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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 7 to 10 July 2016 in Benasque (Huesca), Spain, by the Spanish Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Organizers of the Benasque Open Tournament and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Jesus Mena Sarasola (ESP), Councilor of FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and [...]

From 22 to 24 January 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by the Malaysian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA K.K. Chan (HKG). The venue of the [...]

The International RSSU Chess Cup Moscow Open 2016 is taking place from January 30 to February 7, in Moscow, Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament, stage of the Men’s Cup of Russia. A total of 169 players will be vying for the prize fund in the amount of RUB 1,500,000. Top seed is [...]

The 2015 Iranian Men’s Final Chess Championship was organized by the Tehran Chess Association and Iranian Chess Federation in an 11-round single round-robin tournament. The event took place in the Iranian capital Tehran from January 20-28, 2016. The 13-year-old Alireza Firouzja emerged the unexpected but convincing winner. He scored 8/11 points and confirmed his supremacy [...]

The Qualifier for the World Chess Championship Match To Go Digital in the multifunctional technological hub DI Telegraph

The IIFL Wealth 1st Mumbai Junior Chess Tournament is taking place from January 28 to February 5, 2016, at Mount Litera School, in Mumbai, India. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE open tournament for boys and girls U13. A total of 30 category trophies (three in each category, separately for Boys & Girls) shall be awarded. [...]

The IIFL Wealth 1st Mumbai Open Chess Tournament is taking place from January 28 to February 5, 2016, at Mount Litera School, in Mumbai, India. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE open tournament with prize fund in the amount of INR 150,000. Top seed is IM Gagare Shardul (2497) from India. Official website/ Standings [...]

On behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, the All India Chess Federation has the honour of inviting all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the Asian Junior (Open & Girls) Chess Championship-2016 in New Delhi, India from 2nd (arrival) to 12th (departure) May 2016. The playing venue is Hotel [...]

On Facebook … Jonathan Tisdall: Does [Nigel Davies’ plan to revive competitive chess] include going back in time and preventing chess engines? Jacques Delaguerre: You think engines are bad, wait until IBM Research builds a full-scale quantum computer which solves chess. Jonathan Tisdall: Not sure how much worse that will be. We know it’s a […]

Al Ain Classic is firmly establishing itself among the strongest and best organised international tournaments. Many factors make that possible: an amazing geographic destination, a city with a tremendous cultural, nature and historic heritage, an excellent organisation, an attractive prize fund, a superb accommodation and a huge number of strong grandmasters and even more titled [...]

Karpos Open 2016 is traditional open chess tournament for any interested chess player, regardless their rating, title or category. It is organized by the municipality Karpos, one of the municipalities in the capital city of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje in collaboration with Chess Club Gambit Asseco SEE from 1st April 2016 (Friday) till 7th April [...]

(φωτ. το κτίριο του πανεπιστημίου RSSU -Russian State Social University- όπου θα  διεξαχθούν οι αγώνες του Διεθνούς Όπεν της Μόσχας). Το 12ο Moscow Open αρχίζει την Παρασκευή 29 Ιανουαρίου με τα νεανικά τουρνουά ενώ το κύριο μέρος αρχίζει το...

While playing single minor piece endgames, the defending side has a deadly weapon to draw a game. That is to trade the attacker’s last pawn (usually) against his own piece because a single minor piece can’t checkmate and sometimes even with the help of a rook’s pawn. But how many of you actually recognize this […]

Σκάκι δρόμου στη Νέα Ορλεάνη. Αναφέρεται συχνά ως «η βορειότερη πόλη της Καραϊβικής», με τη χαλαρή ατμόσφαιρα, τις έκδηλες κοινωνικές αντιθέσεις και τους εξωστρεφείς κατοίκους της – Αφροαμερικανοί κατά το 60%- και...