Kasparov back in action in a promo event this April

Over the years, we have developed a good array of teaching materials, support materials, especially our web sites and, in the last year or so the exciting developments of online teacher preparation and a curriculum for pre-school children.

The 2016 Memorial Slobodan Martinovic is taking place on January 10, in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. The event is a rapid chess tournament with time control 10′ + 5″. Serbian Olympic player GM Milos Perunovic (2641) heads the field of 50 players, including 6 GMs, 7 IMs, 1 WIM and 8 FMs. Standings and statistics

1.680.000 rated games have been played in FIDE Online Arena and 750 Arena titles have been awarded to the members.

The 25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open takes place from January 8 to January 10 in Tallinn, Estonia. It features the names of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Peter Svidler and GM Igor Kovalenko as the top 3 seeds. The tournament hosts 161 players from over 20 federations; 72 players are from Estonia. There are 35 GMs and 1 WGM [...]

Πόστερ του 1977 για την τηλεοπτική σειρά “Οι Άγγελοι του Τσάρλι” που εικονίζει τις ηθοποιούς Τζακλίν Σμιθ, Κέιτ Τζάκσον και Φάρα Φόσετ καθώς ποζάρουν μπροστά από μια σκακιέρα. Προβλήθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην...

The 4th Lorca Open 2015 was held from December 26-30, in Lorca, a city in southeastern Spain. Official website/ Standings and statistics The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with first prize in the amount of 1,500 EUR, which gathered 128 players from 10 different countries. Top seed is Armenian player GM Karen Grigoryan won convincingly with 8/9 points, a [...]

We are back in the saddle for the new year at the Denver Chess Club. My opponent Tuesday night was 11 years old. He played well and developed some initiative against my routine and unimaginative handling of the Modern Defense. At a certain point his play changed. After dropping back 18. Rd2 (18. R6d1 or […]

Ένας άνδρας… … βαδίζει μπροστά από μια σειρά τραπέζια τοποθετημένα κυκλικά, ρίχνει σε καθένα από αυτά μια γρήγορη ματιά και κάνει την κίνησή του. Πίσω από τα τραπέζια, δεκάδες θεατές τον παρακολουθούν και...

Την Κυριακή 17 Ιανουαρίου θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο Chess Square (Μακρυνίτσας 3, Αμπελόκηποι, τηλ. 210-6451538) διάλεξη του GM Βασίλη Κοτρωνιά με θέμα «ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΦΙΝΑΛΕ ΜΕ ΛΙΓΑ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙΑ» Η διάλεξη θα αφορά βασικά σκακιστικά φινάλε...

Another event to join the Grand Chess Tour soon

From 15 to 17 December 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Dili, Timor-Leste, by the Asian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Timor-Leste Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Bunawan Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer. The lectures were in the English language. Thirty two (32) people from Timor-Leste [...]

The 2nd Zicosur Open is taking place from January 5-10, 2016, in the city of Antofagasta, a port city in northern Chile. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament, organized by Antofagasta Chess Society, in collaboration with the Regional Government of Antofagasta. A total of 127 players from 9 different countries compete with the [...]

The 3rd Azores International Chess Open is scheduled to take place from March 29 to April 2, 2016, in Pavilhão do Mar – Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Azores. The event is organized by AXRA Azores and AX Portugal in a 7-round Swiss FIDE format and a prize fund in the amount of 3,000 EUR will be [...]

On 12 and 13 December 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Minsk, Belarus by the Global Chess Academy of Minsk, in cooperation with the Belarus Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Andrzej Filipowicz (POL), Secretary of the FIDE Technical Commission and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was [...]