A rapid chess tournament dedicated to the memory of the third Women’s World Chess Champion Elisaveta Bykova was held on 2-3rd April in Suzdal, one of the oldest Russian towns and part of Russian Golden Ring. The event was 11-round Swiss with the time control 15′+10” and valid for the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia. [...]

Bu Xiangzhi is one of the strongest chess players not only in his own country China, but worldwide. He became the World Chess Champion U-14, vice National Champion. Xiangzhi is a member of the National Chinese team participating in six World Chess Olympiads. He participates in the Asian Nations Cup 2016 in the team of [...]

Ju Wenjun is one of the leading chess players of China. She has participated in many FIDE Grand Prix, finishing second many times. She has won the latest FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Tehran. She is an International Grandmaster, member of the national Chinese team, having won three Olympiads and three World Team Championships in [...]

Για τεχνικούς λόγους αλλάζει ο χώρος διεξαγωγής της κλήρωσης του Ομαδικού Κυπέλλου. Η κλήρωση θα γίνει την Δευτέρα 4/4/2016 στις 20:30 στο 50ο Δημοτικό Σχολείο.Πατρών.

Με την συμμετοχή 320 μαθητών και μαθητριών από τους νομούς Αχαΐας, Ηλείας, Αιτωλοακαρνανίας και Κεφαλληνίας ολοκληρώθηκε σήμερα το περιφερειακό μαθητικό πρωτάθλημα της ΕΣΣΠ. Αναλυτικά τα αποτελέσματα σε κάθε κατηγορία

I was saddened the other day to receive an email informing me that one of my regular Thames Valley League opponents, Stephen MacDonald-Ross, had died at the age of 70. Stephen was the younger brother of the better-known (but, in recent years, much less active) Michael MacDonald-Ross. Like many chess players, he came across as […]

The traditional sixth blitz match between “Blondes” and “Brunettes” took place on 27th March in the Russian Chess House in Moscow. The playing format was Scheveningen with eight players in each team. Brunettes took an early initiative in the match but Blondes caught up and equalised two rounds before the finish. Brunettes were better in [...]

Με την συμμετοχή 69 ομάδων σε Δημοτικά, Γυμνάσια και Λύκεια πραγματοποιήθηκε σήμερα η τελική φάση του Περιφερειακού Ομαδικού Σχολικού Πρωταθλήματος. Στο δημοτικό νικήτρια ομάδα αναδειχθηκε η ομάδα του 64ου Δημοτικού...

Montenegro Chess Federation organizes the International Chess Open Tournament Cetinje 2016, from 4 to 10 May 2016, on the occasion of 10 years of renewal of the independence of Montenegro. The tournament will be held in the Grand Hotel, once the best hotel in Montenegro, which is located between two city parks, in the immediate [...]

Extended field, more participants, stronger hardware

The documentary “”Mikhail Tal. From a distance.” by the award-winning director Stanislav Tokalov premiered on 31st March at the cinema Splendid Palace in Riga, Latvia. In the film, which includes archive footage and present-day interviews, the author tries to explore the feelings associated with the 8th World Chess Champion. “When he played chess he was [...]

Live games with analysis

Let’s take a look at a final pawn and King endgame in which both players have two pawns each. The problem is that the pawns are locked in place, the Kings oppose one another and the pawns next to each King belong to the opposition. I could spend the next thirty articles writing about pawn […]

The 2016 College Chess Final Four for the President’s Cup is taking place on April 2-3 at the historic Marshall Chess Club in New York. The President’s Cup is a Team Round Robin scored by total individual points. In the event of a tie, the teams are declared Co-champions. The tournament is FIDE & US [...]

The dates of the 16th World Schools Chess Championship were announced today. By decision of FIDE (International Chess Federation), one of the main international children’s tournaments will be held on December 2-12, 2016 in Dagomys (Sochi), Russia. Earlier the Presidential Board of FIDE unanimously supported the bid made by Russian Chess Federation. The opportunity to [...]