The Stockholm Chess Challenge gathers world renown young talents from March 8 – 13, 2016, in Sweden. Sweden’s young talents will be challenged by young and strong international players in order to encourage them to get IM- and GM norms. The event is a 9-round invitational title tournament for players aged 25 or younger. Three players have already [...]

The 2nd Austrian Team Chess Championship 2015/2016 is taking place from October 17, 2015, to April 10, 2016. Twelve teams are competing in round-robin format to decide the winner. Top seed is ASVÖ Pamhagen, headed by Slovakian GMs Jan Markos and Peter Michalik. Official website Do not miss the TCEC Komodo – Stockfish Superfinal, currently live [...]

The Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open 2015 is taking place from November 26-29, in Heusenstamm, Germany. The event is a 7-round Swiss open tournament with first prize in the amount of 1,000 EUR. Top seed is GM Konstantin Landa (2625) from Russia. Official website/ Standings and statistics

I’m the type of individual who would rather be good at a handful of things then master of one. I like intellectual variety in my life, probably because I enjoy a bit of chaos (but not a lot of chaos). I had a teenage student ask me how to get “good” at a number of […]

The 10th Women’s World Chess Champion and 2002 European Women’s Chess Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria will hold a simultaneous exhibition in Nis, Serbia, on Saturday, 28th November, 2015. Her visit to Nis is organized and sponsored by FIDE and Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM) in interest of popularization of chess for young girls. [...]

Ανακοίνωση της ΕΣΣΠ σχετικά με τους Προκριματικούς Μαθητικούς Σκακιστικούς Αγώνες στο Αίγιο....

“Η πιανίστρια και οι παίκτες του σκακιού”. Λάδι σε καμβά του Ανρί Ματίς, έργο του 1924. Όταν η μητέρα του τού έκανε δώρο είδη ζωγραφικής σε μια εποχή που έπρεπε να μείνει περιορισμένος στο σπίτι λόγω ασθενείας...

Hallsberg’s tournament became a famous concept within Swedish chess. For decades, young Swedish chess talents had the chance to meet strong juniors from around the world – and always with the chance to take FIDE norms. Hallsberg tournament came to an end over ten years ago, and Swedish chess players mourned. But now it is resurrected. In a [...]

For the second year running the Central Serbia Chess Federation organized the round robin tournaments for the GM and IM norms. The tournaments were held from 17-23rd November in Hotel “Sumarice” in Kragujevac. The Grandmaster event had 10 participants, while the IM event, dedicated to the memory of former CSCF President Milutin Karaklajic, had 6 [...]

My opponent in this correspondence chess game is a French woman who is named Odette. At the time that I am writing this, Odette is in dead last place with five losses, no wins and no draws. Although she is alive (as far as I know) her chances of getting more than a couple of […]

From 5 to 9 November 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Samara region, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the sanatorium Tsiolkovsky in Samara. The lecturer was IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Stanislav Yanusevsky (RUS). [...]

A new high-level event is joining the extensive list of tournaments that make up the 7th London Chess Classic Festival: Eight of Britain’s best chess players, with the exception of Michael Adams, who plays in the Classic itself, will contest the inaugural British Knockout Championship. The prize fund dwarfs that available in the British Championship [...]

The 2015 edition of UT Dallas Open Fall took place November 20 – 25 in the Embassy Suites Dallas – Park Central. The event was a nine rounds event 45 players from 18 different countries participated. The first place was shared in a four-way tie by Grandmasters Conrad Holt (USA), Jeffery Xiong (USA), Gil Popilski (ISR) [...]

The 1st Patagonia International Open Tournament is taking place from November 19-28, 2015, in Neuquen, Argentina. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with prize fund in the amount of 200,000 ARS. Peruvian GM Julio Granda Zuniga (2678) heads the field of 133 players from 7 different countries. Official website/ Standings and statistics Do [...]

The 46th Annual National Chess Congress will be held from November 27-29, 2015, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St., Philadelphia, PA. The event has 10 sections: Premier, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200, Under 1000, Under 800 and Scholastic Under 600. The Premier to Under 1200 sections [...]