The 4th Annual Boston Chess Congress will be held from January 8-10, 2016, at the Hyatt Boston Harbor at Logan Airport, 101 Harborside Dr, Boston, Massachusetts. The event has 6 sections: Premier (open to 1900/above), Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1300. Each section has either a 3-day schedule (January 8-10) [...]

The 6th Andranik Margaryan Memorial is organized by the Chess Academy of Armenia from 8th to 16th January, 2016, in Armenian capital Yerevan. The event is a 10-player single round-robin tournament, valid for GM norms. GM Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 2552, IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2526, IM Paravyan David RUS 2509, GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2489, [...]

The first day of the 25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open has concluded. In addition to the main rapid tournament, there were various other organized events that celebrated the anniversary of Paul Keres’ birth – a new coin and a new stamp, several presentations and speeches in memory of the great chess mind, set to [...]

Ο 12ος Ευρωπαϊκός Διαγωνισμός Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων (European Contest for Solving Chessproblems, ECSC) θα διεξαχθεί φέτος στην Ελλάδα.Χρόνος : 15-17 Απριλίου 2016Τόπος : Ξενοδοχείο Όασις στην Γλυφάδα. 12th European Chess Solving Championship15-17 April 2016 in...

The Budapest Hotel Medosz Open 2016 will take place this spring staring from March 18 to March 30 2016.

The first day of the 25th Keres Memorial has concluded. In addition to the games played, there were various other organized events that celebrated the anniversary of Paul Keres' birth

Eesti Pank started releasing the Estonian two-euro circulation coin with the special design dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Paul Keres to the commercial banks today.

Replay the best games of the day

Wei Yi has achieved quite a lot at his young age and is the most promising player

(φωτ. με τους συμμετέχοντες στο διαγωνισμό στη Γλυφάδα). Με 106 συμμετοχές πραγματοποιήθηκε την Κυριακή 3 Ιανουαρίου 2016 το 3ο Κύπελλο Ελλάδας Λύσης Σκακιστικών Προβλημάτων. Όπως πέρσι και πρόπερσι οι λύτες...

Sweden’s best chess player Nils Grandelius challenged USA’s super talent Sam Sevian in a 2-game rapid duel with time control 15′ + 10″. The event took place on January 5, 2016, at 8.30 PM CET, in Swedish capital Stockholm. Official website/ Standings and statistics Grandelius won both of the games. The first encounter was in Two-Knight Variation of Ruy Lopez, [...]

ICCF International Master Gerhard Vetter Was Unfettered in Winning This Correspondence Chess Game! My opponent in this correspondence chess game is an IM from Germany. This correspondence chess game was played on the ICCF server and in accordance with their rules, which allow for the use of chess engines. Vetter is a friendly gentleman, but […]

First of many previews of Tata Steel, we begin with Carlsen

Interview by Chris Torres

Gawain is currently 5.5/6 and is playing White today against FM Alexei Kulashko. Alexei was on the Olympiad team in 2002 (as was I) but after that dropped off from the chess scene so it’s nice to see former players back in action. I can’t note much about the games as I haven’t been in […]