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Press release by berlin2015.fide.com The 2015 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships are scheduled to take place from October 9-15, at the Bolle Meierei, in Berlin, Germany. The event is organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Echecs) in collaboration with AGON – the World’s Chess Federation’s commercial partner. 200 of the world’s best chess...

The 43rd Greek Team Chess Championship is taking place from October 8-12, 2015, at Porto Rio Hotel****, in Patra, Greece. The event is a 7-round team chess championship, consisting of 31 teams. Top seed is Chess Club “Peristeri”, led by Greek GM Ioannis Papaioannou (2632). Tournament website New: Season 8 of the strongest computer chess [...]

The recently closed World Cup in Baku provides us with an opportune moment to reflect on chess. Congratulations are in order to Sergey Karjakin who fought tooth and nail to win against fellow Russian Peter Svidler in the finals.  What is the best way to choose a World Chess Champion?  Is the old format where […]

The Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament 2015, named after the former world champion Anatoly Karpov, took place from 27th September to 8th October. Chessdom will cover the live games with computer analysis by the TCEC medalist engines Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini. The 16th edition of the event was once again a strong 10-player round robin tournament. GM Anton Korobov [...]

The logo for the upcoming 42nd Chess Olympiad was presented during the closing ceremony of the 2015 FIDE World Cup. Mahir Mamedov, the director of the Baku Chess Olympiad and the World Cup Organizing Committee, said that around 175 countries and 2000 players will participate in the event. Overall, more than 3000 guests will come [...]

Today’s challenge: Find the typical pattern and react accordingly. Black to move. David Bronstein against Paul Keres 1950 Q: What is white threatening? Find the best defend for Black. Hint: All you need to do is, bring your queen into the defence. Solution: The best move for Black is to play 29…Rfd8 as White can’t […]

Αρχίζει στο Ρίο, στις 8 Οκτωβρίου, το Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Α’ Εθνικής 2015. Ελβετικό 7 γύρων που θα ολοκληρωθεί στις 12 Οκτωβρίου. Με την ολοκλήρωση των δηλώσεων συµµετοχής και της διαδικασίας αναπλήρωσης των κενών θέσεων...

Pure show for the chess fans today at TCEC Stage 2

The 2nd Millionaire Chess tournament is taking place from October 8-11, 2015, in Las Vegas, USA. The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament followed by a 4-player knock-out on Millionaire Monday (October 12). 52 GMs, including Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, MC#1 winner Wesley So, Yu Yangyi, Gata Kamsky, Liem Le Quang and Luke McShane, will [...]

The 2nd Isle of Man International Chess tournament started with 104 chess players from 27 countries and with as many as 37 Grandmasters in the field. GM Michael Adams is the top seed followed by India’s 2nd highest player Pentala Harikrishna. Live games with analysis Round 3 and round 4 video report courtesy of Vijay [...]

The 2015 Romanian Team Chess Championship is taking place from October 3-11, in Mamaia, Romania’s most popular Black Sea resort. The event is a 9-round team chess championship. Top seed is CS AEM LUXTEN TIMISOARA, led by Hungarian Olympic player GM Csaba Balogh (2657). Tournament website New: Season 8 of the strongest computer chess championship Stage 3 [...]

Την Πέμπτη 8/10/2015 ξεκινάει στην Πάτρα (Ξενοδοχείο Porto Rio) το 43ο Πανελλήνιο Ομαδικό Πρωτάθλημα Α’ Εθνική. Η εξέλιξη των αγώνων στην στην Επίσημη ιστοσελίδα των αγώνων.....

The September Lviv Tradition (IM Group) round-robin tournament was taking place from September 28 to October 4, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine. The event was a 12-player single round-robin tournament with an average Elo 2257, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The tempo of play is 90′ + 30″. [...]