FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met the football king Pele at the exhibition “Pele. Art. Life. Football”, which was opened in London. Russia Today TV Channel asked the FIDE President to interview Pele. Mr Ilyumzhinov asked Pele on his attitude to chess. Pele replied that he loves and respects chess, but does not play well. Ilyumzhinov [...]

The 12th Malaysian Chess Festival 2015 is now well underway with the flagship 12th IGB Malaysian International Open Championship having gone the past the third round. Six players are still perfect with three from three and they are GMs Jahongir Vakhidov and Oliver Barbosa, IMs Anton Smirnov and Roderick Nava, Ronald Bancod and Vo Thanh [...]

ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΟΥΡΝΟΥΑ Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ 2015Ο Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης ανακοινώνει το πρόγραμμα των τουρνουά μέχρι το Δεκέμβριο του τρέχοντος έτους και προαναγγέλλει το 2οΔιεθνές Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά Βαρδάρης 2016 που θα διεξαχθεί το...

Today’s Challenge: Find the typical pattern and react accordingly. It is White to Move NN Against Greco in 1620 Q: How can White hang on here? A: White should play 11. Be3. Black has the initiative after Qxh2 but this is far from winning the game completely. In the game White played as follows: 11. […]

The four pairs of players who tied their round four matches with the classical time control returned to the playing hall at the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku to settle the scores in the rapid and blitz games. Official website / Live games with analysis / Live games with chat / Round 1 pairings/ Round 2 tie-break/ Round 3 picturesque report/ Eljanov with six [...]

Ginkgo creates a masterpiece vs Houdini

The return games of the fourth round of the 2015 FIDE World Cup were completed in the Fairmont Flame Towers in Baku. Official website / Live games with analysis / Live games with chat / Round 1 pairings/ Round 2 tie-break/ Round 3 picturesque report/ Eljanov with six straight wins/ Andreikin defeats Kramnik in Russian derby/ Round 4 started with 4 wins Maxime Vachier-Lagrave assumed...

Here’s another clip from the Pawn Sacrifice movie. I’ve read that Boris Spassky was optimistic when going into the 1972 match with Fischer, and this is reflected here: Nigel Davies

On 12-13 September 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Le Mans, France, by the French Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was Échiquier Club Le Mans – 16 rue du Chêne Vert – 72000 Le Mans The lecturer was IA Stephen Boyd (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and [...]

From 11th to 13th September 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Preston, England, by the UK Chess Arbiters’ Association, in association with the English Chess Federation and the Chess Scotland and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Legacy Preston International Hotel, Marsh Lane, Preston, ENGLAND, PR1 2FY. [...]

From 11th to 13th September 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Panama City, Panama, by the Panama Chess Federation and the Commission for Women’s Chess, under the auspice of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Barbara Lopez Chavez Marino (CUB), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturer was FA Roquelina Fandino Reyes (CUB). The lectures were [...]

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the 22nd Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2015 on its DD Sports Channel from 22-25th September. Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under: 1st Episode on 22nd September 2015 from 11 to 11.30 pm [...]

Even in King and Pawn endings, concentration is needed until the end of the game. It is very easy to play a move which can lose a game which could have been won, or allow your opponent to get a result he should not have got. In this week’s problem, White is winning. But how […]

The fourth round of the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup was held today at the Fairmont Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, with 16 players that remained in the competition. Official website / Live games with analysis / Live games with chat / Round 1 pairings/ Round 2 tie-break/ Round 3 picturesque report/ Eljanov with six straight wins/ Andreikin defeats Kramnik in Russian derby Shakhriyar Mamedyarov...

The 6th Annual Hartford Open will be held from September 25-27, 2015, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The playing format is 5-round Swiss, 40/110, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10). The event has 4 sections: Open, Under 2010, Under 1610 and Under 1210. Each section has either [...]