A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers will be held from 29th March to 2nd April at the Abu Dhabi Novotel Hotel in conjunction with the Asian Nations Cup 2016. Objective: To educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. The seminar is organized Open by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE), the Leader Qualification Center of [...]

This week, we present the solution to the endgame study by Sir Jeremy Morse, which we set for you to solve last week. Steve Giddins

The 2nd Lviv Tradition February Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from February 23-28, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine. The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2259. Top seed is Indian player IM Upadhyaya Anwesh (2399). Facebook Group/ Lviv Tradition Archive/ Standings and statistics

The 7th Manacor GM Chess Tournament is taking place from February 21-28, in Porto Christo, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. The event is a single round-robin tournament with an average rating of 2496. Top seed is GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2534). Official website/ Standings and statistcis

Της Εύης Μαλλιαρού, αναδημοσίευση, πηγή O Nαμπόκοφ και η γυναίκα του Βέρα παίζουν σκάκι στο μπαλκόνι του Montreux Palace, 1964. Μέσα στην ευρωπαϊκή πεζογραφία της δεκαετίας του 1930 –περίοδος οικονομικής και πολιτικής ανασφάλειας...

Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) is taking place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The prize fund for this match is 200,000 Euros and will be split between the players as follows: 60% [...]

This weekend Germany’s largest weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT celebrated its 70th birthday. The newspaper is known for its political, cultural, economic knowledge and in-depth-reporting. It also has done chess reporting for several decades in print and online (http://www.zeit.de/thema/schach-wm) – more than any other German major media. In the afternoon, evening and night of 20th February [...]

The 2016 London Chess Classic will be the eighth edition of the World’s most prestigious Chess Tournament and will climax the 2016 Grand Chess Tour. The winning formula of elite 10 player all play all, chess festival, conference and free school events will take place once again. The GCT players and wild cards will be [...]

The Chess in School Conference in the European Parliament will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24th February 2016. The Conference will take place from 4.30 to 6.30 pm in the A1E1 Hall. The organizers of the Conference are the Educational Committee of the European Parliament, along with the European Chess Union. The main goal [...]

The Croatian Women’s Individual Chess Championship is taking place from 19-27th February, 2016, in the Croatian capital Zagreb. The event is a 10-player single round robin tournament with the participation of: WGM Medić Mirjana CRO 2204, WIM Šarić Kristina CRO 2194, WFM Purgar Ivona CRO 2170, WIM Jelica Mara CRO 2154, WIM Berke Ana CRO [...]

Η ΝΕΠ επικράτησε πιο εύκολα από ότι αναμενόταν του ΣΟΠ και σε συνδυασμό με την ισοπαλία της ΕΑΠ με το ΡΙΟ είναι η μεγάλη κερδισμένη της αγωνιστικής στον ΠΟΑ. Στον ΠΟΒ το Αγρίνιο απέκτησε βαθμολογικό προβάδισμα για...

In this week’s problem, Black has to stop the White pawns from reaching the first rank and becoming Queens. You might think it is quite easy, but the problem is more difficult than it looks. How does Black save the game? The solution to last Monday’s problem is that White wins with 1. Ra4! Ra8 […]

The Open International D’Echecs Cappelle La Grande 2016 took place on February 13-20, in France. The event was a 9-round Swiss open with the participation of 538 players. GM Gata Kamsky emerged a solo winner with 7.5/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. The second place was shared in a seven-way tie by GM [...]

Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) will take place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016 in the Potocki’s [...]