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A White pawn on e5 in openings like the French Defence can give White a space advantage on the Kings side and help him build a strong attack. In particular, a pawn on e5 drives away a Black Knight from f6, and this weakens the defences of the Black King. In this week’s problem, White […]

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Preparations for the 39th edition of “Ikaros” are under way so as everything to be ready on time to welcome and host the Greek and foreigner chess players who will visit the beautiful island of Ikaria this July seeking to combine chess with low cost and relaxing vacations. The 39th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2016 will be held from Monday 11th till Tuesday 19th of July at...

Ξεκίνησαν και φέτος οι προετοιμασίες για το 39ο Διεθνές Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά “Ίκαρος» 2016 το οποίο θα διεξαχθεί από Δευτέρα 11 έως Τρίτη 19 Ιουλίου 2016 αλλά θα συμπεριλάβει φέτος και ένα διήμερο σκακιστικών εκδηλώσεων το...

My friend Chris Kreuzer, a former pupil at Richmond Junior Club and now a colleague at Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club when he’s not playing for the English Deaf Chess team, sent me a game resulting in an exciting and error-strewn rook ending. His opponent in this Thames Valley League game was talented Richmond Junior […]

The organising committee has completed its preparations for the Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2016 – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup, which is held annually under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance of the UAE. Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan [...]

The 16th Bangkok Chess Club Open – Thailand Open Chess Championships 2016 is taking place from 10-17th April in Dusit Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. There are two sections: Open category for all players (9-round Swiss), and Challenger category for players rated below 2100 or unrated (7-round Swiss). The Open section has 248 registered players from 42 [...]

The tournament will take place at Ritz Carlton Almaty for 100,000 USD prize fund

The 46th International Chess Tournament “Bosna 2016″ is scheduled to take place from 28th May to 3rd June at the Hotel Saraj in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The tournament is sponsored by Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canton Sarajevo, Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry of Civils Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, City [...]

One of the first checkmate beginners learn is the Rook Roller, in which a pair of Rooks systematically push the opposition King to the edge of the board and deliver checkmate. This is followed by Queen and King versus lone King and King and Rook versus lone King mates. While these checkmates are easy to […]

The Russian Superfinal of the 69th Championship for men and 66th Championship for women will take place in October 2016 in Novosibirsk. The Russian Chess Federation and Timchenko Foundation have maintained an open call of interest from 26th February to 25th March to accept applications from regional chess federations and local museums. The commission has [...]

Following the cancellation of the World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin, the organizers of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament 2016 have invited Li Chao b of China to complete the 10-player field. At 2755-elo Li Chao is currently no.15 on the FIDE rating list and second rated Chinese player. According to the organizers, the player is [...]

The Individual Polish Chess Championships 2016 for men and women were held from 29 March to 7 April in Poznan, Poland. Both sections were played as 10-player round robin tournaments. GM Monika Soćko convincingly won the women’s championship with 7/9 points leaving the nearest follower WGM Jolanta Zawadzka a full point behind. This is the [...]

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