From 1 to 6 December 2015 the 44th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held, organized by the Americas Chess Confederation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer of the seminar was IA Santiago Garcia Ramos (MEX), FIDE Lecturer. The Lectures were in Spanish language. Twenty four (24) Arbiters from fourteen (14) federations (Uruguay, [...]

Altibox Norway Chess will take place in April this year with the same high standards as the previous events

GM Aleksander Mista from Poland and GM Jahongir Vakhidov from Uzbekistan are at the top of the 91st Hastings International Chess Congress.

A battery on lines using major pieces is the simplest yet most powerful mating pattern. This pattern is very easy to recognise on files as compare to ranks. Heikki MJ Westerinen against Gudmundur Sigurjonsson in 1977 Q: You can see that both White’s rooks are bearing down on the g-file. How could you get the […]

The 2016 edition of Basel Chess Festival took place from January 1-5, in Basel, Switzerland. A total of 58 players took part at the 9-round Swiss Master Tournament and GM Arkadij Naiditsch from Azerbaijan emerged a sole winner. He repeated his last year’s success and once again lifted the trophy in two Swiss tournaments in [...]

The 11th Gelendzhik Chess Festival is taking place from January 4-12, 2016, in Gelendzhik, Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with the participation of 35 players from Azerbaijan and Russia. Top seed is GM Melor Bedia (2428) from Russia. Official website/ Standings and statistics

GM Maxim Rodshtein from Israel fulfills his challenge and wins the Rilton Cup 2015-2016 with a near perfect 8 points out of 9 rounds.

The Gibraltar Chess Festival will take place from January 25 to February 5 in Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar.

Carlsen is first in the blitz rating list

The Internet based FIDE Seminar for International Organizers for American Continent was held from 10-13th December, 2015. The objective of the Seminar was to educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. Successful Seminar attendees receive a FIDE IO Norm necessary for the FIDE IO title application. The Lecturer was IO Jorge Vega, FIDE America [...]

ΚΑΘΑΡΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ + ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ + ΣΚΑΚΙ =ΒΑΡΔΑΡΗΣΑγαπητοί φίλοι,Φέτος για 2ηφορά φυσάει… «Βαρδάρης»!!! Η ομάδα μας, ο ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης, διοργανώνει το 2οδιεθνές σκακιστικό τουρνουά «Βαρδάρης», την περίοδο του τριημέρου της...

Garry Kasparov is always interesting, and here he talks about different top players and the Sinquefield Cup but BEFORE the final leg in London. It’s also interesting to hear him talk about how we did things in the ‘old days’, especially when Kasparov himself was one of the first players to make extensive use of […]

The 25th Keres Memorial - ACP Open will take place from January 8 to January 10 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Pfalz Open 2016 will take place from the 5th of February to the 9th of February 2016 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany.

FIDE January 2015 rankings for Rapid are now available for scrutiny.