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The solution to last Monday’s problem is that White can draw with 1. Kb7! a5 2. Kc6! Kb4 3. Kd5 Kxa4 4. Kc4 and White can bring his king back to c1 and prevent Black from promoting his pawn. Endgame studies can be useful for practising calculation and imagination. Some endgame studies use positions which […]

From 22 to 27 June 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Silver Lake, Serbia, by the Serbian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer of the seminar was IA Viron Tsorbatzoglou (GRE), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers were IA Branislav Suhartovic (SRB) and IA Zoran Bojovic (SRB). The venue of [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 3 to 9 September 2016, during the 42nd World Chess Olympiad, in Baku, Azerbaijan, by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the Azerbaijan Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ [...]

Halftime report of TCEC Stage 2

The Russian Higher Leagues for men and women were held from 22nd June to 1st July in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast. Top five finishers from each section qualify for the Superfinal which will take place in Novosibirsk. Grigory Oparin won the men’s championship outright with 6,5 points from 9 rounds. Eight players finished half a point [...]

If you were wondering why I was posting so much about chess and music, there was a good reason. It was inspired by a recent event which I was fortunate to be able to attend. On Friday 6 May, jazz singer, artist and chess player Nette Robinson hosted an evening of chess and music in […]

The 10th Silver Lake Chess Festival was held from 19-26th June in Silver Lake, Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, with a record number of 260 participants. The Festival consisted of Open A for players rated over 2000, Open B for players rated under 2200, Open C for players rated under 1700, Silver Star Blitz, Bughouse tournament and [...]

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you actually should! Standing on the side of a busy road, you wouldn’t simply run out into traffic blindfolded and hoping for the best. Sure, you could do it but the results would be disastrous! The beginner often takes this same approach to chess, doing something even […]

Live games with analysis

I Had Some Klewe How to Draw This Correspondence Chess Game! My opponent in the correspondence chess game is an ICCF master who lives in Germany. White has a tendency to play unorthodox openings. In this correspondence chess game, White chose Benko’s Opening and I responded with the Modern Defense. We then transposed into the […]

The Chinese Chess Association, in partnership with the International Chess Federation (FIDE), is organizing the fourth tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2015/2016 from 1-15th July in Chengdu, China. A round robin tournament with twelve top women players will be held in Wang Jiang Hotel *****. The event is sponsored by Chinese Chess [...]

The second European Chess Union Board meeting in 2016, organized in Prague, Czech Republic, took place on 24th and 25th June after the kind invitation of the Czech Chess Federation. The meeting was held under the excellent conditions in the hotel Olympic during the 2016 Mitropa Cup. The President of the Czech Chess Federation Viktor [...]