It’s Yuletide in Consumerland and we Americans are out & about on the freeway buying bleeding edge electronics in a Looking-Glass-World attempt to recreate Currier & Ives Christmas for our grandchildren. There being no tournament action this week, I have no gift for thee, parump-a-tum-tum, other than an exceptionally witty game won by the exceptionally […]

After four rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open Magnus Carlsen, Maxim Matlakov and Wesley So have caught up with Anish Giri and Li Chao B on the shared first place with 3,5 points each. In the biggest upset of the day IM N R Vignesh (2422) defeated GM Wei Yi (2730) with [...]

Yeoh Li Tian is the surprise early leader in the Open section after three round of play in the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships being held from 21-31 December 2015 at the Utut Adianto Chess School in Bekasi, Jakarta. The 16 year old Malaysian No. 1 has 2.5/3 after defeating fellow FM Nguyen Anh Khoi and [...]

The FIDE’s slogan is "We are a family". This large family is sharing noble values such as peace, fraternity, fair play, respect, sharing, wisdom, solidarity, patience, work, search for perfection and many other values.

Εύχομαι σε όλους/ες καλά Χριστούγεννα. Δεν θα ανανεώσω το σάιτ με νέες αναρτήσεις ως και τις 26 Δεκεμβρίου, αλλά φυσικά όλες οι αναρτήσεις είναι ανοιχτές για σχολιασμό, οι “θέσεις ημέρας” θα προστίθενται, περιοδικά...

Αναδημοσίευση παρουσίασης του μυθιστορήματος «Αμφιτρύων» του Ιγνάσιο Παντίγια, από τον Βασίλη Πεσμαζόγλου στην εφημερίδα «Νέα» , 22 Νοεμβρίου 2008. Στο βιβλίο αυτό το σκάκι κατέχει κεντρική θέση. Ιgnacio Ρadilla ΑΜΦΙΤΡΥΩΝ...

Today, I am going to discuss the simplest yet very useful and quite common pattern in practice. It is the queen & bishop battery checkmate. This pattern is not only useful in checkmating your opponent but is also used to weaken the pawn structure around the enemy king. Here is an educative example to let […]

After three rounds of play in the 2015 Qatar Masters Open Anish Giri and Li Chao B maintain the perfect score and are paired to play each other on Wednesday. Full results below. Live games with analysis Vijay Kumar presents the round 3 video including interviews with Anish Giri, S.Mamedyarov, Alexander Ipatov, Pavel Tregubov, Sagar [...]

The CAS has completely dismissed the case brought by Silvio Danailov, Vladimir Sakotic and Sava Stoisavljevic against FIDE. The Ruling was as follows: 1. The appeal against the decision of the FIDE Ethics Commission dated April 15, 2015 is dismissed. 2. The decision of the FIDE Ethics Commission dated April 15, 2015, dealing solely with [...]

The JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Chess Championship was opened today in a Ceremony officiated by Agus Mulyano, JAPFA PR Director, Senator GM Utut Adianto, ACC (ASEAN Chess Confederation) and PERCASI (All Indonesia Chess Federation) Deputy President in attendance.. In his welcome speech, Agus Mulyano thanked the participants – both from ASEAN and Indonesia – for taking [...]

At this seasonal time of year many chess players will be getting a new set. For those buying such a present, it’s very important to have Staunton pieces, under no circumstances should you get a serious player some kind of fancy set. Wood is good too, though there are some nice plastic ones around which […]

Chess is the first and only sport, recognized by the International Olympic Committee, which can be officially played online. FIDE Online Arena is the only official online chess platform of the World Chess Federation where online official games, tournaments, and World Championships can be played. All this with official international rating and titles. Just a [...]

World champion GM Magnus Carlsen recovered from his round 1 stumble against IM Nino Batsiashvili and won his game with the black pieces against Chithambaram Aravindh.

The Al Ain Chess Club is organizing the 4th Al Ain Chess Classic from 22-31st December 2015. The 9-round Swiss tournament is taking place at the Al Ain Rotana Hili Hotel. There are also special prizes for women, juniors, regional players and elo sections. The total prize fund is $ 57,000, with $13,000 reserved for the winner. [...]

The European Chess Union announced in its Circular Letter that the next Chess in School Conference will take place on 24th February 2016 in the premises of the European Parliament in Brussels. The main target of the conference is to present case studies and successful stories supporting the introduction of chess in more countries education [...]