We are currently at the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport waiting for our pairings for the 3rd & 4th round of the Four Nations Chess League. My team White Rose will be facing the Sambuca Sharks today and Gawain playing for Guildford will be facing Blackthorne. In the first weekend held in November Guildford 1 (who […]

FIDE and FOA have announced a daily continuous series of online rated events. The tournaments are with blitz, bullet and rapid time controls, and have specific division by rating. All times in GMT/UTC Bullet: daily at 14:16, 18:16, 22:16 with time control 1+1 and maximum 9 rounds Blitz: daily at 1:16, 5:16, 9:16, 13:16, 17:16, [...]

GM Slim Belkhodja (TUN) is the winner of the Paul Keres Memorial 2016 GP with 36 points in his best 5 tournaments, and 48,5 total points, the same as the 2nd winner FM Dirk Paulsen (GER). Average performance of 5 best tournaments (2331 to 2300) gave the first place to the Tunisian GM. Mr. Mario [...]

I often go to a number of local junior chess tournaments to closely examine the tournament’s inner workings, players, etc. I do this so, when I eventually take my students there to play in a tournament, I know what we’re getting into. I had a chance to visit a tournament that was geared toward very […]

Ukraine Grandmaster Solodovnichenko Yuri (6.0) shared the lead with three other GMs after the seventh round of the 8th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2016 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy, held at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Yuri beat giant killer Kumar Gaurav and maintained his position on top of the leader-board [...]

(φωτ. σκακιστές και σκακίστριες που μετείχαν στο περσινό όπεν του Γιβραλτάρ στην παραλία. Αριστερά ο Άγγλος GM Στιούαρτ Κόνκουεστ). Αρχίζει την Δευτέρα 25 Ιανουαρίου το παραδοσιακό φεστιβάλ του Γιβραλτάρ, ένα από τα...

Dmitry Andreikin (2732) joins Hasselbacken Chess Open 2016 as one of the heavy favorites. The tournament is open for 450 players and will be played in Stockholm, Sweden April 30–May 8. Tournament website/ Registration/ LIVE games with analysis The Russian Grandmaster is ranked 23 in the world and becomes one of the heavy favorites in Hasselbacken Chess Open. [...]

The 17th annual NordWest Cup is now underway in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany till the 24th of January.

Ukraine Grandmaster Solodovnichenko Yuri, 4.5 points, shared the lead with four more players after the fifth round of the 8th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2016 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy, held at Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Keeping Yuri company on top at 4.5 points were [...]

After reading Hugh Patterson’s article on chess bullies I decided to add my opinion and experiences to the topic. First, I do not spend much time in online forums so I rarely have to deal with trolls. Second, I do not go to chess clubs anymore and I am only recently getting back into playing OTB […]

Πρόκειται για ένα από τα πιο φρικώδη και τυρρανικά καθεστώτα του πλανήτη. Είναι ανήκουστο για ανθρώπινο ον εντός της Σαουδικής Αραβίας να παραβεί τον απολυταρχικό κι αιμοσταγή νόμο του μονάρχη, αλλιώς χάνει το κεφάλι...

I appreciate very much the work Mr. Ilyumzhinov has done in the past as FIDE President, I cannot forget how he rescued FIDE from its financial problems in 1995 and how much he has spent from his own pocket for chess, nevertheless our main obligation is with FIDE as an institution and we must protect it from anything that may harm its work.

Ukraine Grandmasters Solodovnichenko Yuri & Bernadskiy Vitaly, 4.0 points, shared the lead with perfect score after the fourth round of the 8th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2016 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy, held at Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today. Chennai based International Master Ramnath Bhuvanesh led [...]

Το σκάκι είναι παιχνίδι που νομίζεις πως περίμενε την εμφάνιση των υπολογιστών για νέα εκτίναξη της δημοφιλίας του και τελικά ένα παιχνίδι φτιαγμένο για τους υπολογιστές. Με την αγορά των τάμπλετ και των κινητών να...

Sometimes you just don’t know where you let it go. A lot was on my mind last night, but I thought I had clarity. Probably my first mistake was 6… c5 which is a very soft way for Black to handle the opening. Brian Wall’s typically humble self assessment was, “It helps when IM David […]