The Croatian Chess Federation and the European Chess Union organize the 2015 European Youth Chess Championship from 20th September to 1st October, in the touristic town of Porec, situated on the western coast of Istrian Peninsula, Croatia. Each federation can register one (1) player in each of the categories – under 8, 10, 12, 14, [...]

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2015, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, will take place from September 29 to Otober 8, at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 40,000 USD and the [...]

Garry Kasparov recently commented that England, a force in international chess, currently does not even have an International Master under 18. If you’ve been following my posts you’ll be aware that I’ve proposed some reasons for this. My next series of articles will look again at what’s happening in chess, and, in particular, in junior […]

The International Chess Festival Baku Open 2015, dedicated to the Independence Day of Republic of Azerbaijan, will take place from September 29 to Otober 8, at the AF Hotel near Caspian Sea. The Festival is organized by the Azerbaijan Youth & Sport Ministry and Azerbaijan Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 40,000 USD and the [...]

The European Youth Chess Championship 2015 is taking place from September 20 through September 30, in the touristic town of Porec, situated on the western coast of Istrian Peninsula, Croatia. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament. The winners in each category (Boys U8, Boys U10, Boys U12, Boys U14, Boys U16, Boys U18 and [...]

After the end of the 3rd round of the FIDE World Cup GM Ian Nepomniachtchi submitted a complaint to the Appeals Committee in regard to the Armageddon game with GM Hikaru Nakamura. Nepomniachtchi complained that his opponent castled using both hands and broke touch-move rule on several occasions. He asked for a review of the [...]

The seven pairs of players who tied their round three 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 [...]

A press-conference with the Tournament Director of the FIDE World Cup 2015 and Chess Olympiad 2016 Mahir Mamedov was held in the Fairmont Hotel. Speaking to Goran Urosevic, World Cup Press Officer, M. Mamedov shared his impressions about the tournament and provided some insight about the preparation for the event. “Everything started from the FIDE [...]

The last 8th FIDE World Online Women Blitz Qualifier is going to be held on Thursday, September 24th, at 13:00 GMT/UTC time. 56 players have already qualified for the Semifinal and only 8 spots are still available. Indian players GM Harika Dronavalli and GM Humpy Koneru head the Semifinal field with former World women champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk [...]

If there’s one chess crime beginners are guilty of, it’s giving material away! This comes about when the beginner fails to notice a pawn or piece (material) that’s under attack and, because of this, doesn’t take action in the form of moving or defending the attacked material. Not seeing the attack, the beginner leaves the […]

The 2015/2016 edition of German Bundesliga has started. Top players are GM Li Chao 2756 (Schwabisch Hall), GM Alexei Shirov 2712 (Baden-Baden). Official website/ FIDE World Chess Cup 2015

The return games of the third round of the 2015 FIDE World Chess 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 Ukrainian legend Vassily Ivanchuk surprised everyone, including his opponent, by resigning in a position that was, although [...]

Το σεμινάριο απευθύνεται σε ενήλικες που θα ήθελαν να μάθουν σκάκι, σε γονείς και εκπαιδευτικούς. Το σεμινάριο θα διεξαχθεί σε 4 δίωρες συναντήσεις και σε όλους του συμμετέχοντες θα δίδεται υλικό έντυπο ή...

The sevenh qualifier of the unique FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 was being played on Thursday, September 17th, on the official FIDE Online platform. 17 players from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Italy, Lithuania, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Spain, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay took part in the event. Italian player IM/WGM Olga...

Στην Βέρνη της Ελβετίας πρόκειται να διεξαχθεί διεθνής ανοικτός διαγωνισμός λύσης.Η ανακοίνωση εδώ : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2-Lv0IlDIs6V2N1YUFKem9YNTg/view?usp=sharing