The 2015 Belgrade Trophy International Chess Tournament is taking place from November 24-December 2, in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′/ 40 moves + 30′ + 30″. GM Tamir Nabaty (2603) heads the field of 179 players from 13 different countries. Tournament website/ [...]

The African Chess Confederation through the support of the World Chess Federation Women’s Commission (WOM) has the honour of hosting the former World Woman Chess Champion Grand Master Zhu Chen from Qatar. Grand Master Zhu Chen is the former World Woman Chess Champion, she has reached the highest level of play by attaining a Grand [...]

Στις Βρυξέλλες, πόλη που είναι πνιγμένη στο φόβο αυτές τις μέρες, λειτουργεί από το 1916 το σκακιστικό στέκι Cafe Greenwich. Το ντεκόρ παραπέμπει σε Αρτ Νουβό και το μαγαζί προσφέρει καφέ, ποτά και ελαφρύ φαγητό. Στα 99 χρόνια που...

Twenty years ago today, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was named President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). He talks to Sport Express about the most memorable events of his time as president. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has accomplished a lot in 20 years: he reunited the chess world, which many thought had been split irrevocably; he defeated two great [...]

I think I’m going to decline all future interviews with national newspapers after this latest piece by Stephen Moss. And that means for ever! Below is my email to Mr. Moss when he first asked to interview me, mentioning that he was also interested in improving his chess. Although I was reluctant at first, given […]

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi maintained his sole lead with, raising his tally to six points at the end of the eighth round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, today. IM P. Karthikeyan also continued with good form to remain on second spot, half a point [...]

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia’s national chess teams on their victory in the 2015 European Team Chess Championship in Iceland. The message reads, in part: “I am truly very pleased that our two national teams – the men’s and women’s teams – have represented Russia so worthily at this prestigious competition and, with their confident [...]

The 4th Yuri Privalov Memorial, part of the Lviv Tradition Seres, is taking place from November 23-28, 2015, in Lviv, Ukraine. The event is a 10 player single round-robin tournament with top seed IM Daniil Shkuran (2428). Official website/ Facebook Group/ Standings and statistics/ 3rd Yuri Privalov Memorial 2015 Do not miss the TCEC Komodo – Stockfish [...]

The 11th Governor’s Cup Yugra is taking place from November 22 to December 2, 2015, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with prize fund of 1.210.000 RUB (nearly 22.000 €). Top seed is Russian prodigy GM Vladislav Artemiev (2676). Official website/ Standings and statistics/ 10th Governor’s Cup Yugra 2015 Do [...]

Ishaq completes rare sweep of the UAE’s premier individual chess titles this year Dubai, UAE (November 22, 2015) – Fide Master (FM) Saeed Ishaq continued one of the most amazing comebacks in UAE chess history after winning the UAE President’s Cup last Saturday, securing his third major championship of the year. Ishaq had a near-perfect [...]

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The national teams of Russia have completely dominated the 2015 European Team Chess Championships, winning the gold medals in both men’s and women’s tournaments. In the final round of the men’s section Russia tied the match against Hungary to complete the race with 15 points and take the winner’s trophy. This is Russia’s first gold [...]

Sometimes a lot of pieces are attacked on the board at once. It can then happen that each piece tries to sell its life as dearly as possible. It is going to be taken anyway, so why not grab as much material as you can for it, before it is taken? Such pieces are known […]

The 17th Open International Can Picafort was held from 15-22nd November at the hotel Ferrer Concord, in Can Picafort, Spain. 62 players from 13 countries took part in the event, with 8 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters in the field. Top seed GM Alexandr Fier from Brazil took a clear first place with 7,0/9 points. [...]

The Saif Powertec 41st Bangladesh National “A” Chess Championship, sponsored by Saif Powertec Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation was held from November 3-17th, 2015, at the NSC Tower Auditorium of National Sports Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Standings and statistics/ LIVE games with analysis IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy became unbeaten champion in...