From February 25th to March 3th, the IMSA Elite Mind Games will be held in China, Huai’an, which is the city with great long history and significant cultural influence. This event is hosted by IMSA organization and the Sports management center of Chinese Sports General Administration, orgnized by Jiangsu Sports Bureau and Huai’an government. Jiang Su Sports [...]

The George Washington Open will be held from February 26-28, 2016, at the Hyatt Dulles, 2300 Dulles Corner Blvd, Herndon, Virginia. The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under 1200. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (February 26-28) or 2-day schedule (February 27-28) to participate in. The tournament [...]

The 2016 Najdorf Chess Festival will take place from 8-16th July at the Warsaw Sports and Recreation Centre at ul.Polna 7a in Warsaw, Poland. The Festival consists of four events: Open A – Open for players with Elo>=2200 Open B – Open for players with Elo 1600-2199 Open C – Open for players with Elo [...]

Former women’s world champion and current challenger for the title Hou Yifan has arrived to Lviv, Ukraine, to play the World Championship Match 2016 against the reigning queen Mariya Muzychuk. Hou Yifan arrived with her mother and with trainer GM Vladimir Chuchelov. They were met at the airport by Deputy Mayor of Lviv for Andrei [...]

There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know. – American Sec’y. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 2002 […]

From February 25th to March 3th, The IMSA Elite Mind Games will be held in China, Huai’an, which is the city with great long history and significant cultural influence. This event is hosted by IMSA organization and the Sports management center of Chinese Sports General Administration, orgnized by Jiangsu Sports Bureau and Huai’an government. Jiang Su Sports [...]

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From February 25th to March 3th, the IMSA Elite Mind Games will be held in China, Huai’an, which is the city with great long history and significant cultural influence. This event is hosted by IMSA organization and the Sports management center of Chinese Sports General Administration, orgnized by Jiangsu Sports Bureau and Huai’an government. Jiang Su Sports [...]

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The 2016 American Continental Women’s Chess Championship is taking place from February 19-28, in Peruvian capital Lima. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with the participation of 38 players from 9 different countries. Top seed is WGM Deysi Cori (2430). Official website/ Standings and statistics

The pattern I am going to discuss today is very simple and can be used in the opening to get better control over center, whilst in the endgame often you can save the game with it when you are pawn down. I called it chicky fork trick. Here are some examples: In the Opening The […]

Ju Wenjun emerged winner of the 2nd FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix after collecting 7,5/11 points in the dramatic finish. The tournament was held from 11-23rd February in Tehran, Iran. GM Ju Wenjun and the local star IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, who was the lowest rated player in the tournament, entered the last round with equal points. Khademalsharieh [...]

The 2016 Serpukhov Rapid tournament was held on 22nd February in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The 7-round Swiss tournament with the time control 10′+5” was organized by the Serpukhov City Administration and Moscow Oblast Chess Federation. Former world championship candidate GM Dmitry Andreikin took a clear first place with 6,5/7 points. 178 players took participation [...]

The FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) is holding an Internet based FIDE Seminar for International Organizers from 21-24th March, 2016. Participation: Up to 30 participants (by priority) from all Continents. Deadline for registrations is Monday 14th March 2016. Schedule: 21st March – 17:00 to 20:00 Seminar (Part 1) Standard Time Zone: GMT/UTC + 02:00 hour 22nd [...]