The 2016 edition of the Chebanenko Memorial was held from 11-12 March in Chisinau, Moldova. The event was a 9-round Swiss rapid chess tournament dedicated to the memory of Moldovian player Vecheslav Chebanenko. The tempo of play was 15′ + 10″, while the average tournament rating was 2380. GM Sergei Zhigalko from Belarus emerged a [...]

The solution to last Monday’s problem is that White draws with 1. Ke6! Kd4+ 2. Kd7 and Black has no useful checks and can’t stop the pawn from becoming a queen. A strong Grandmaster can win a game by creating an outpost on the c-file and occupying it with his rook. This level of positional […]

The 6th HDBank Cup International Chess Open 2016 took place from 8-13th March at the First Hotel, 18 Hoang Viet Str, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with an average Elo rating of 2350. Chinese player GM Wang Hao emerged a solo winner in competition of 71 players from 12 different countries. He [...]

The Bank Lviv Open Chess Tournament 2016, sponsored by Bank Lviv. is scheduled to take place from 14-16 March, in Lviv, Ukraine. The event is going to be held parallel to the Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, which is currently in progress. Women’s World Chess Match official website/ Promo Video/ Standings and statistics The open...

The Bank Lviv Rapid Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from 14-16 March, in Lviv, Ukraine, sponsored by Bank Lviv. The event is going to be held parallel to the Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, which is currently in progress. The event is an 11-round open Swiss tournament and a total of 147 players from 10 [...]

The 1972 Fischer-Spassky match took place just after I finished my formal studies and started my first job. For players of my generation it was part of our chess education, and for many of those a few years younger it provided the inspiration for them to take up serious chess. It was fascinating to read […]

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, invites your Federation to participate in the Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s) from 25 May – 5 June 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in [...]

Calculation is one of the most difficult concepts the beginner must learn in order to play winning chess. Calculation in chess means thinking ahead in terms of moves, not just yours but those of your opponent. I’ve had a student say, after studying with me for only a few months, that he can calculate three […]

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In my previous articles about kids and chess I posted my losses to kids that were pretty strong. In this article I have posted one of my three wins against a little boy who was a beginner at the time that I played him. Benson Walent was a student of “Coach Mike” at the time that […]

The 13th International Chess Festival “Aeroflot Open 2016″ took place from 29th February to 11th March in Hotel “Cosmos”, Moscow. This major event was open to chess players of most varied qualification: from unrated to world’s top. As before, the festival was held “under the wings” of the Russian leading air company “Aeroflot – Russian Airlines”. The [...]