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Ask a beginner what they consider to be a great chess move and they’re most likely to tell you that it’s a move that either garners a large material advantage or delivers checkmate. Moves that are tactical in nature, such as forks or skewers, are also considered great moves by the novice player. The beginner […]

More GMs release their chess knowledge

The Candidates Chess 2016 that begins next week in Moscow will be held in historic and architecturally impressive building and will have a state-of-the-art design and production features for the players. The interior space where the players will compete and the spectators can watch has been designed by Novoe Architectural Bureau. It is a fully [...]

The 6th HDBank Cup International Chess Open 2016 is set to take place from 8-13th March at the First Hotel, 18 Hoang Viet Str, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. The 9-round Swiss event will have two sections: - Masters Category for players rated above 2100 and women rated above 2000 - Challengers Category for players [...]

The President of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) Andrey Filatov has been awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor, the highest French distinction. The ceremony took place in the building of the unique chess museum in Russia, located at 14, Gogolevski Boulevard in Moscow. President of the Russian Chess Federation has become the first representative of the [...]

It was nice to see that after two games in the Women’s World Championship there have been two open games (1.e4 e5) but no Berlin endgame (2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8). This makes a thoroughly refreshing change as the top males are forever wheeling this line […]

The Annual SPF Girls’ Invitational, in its 13th year, is the most prestigious All-Girls event in the United States. It is also the first All-Girls event approved and sanctioned by the USCF back in 2003. It is an invitational event, and will once again be held at Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri). July 23 (arrival [...]

On March 2, 2016, His Excellency Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, Ambassador of France in Russia, presented Andrey Filatov, President of the Russian Chess Federation, with the Legion of Honor. The award ceremony took place in the building of the first chess museum in Russia, located at 14 Boulevard Gogol in Moscow. The decree on conferring the [...]

The Bilbao Chess Grand Slam Masters Final 2016 will take place between the 20th and 30th July, its organizing committee has announced today. The ninth edition of Masters Final has been brought forward from its usual date in the calendar of the most important international chess events, making way for November’s clash in the World [...]

Nakamura has also confirmed participation

The Latvian Chess Federation is holding the 5th Vladimir Petrov Memorial on 5-6th March, 2015, at the Jurmala City museum in Jurmala, Latvia. The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War. The [...]

It is good to see articles about correspondence chess published on a well known chess news website. The 28th and latest World Champion, Leonardo Ljubicic from Omis, a small village near Split, has reportedly spent about two or three hours a day, and twice as long at weekends, analysing his correspondence chess games. He has […]

The first game of the Women’s World Championship Match between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan finished in a draw after 31 moves and 3 hours of play. Hou Yifan had black pieces and decided to switch from Sicilian, which has been played in the last game between the same opponents in Monaco, and chose 1…e5. [...]

The 48th International Women’s GM Tournament is taking place from March 3-11, 2016, in Serbian capital Belgrade. The event is a 10-player women’s round-robin tournament with the participation of: WGM Margarita Voiska BUL (2303), WIM Margarita Schepetkova RUS (2295), WGM Irina Chelushkina SRB (2296), WGM Ana Benderac SRB (2240), WFM Lena Miladinovic SRB (2199), IM [...]