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The 16th Prague Open Chess Tournament is taking place from January 13-20, 2017, at the luxurious Olympik Hotel****, in Prague, Czech Republic. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″. Top seed players are: GM Marcin Tazbir (POL) 2524, GM Tanguy Ringoir (BEL) 2496 and GM Konstantin [...]

This will be my last post on this topic for the time being, I hope I’ve managed to convince the reader that old games can contain some very instructive concepts and that these in turn can be made clearer by less than ferocious resistance. For this last game we’re going back even further to the […]

The 16th Marienbad Open 2017 is taking place from January 21-28, in Marianske Lazne, a spa town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Official website/ Marienbad Open 2016

13ος Διεθνής Παράλληλος Διαγωνισμός Λύσης Σκακιστικών ΠροβλημάτωνΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 29 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2017Η  Παγκόσμια Ομοσπονδία για το Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι WFCC (World Federation for Chess Composition) προκηρύσσει τον 13ο Διεθνή Παράλληλο Διαγωνισμό...

Η ΕΣΣΠ σε συνεργασία με τον ΣΕΠΟΚΕ, διοργανώνει την προκριματική φάση του Πρωταθλήματος σκάκι μαθητών-μαθητριών για την περιοχή των Καλαβρύτων την Κυριακή 22 Ιανουαρίου. Παράλληλα θα πραγματοποιηθεί στον ίδιο χώρο και...

After thinking about which openings to play the next stage is how to prepare them. And for older players this is fraught with difficulties, largely because we started playing chess before the computer era. For many of us our idea of preparation was to play through a few model games in an opening and then […]

Stavanger cannot hold the 2018 FIDE World Championship Match because AGON insists that only capital cities are appropriate for such event, Chairman of “Norway Chess” Kjell Madland stated for aftenbladet.no. However, AGON has proposed and “Norway Chess” is seriously considering the possibility of holding the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships in Stavanger, either...

FIDE is publishing the list of participants of the World Women’s Championship 2017 in Tehran. Participants who need an entry visa to Iran shall contact the local Organising Committee at the email ircfchess@gmail.com to receive the necessary travel information and invitation letter. Participants of the World Women’s Championship 2017: a) From World Women’s Championship 2014-15 [...]

The International Bled Chess Festival 2017 is scheduled to take place from March 10-12, 2017, in the great hall of the luxurious Grand Hotel Toplice*****, situated in the Slovenian tourist town of Bled. The event is organized and promoted by ŠD Caissa, in cooperation with the association Turizem Bled and ŠK Ljubljana. The event is [...]

Iasi County Chess Association, Romanian Chess Federation, the City Hall of Iasi, and FIDE have the honor to invite all the FIDE Members Chess Federations and eligible players to take part in the FIDE World School Chess Championship 2017 (open and girls, under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 years old) organized in Iasi, [...]

It is often believed by beginners that double pawns are bad, but this is far from the truth. Rather than adopt a simplistic view one should study when doubled pawns are favourable and unfavourable. Here are few typical situations in which the strength or weakness of doubled pawns is worth noting: 1. Doubled pawns on […]

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation (UCF), under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) has the honour to invite all Asian national chess federations to participate in the 2017 Asian Youth Chess Championship and Asian Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships, which will be held in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, from 31st March (arrival) [...]

The 8th International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra will take place from 10-17th June, 2017, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. The playing hall is the Palasport of Forni di Sopra. The complex includes swimming pool / gym with large [...]

The 28th Villa de Roquetas International Open 2017 was held from 3-8th January at Hotel Bahía Serena in Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain. The event was organized by the Club Ajedrez Roquetas and consisted of a 9-round General Open with a 1200 euro prize for first place and a 7-round sub 2150 tournament. The main [...]