From 24 to 28 August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by the Mongolia Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Chingiss Khan Hotel, in Ulaanbaatar. The lecturer was IA Alex McFarlane (SCO), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturer was IA Sainbayar Tserendorj (MGL). Thirty [...]

The 11th Zudov Memorial, stage of the Russian Cup 2015, is taking place from September 9-20, 2015, in Nizhny Tagil, a city of Russia, located 25 kilometers east of the virtual border between Europe and Asia. The event is a 9-round Swiss open with first prize in the amount of 75,000 RUB. Tournament website/ Standings [...]

Η Επαναληπτική Γενική Συνέλευση των σωματείων της ΕΣΣΠ θα λάβει χώρα στο εντευκτήριο της ΝΕΠ (Κολυμβητήριο Α.Πεπανος, Πατρών-Κλάους 91 -93, Πάτρα), την Κυριακή 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 και ώρα 11:00.

Live games at the official website at 16:00 CET

The fifth qualifier of the unique FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 was being played on Thursday, September 10th, on the official FIDE Online platform. 22 players from 18 different countries took part in the event. Iranian Olympic player WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan emerged a sole winner with 8/11 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. [...]

Sometimes, I’ll go into a school, get the school started with a chess class and then hand the class over to another of our instructors six months later. When I check in with that instructor and ask them how the class is going, they always say the same thing, “those students are really loyal to […]

Live video from Baku World Chess Cup 2015

On Sunday September 6, the open Moscow Blitz Championship was held in the mall Gorbushin. More than 30 of the country’s leading grandmasters contested the main events, the unrestricted section and women’s section. The winner of the unrestricted section was the Russian National Team member and 2010 European champion Ian Nepomniachtchi. Over the course of [...]

Once again the Malaysian Chess Festival will kick off off with the ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championships. While the Malaysian Chess Festival celebrates it 12th year, the ASTRO Rapid Teams is even longer standing, actually taking place for the 35th time and this event is continuing to grow in popularity with every passing [...]

As predicted in my June 2015 blog it has just been announced that GM Nigel Robson has won the Adrian Hollis Memorial Tournament with a remarkable score of 8/10 (+6, =4, -0). Despite there being four games still in progress he cannot be caught. The tournament has an average ICCF rating of 2504, equivalent to […]

Stockfish destroyed opposition in TCEC Stage 1a

Pairings of the World Chess Cup 2015 in Baku

The 2015 edition of Memorial Maria Albulet is taking place from September 10-16, in Braila, Romania. The event is a 9-round Swiss female tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″. Top seed is WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma (2330) of Romania. Official website/ Standings and statistics Follow FIDE Word Cup 2015 LIVE with engine [...]

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