Opening of the XIII International RSSU Cup, 2017 Moscow Open traditionally was held in the assembly hall of the Russian State Social University main building. The program started with the Russia dance performance by show-ballet of Irina Knyazeva. Head of the sport and tourism department of Moscow Nikolay Gulyaev, the RSSU Rector, [...]

We see many beginner games in which our novice player launches an attack only to see it fall apart, often leaving a weak position in its wake. Yet the experienced player will launch an attack and the results will be positive. What’s the difference between attacks? Knowing when to launch an attack by taking advantage […]

The 2017 SPICE Cup Open, sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation, is scheduled to take place on 21-26th October at the Clayton Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The 9-round Swiss tournament is open to the players rated over 2100 FIDE and will provide opportunity for GM/IM norms. Time Control: G/90 [...]

The 4th British Webserver Tournament Division 1 recently started on 1st January 2017 with seven teams of four players. You may remember that each team consists of two British players and two international players. The winner of the first event were ‘Pawn Stars’ who narrowly beat ‘ICCF Warriors’, however, ‘ICCF Warriors’ went on to beat […]

The 3rd Torneo de Integracion Zicosur 2017 was held from 10-15th January at the AutoClub Antofagasta in Antofagasta, Chile. The 9-round Swiss open attracted 121 participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Italy, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Among them were 10 Grandmasters. Neuris Delgado Ramirez from Paraguay and Cristhian Cruz from Peru shared the [...]

Ανακοίνωση για το φετινό Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο για την Σκακιστική Σύνθεση, που θα διεξαχθεί στην Δρέσδη Γερμανίας : https://wccc2017.de/