Fizbo with ELO 3050 enters TCEC Season 9

This correspondence chess game was over before this section officially began. ICCF will post the pairings for server-based correspondence chess games two or three weeks before the sections officially begin. This correspondence chess game is one of several that I have completed at ICCF before the sections that those correspondence chess games were in officially started. This […]

The Chinese men’s and women’s chess teams won a double victory in the Rapid chess championship of the Asian Nations Cup organized by the UAE Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan hotel. The Chinese men’s team of GMs Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Yue, Wei Yi, [...]

Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev took the winner’s trophy in the 2016 Karpos Open after concluding the event with 7,5/9 points. In the final round Georgiev defeated the overnight leader GM Dmitry Svetushkin to repeat the success from 2014. The 2016 Karpos Open was held from 1-7th April at the Hotel Aleksandar Palace in Skopje, FYR [...]

After shocking the organizers of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament with a late but expected cancellation, the manager of Sergey Karjakin announced the schedule for the remainder of the year. As Kiryllos Zangalis told to journalist Oleg Bogatov, Sergey Karjakin will play in the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, in the Match Russia-China and in [...]

A senior FIDE team comprised of Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos, Vice President Mr. Israel Gelfer, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Geoffrey Borg, Moscow Executive Director Mr. Berik Balgabaev and Chairman of Arbiters Commission, Mr. Takis Nikolopoulos visited Baku for an inspection of the playing venue and hotels which will be used during the forthcoming Olympiad [...]

The FIDE Zonal 4.4 Championship has finished and we finally have a champion. IM Oladapo Adu of Nigeria has taken first place a score of 8/9 which included 7 wins and 2 draws. The FM from Nigeria who took the lead with 4/4, Daniel Anwuli, had a terrible second half of the tournament only getting [...]

The hosts behind the Altibox Norway Chess tournament are surprised that Sergey Karjakin withdraws from the upcoming tournament in Stavanger. – Karjakin has a signed contract with us and it does not state that he can withdraw from the tournament if he qualifies for the World Championship in November, states Jøran Aulin-Jansson. – This action [...]

The 73rd Georgian Championship for women was held from 25th March to 5th April in Tbilisi. Twelve players with the average elo 2348 competed in the round robin tournament. IM Lela Javakhishvili emerged convincing winner securing the title with one round to spare. She scored 8/11 points, leaving the second-placed IM Sopiko Khukhashvili point and [...]

Παρατείνεται η προθεσμία υποβολής των δηλώσεων συμμετοχής των προκριθέντων στα Πανελλήνια Πρωταθλήματα Μαθητών και Μαθητριών μέχρι το Σάββατο 9/4/2016 ....

Andscacs by Daniel Jose Queralto is the first of nine newcomers

“Ya gotta give squares to get squares.” – Bobby Fischer A pleasant game with a pleasant opponent who did not grouse but sat down and attempted to analyze afterwards. The only real cuteness in the game is Black’s 20… Qc5. Jonathan and I in our chat afterwards disposed of some common misconceptions about openings. The […]

The World Championship challenger Sergey Karjakin has canceled participation in the upcoming Altibox Norway Chess tournament, Chessdom.com confirmed. Karjakin’s manager Kiryllos Zangalis stated that with a new status of Carlsen’s challenger Karjakin needs to focus on the preparation for the World Championship match. In addition, the Stavanger event comes only three weeks after the...

In his first public performance since the Candidates’ tournament Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri, also ambassador of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, plays simultaneous chess in Brussels today. He will face 25 European Commission employees. Giri will play the simultaneous at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands at the EU. Tata Steel thus builds on the [...]

Adhiban B, Sethuraman S.P, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Sengupta Deep and Sasikiran Krishnan and their captain Ramesh have become the heroes of the Asian Nations Cup 2016. With only one unexpected draw against Mongolian Open team, the Indian chess players have won the rest of their matches during the Asian team competition – Asian Nations Cup [...]