The 42nd National Premier Women’s Chess Championship of India is taking place from 13-24th November at the Bengal gallery of ICCR in Kolkata. International Master Padmini Rout of Odisha is the top-ranked participant and defender of the title. Delhi’s IM Tania Sachdev is second in the ranking list followed by WGM Soumya Swaminathan of Pune [...]

Stockholms Schacksällskap, one of the world’s oldest chess clubs, celebrates its 150 years jubilee with a grand tournament at the venerable Scandic Hotel Hasselbacken**** in the heart of The Royal Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. The Hasselbacken Chess Open 2016 will be held from April 30 through May 8, 2016, in a 9-round FIDE-Swiss open format and it will be valid for [...]

The Max Euwe Center organizes matches between Dutch young talents and Dutch top players from November 12-15, 2015, at the Joke Smit College in Amsterdam. The event is a 4-round Scheveningen match in honor of Max Euwe who was crowned World champion 80 years ago. Young talents: Robby Kevlishvili (14 y.o., 2361), Hing-Ting-Lai (18 y.o., [...]

The 2015 European Team Chess Championship starts today with 36 teams in Open Section and 30 teams in Women Section. The first seeds are Russia (Open) and Georgia (Women). Total number of players in Open section is 178, among whom 176 are title holders – 133 GMs, 32 IMs and 11 FMs! In Women Section [...]

Το σκακιστικό τμήμα της Γυμναστικής Εταιρείας Αγρινίου οργανώνει την Κυριακή 22 Νοεμβρίου στις 9.15 π.μ. στην αίθουσα δεξιώσεων του Emileon το τρίτο σχολικό πρωτάθλημα Αγρινίου. Στην διοργάνωση θα λάβουν μέρος μαθητές από...

My opponent in this correspondence chess game is not really Henry VIII of England. However, his name is Henry and he is from Finland. Also, while playing chess with this Henry I kept thinking of an old song from 1965 by Herman’s Hermits called “I’m Henry Vlll I Am”. You can watch and listen to […]

It’s been almost a month since the sudden and shocking passing of IM Emory Tate in the last Championship at BayAreaChess Center. The organizers have immediately started the process with USCF of re-naming the upcoming tournament to dedicate it to his memory. In Memory of IM Emory Tate Championship will take place 13-15th November at [...]

From 27 October to 2 November 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the Greek Chess Federation and the Thessaloniki-Halkidiki Chess Clubs’ Union and under auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Pella Hall of Sithonia Hotel, in Porto [...]

Andrey Filatov, founder of Art Russe and President of the Russian Chess Federation, has been awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, for his contribution to the development and popularization of Russian and Soviet art. The title of Honorary Member (Academician) of the Russian Academy of Arts is awarded to [...]

Ο Σέρβος Σβέτοζαρ Γκλίγκοριτς (1923-2012) πρωταγωνίστησε σαν παίκτης στο παγκόσμιο σκάκι κατά τις δεκατίες του 1950 και του 1960. Το στυλ παιχνιδιού του ήταν απολύτως λογικό. Ποτέ δεν ενέδωσε στα ψυχολογικά τερτίπια που...

One of the most popular Italian daily newspapers, la Repubblica, announced that the Italian Ministry of Education will support the internet chess teaching program that will be conducted through the official FIDE online playing platform. The newspaper cites the numerous studies that prove that playing chess helps kids to excel in school, particularly in mathematics. [...]

A FIDE Seminar for International Organizers is scheduled to take place from 21-23 March, 2016, in El Mouradi Sousse, Tunisia. Objective: To educate and certify Organizers on an international basis. The seminar is Open and organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE), the Tunisian Chess Federation and The Arab Chess Federation. Subject: Successful Seminar attendees [...]

The 2014/2015 Portuguese Final is taking place from November 12-14, 2015, in Mirandela, Portugal. The event is a 6 player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. GM Kevin Barry Spraggett (2529) from Canada, IM Jorge Joao Viterbo Ferreira (2488) from Portugal, GM Daniel Campora (2462) from Argentine and Portuguese players CM Ivo [...]

The 1st Asian University Chess Championships conducted by the Asian University Sports Federation and organized by the Capital University of Physical Education was concluded in a grand manner in Beijing, China. There were teams from 9 countries, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and China. China had 3 teams [...]

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. – Albert Einstein An interesting actualité of the world of mathematics impinges upon the game theory of Chess.  László Babai, a mathematician and computer scientist at the University of Chicago in Illinois, claims a breakthrough in complexity theory. He is presenting today (2015-11-11) his […]