A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held from 27th to 29th March in Hammamet, Tunisia by the Tunisian Chess Federation under the auspice of the EVE commission, the African Chess Confederation and the Arab Chess Union. The objective of the Seminar was to educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. Successful Seminar attendees [...]

In view of the decisions of the ECU General Assembly on 10 October 2015 in Bar, Montenegro as well as the ECU Board decisions on 2 and 3 March 2016, we hereby request that you provide European Chess Union with the following documents and information

The Indian men’s team won the 20-country Asian Nations Cup Chess Team Championship while the Chinese women retained their title in the tournament organized by the UAE Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan hotel. The Indian team is composed of GMs B. Adhiban on [...]

The ICCF Olympiad 16 Postal Final, which started in 2010, has just finished. The overall winners are the Czech Republic with a high score of 69% and 33.5/48 with an average start rating of 2619. Germany are second with 59%, 28.5/48 and 2572 and France are third with 55%, 26.5/48 and 2554.  Other teams finished […]

17 ομάδες δήλωσαν συμμετοχή στο κύπελλο ΕΣΣΠ. Η κλήρωση του πρώτου γύρου ανέδειξε το ζευγάρι: ΑΣΟ ΣΥΜΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑΣ - ΣΕΠΟΚΕ Οι υπόλοιπες ομάδες προκρίνονται στην επόμενη φάση ώστε να γίνει η εξισορρόπηση στις 16 ομάδες.

The 38th Nezhmetdinov Cup is scheduled to take place from May 31st to June 8th, 2016, at the Central Chess School in Kazan, Butlerova str. 7, Kazan, Russia. It is a stage of the Russian Cup and will be played over 9 rounds under the Swiss system. The time control is 90 minutes + 30 [...]

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi is one of the leading Indian Grandmasters, a member of the national open team at the Asian Nations Cup 2016. Vidit has once won the World Youth Champion U-14. Also, he got the bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship. He has outplayed his opponent from China at Round 5 and [...]

This week’s example sees Petrosian make a surprising offer to exchange off his good knight for Black’s bad bishop. However, two factors make this the right decision: 1. The “bad bishop” on e6 is actually doing a very solid job of defending the weak pawn on d5 (bad bishops are frequently good defenders of weak […]

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters on its DD Sports Channel prime time slot from 5-8th April. Produced by Vijay Kumar, the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under: 1st Episode on 5th April 2016 from 20:00hrs to 20:30hrs (GMT 14:30hrs [...]

The name Murtas Kazhgaleyev is well known in the world of chess. Murtas is a member of the National Kazakhstani team during six World Chess Olympiads, winner of the Asian Games 2006 in Doha in rapid games. Last year he became the National Chess Champion for the first time. Murtas has an interesting style of [...]

Aρχίζει στη Θεσσαλονίκη (ξενοδοχείο ΦΙΛΙΠΠΕΙΟΝ) το Διεθνές rapid & blitz. Ήδη έχουν δηλώσει συμμέτοχη οι Έλληνες πρωταθλητές Μαστροβασίλης Θάνος και Παυλίδης Αντώνης, ενώ από τις γειτονικές χώρες έχουμε τους GM Georgiev Kyril &...

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In this week’s problem, the task of the pawns is to defeat the bishop. How does White play and win? In last week’s problem, White can save the game by playing 1. Kxa7 g3 2. Be4 b5 3. Kc6 b4 4. Kc5 b3 5. Kd4 b2 6. Ke3 and the King stops the black pawn […]

The Indian chess team widened its lead over defending champion China in the homestretch of the Asian Nations Cup Chess Championship organized by the UAE Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan hotel. India outclassed Bangladesh 2.5-1.5 to lead alone with 13 match points, ahead [...]

Webster University’s chess team won the College Final Four Championship for the fourth consecutive time. The team finished with 8.5 points to win the tournament over three other universities. Susan Polgar’s Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) headed to New York March 31 to compete for the team’s sixth consecutive Final Four Championship and fourth consecutive [...]