Play Magnus Group, the company of Magnus Carlsen, listed on the stock exchange and valued at 85 million, has acquired yet another chess project. After chess24, Chessable, iChess, New In Chess, EverymanChess, CoChess, and the Play Magnus App Suite, now it is time for Aimchess to join Play Magnus. Aimchess announces it joins forces with […]

The Africa Individual Chess Championship 2021 is going to take place 17-28 May in Lilongwe, Malawi. Live games from the top boards will be daily on Chessdom.com Africa Individual Chess 2021 full information / Participants Open / Participants women The games start on May 18. While waiting for the live broadcast, enjoy some chess from the Top Chess Engine […]

At the recently held Montengro Chess Championship 2021, IM Luka Draskovic claimed the title of the National Champion for the first time in his chess career. Top four players from the National Championship took part in the knock-out tournament in Budva. The winner of the event earned the spot for the upcoming World Chess Cup […]

FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 is going to take place from May 23 to May 31 and is broadcast on TV2, Eurosport, and online streaming platforms Twitch and YouTube across multiple platforms. Chessdom.com will provide extensive coverage of the FTX Crypto 2021. Official website of the Champions Chess tour / Latest event: Carlsen wins Meltwater Championship Chess Tour […]

The prominent Indian news agency TOI featured the upcoming FTX Crypto Chess Cup. In an article by Prasad Ramasubramanian titled “FTX Crypto Cup chess to kick off from May 23”, Carlsen is quoted, As a big sports fan and NBA enthusiast, I was thrilled to learn that FTX is continuing its move into sports by […]

The FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 was just announced and it is already making headlines. In an article titled “The World’s first bitcoin chess tournament” The Sun presents the FTX event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour: “The world’s first bitcoin chess tournament, the FTX Crypto Cup, is being held from May 23. “A cool $100,000 […]

FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 is going to start this week. The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour delivers a world first for its next event – an elite-level bitcoin chess tournament. The star-studded FTX Crypto Cup offers a record prize pot for an online tournament of $320,000. A cool $100,000 of that is a bonus paid […]

The 10th jubilee season of the Swedish Rapid Team Battle kicks off this Wednesday, May 19th. Around 400 players will compete for 26 Swedish chess clubs. The event will be played Online at Lichess, with 5 rounds taking place every Wednesday from 19:30 CEST. The time control is 10 minutes + 2 seconds. The best […]

GM Aleksei Sarana won his first Titled Arena on Saturday, finishing a comfortable 14 points ahead of the field. Second Place was taken by IM Minh Le, a Titled Arena mainstay. Third place was for GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov. Read the full story on Lichess blog . The next Lichess Titled Arena will be on May 22nd. The […]

It’s getting on for a century old now, but Nimzowitsch’s My System is still often recommended as a good book on positional chess for intermediate players. I’m not at all convinced that it’s the best choice, though. Don’t get me wrong. If you’re interested in the development of chess ideas over the past 100, or … Continue reading "Wrong Books (3): My...

Last week, we started to work through The Sicilian Defense (an opening for Black). We played through the first five moves of the game. When I teach a specific opening to beginners, I teach that opening three to five moves at a time. When my students understand those three to five moves completely, we move … Continue reading "A Foundation for Beginners Eighteen" The post A Foundation for...

The 2021 Open Chess Championship of Dominican takes place from 7th-23rd May 2021 in Distrito Nacional. The event gathered 60 participants, competing in 11 rounds for the National Champion title! Top seeded is IM Munoz Santana Jose Lisandro, 6 times Dominican National Chess Champion (2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017). Starting list of participants: No. […]

European Girls’ and Women’s Chess Weekend kicks off tomorrow with a wide range of events: tournaments, workshops, team battle, simultaneous exhibitions and coaching sessions. Many events don’t require a pre-registration and all are open to all interested female participants, regardless of their chess knowledge, title or rating! #TweetOftheDay

Built on a network of trust and cooperation between chess enthusiasts, Worldwide Junior Chess provides an exciting and engaging online chess team competition and training ground for children. More than 2.500 players compete in 200 teams from over 70 countries. Worldwide Junior recently held the first editions of their festival and it was an all-round […]

FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 and FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2021 will simultaneously take place in Douglas, Isle of Man, from October 25 to November 8, 2021. International Chess Federation FIDE has recently updated regulations for the events, clarifying the qualification criteria. According to updates, FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 will gather 114 chess players: 100 players […]