All in all, this was a wonderful year for Russian chess. Two players from our country utilized the very last chance and qualified for the Candidates tournament – Karjakin won the World Cup, and Svidler was the runner-up. Tomashevsky and Jakovenko won two FIDE Grand Prix tournaments. Grischuk, Kramnik, and Nepomniachtchi won medals of the World Rapid and Blitz championships.

The seminar is co-organized by the Russian Chess Federation with the support of FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE).

The Planetwin365 – All Stars 2015 Blitz Tournament was held on 28th December at the Planetwin365 Club in Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade. 24 players competed in the round robin tournament, dubbed as “unofficial” blitz championship of Serbia, with the time control 3′+2”. There were 9 Grandmasters in the field. Grandmasters Milos Perunovic took a clear first [...]

Βραβευμένοι του 2015(Τελευταία ενημέρωση : 30/12/2015)Στην ανάρτηση αυτή είναι συγκεντρωμένες οι καλλιτεχνικές σκακιστικές συνθέσεις των Ελλήνων δημιουργών, που βραβεύθηκαν σε διαγωνιστικά τουρνουά του έτους 2015.Υπήρξαν κι...

Στο χιονισμένο Ερεβάν της Αρμενίας, σε έναν πεζόδρομο, μικροπωλητής προσπαθεί να βγάλει το μεροκάματο πουλώντας σκακιέρες της σοβιετικής εποχής. Το 2016 έρχεται σε λίγες ώρες και η ημερολογιακή κατανομή του χρόνου...

“Blitz chess kills your ideas.” – Bobby Fischer Last night was a first-time chess experience.  I played in the Denver Chess Club‘s year-end blitz tournament. The tournament was played at a Fischer time control of 3 minutes with 2 seconds increment per move. I had never before played at that time control, neither in competition nor in […]

World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the Qatar Masters Chess Open 2015 after defeating the last year winner Yu Yangyi in tie-breaks. Carlsen continued the hot streak after his win in the London Chess Classics. Replay games with analysis Vijay Kumar presents the round 9 video including interviews with Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Surya Sekhar Ganguly [...]

Το ΔΣ της Πνευματικής Στέγης Περιστερίου, σε έκτακτη συνεδρίασή του μετά το τραγικό γεγονός της απώλειας του προέδρου της, αποφάσισε να μη ματαιώσει τη διοργάνωση του πρωτοχρονιάτικου σκακιστικού τουρνουά. Το...

GM Wang Hao of China hurdled the challenge from GM Abhijeet Gupta of India in the penultimate round to win the championship with one round to spare in the 4th Al Ain Chess Classic at the Hili Reyhaan Rotana Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. Wang scored an impressive 7.5 points in 8 rounds, out of [...]

It proved to be a most dramatic last round in the Open category of the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships 2015. Leader IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia had a half point lead and was paired with fellow countryman IM Paola Bersamina and despite their team leader and coach GM Jayson’s Gonzales assurance they would play the game [...]

Although I recommend keeping 5 minute chess to a minimum there are some useful drills that you can do at this speed. Recently my son Sam and I have been doing the bishop and knight mate against the clock with us competing to get the best time. And other basic endgames such as queen against […]

Η πόλη Χέιστινγκς της νότιας Αγγλίας, έχει γίνει γνωστή στην ιστορία από την μάχη του 1066 μεταξύ Αγγλοσαξόνων και Νορμανδών που αναγράφεται σε όλες τις σελίδες στρατιωτικής ιστορίας και ήταν η τελευταία επιτυχημένη...

World Champion Magnus Carlsen wins the Qatar Masters Chess Open 2015 after nine exciting rounds of chess.

There were some fierce battles in the 10th round of the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships being held at the Utut Adianto Chess School in Bekasi, Jakarta from 21-31 December 2015. In the last game to finish in the Open Championship, IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia battled to a draw against IM Lufti Muhammad Ali to retain [...]

Chinese GM Wang Hao beat GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili of Georgia in the 7th round to widen his lead to a full point in the homestretch of 4th Al Ain Chess Classic at the Hili Reyhaan Rotana Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. Live games with analysis Wang essayed the English opening and sacrificed a Knight on [...]