The 2015 Brasschaat Chess Tournament is taking place from August 15-23, in Ruiterhal, in the town park in the center of Brasschaat, Belgium. The event is a 9-round Swiss with prize fund in the amount of 3,455 €. Top seed is GM Levente Vajda (2572) from Romania. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

Vitiugov Catches up with Leaders at Men’s Superfinal. Kosteniuk and Goriachkina Lead in Women’s Section Round 6 of the Russian Championship Superfinal, the 68th for men and the 65th for women, took place in Chita on August 14. Official website / Men’s games with analysis / Women’s games with analysis In the men’s contest, Peter [...]

I met a chess player a few weeks back who was about to enter his first tournament in three weeks. He’s in his late forties and sought my advice for getting ready, both for this tournament and future tournaments. “You should consider Tai Chi or another martial art and get cracking with it!” His look […]

The 23rd Poznan Chess Festival is taking place from August 10-17, 2015, in Poznan, a city in west-central Poland. The venue of play is Gmach Główny Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, Al. Niepodległości 10. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. IM Vitali Koziak, GM Jacek Tomczak and IM [...]

The 23rd Poznan Chess Festival is taking place from August 10-17, 2015, in Poznan, a city in west-central Poland. The venue of play is Gmach Główny Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, Al. Niepodległości 10. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. Top seed is Polish player GM Jacek Tomczak (2596), [...]

12ος Διεθνής Διαγωνισμός Λύσης (International Solving Contest, ISC) την Κυριακή 24.1.2016, με διευθυντές τους Axel Steinbrink και Luc Palmans. Διευκρινίστηκε ότι οι συμμετέχοντες στην κατηγορία C (νεαροί λύτες) θα πρέπει να έχουν γεννηθεί μετά από την 24η...

After Baden my schedule was not too busy, so a surprise last minute call up to the super tournament in Shamkir was welcome. However, I had a long standing commitment to play the final Bundesliga weekend so a hectic few days of travelling ensued. I went Taunton-Baden on Friday, playing 2 games over the weekend,... Continue Reading

The VMCG Chess Festival is taking place from August 15-23, 2015, at the 4****Hotel Seminaris, in Luneburg, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″. Top seed player is GM Sergei Ovsejevitsch (2588) from Ukraine. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The 1st International Tournament “Colossus Chess Cup of Rhodes 2015″ is scheduled to take place from September 1-9, at the luxurious Amathus Hotel & SPA*****, in Rhodes, Greece. The event is organized by Organizing Committee of Rhodes Chess Club “Knight”, in collaboration with Decentralized Administration of South Aegean Region and Municipality of Rhodes in a 9-round Swiss FIDE...

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 and prize fund in total of 300 000 SEK (nearly 32,000 €) will be...

This is a recently completed correspondence chess game that was played on the ICCF server. My opponent in this correspondence chess game is an American who lives in Hong Kong with his Japanese wife. Despite my sharp play in the opening and middle game, my extra pawn was not enough to win in the endgame […]

Tomashevsky, Artemiev on Top in Men’s Russian Championship. Lagno, Kosteniuk, Goriachkina Lead Women’s Section The fifth round of the Russian Championship Superfinal, the 68th for men and the 65th for women, took place in Chita on August 13. On this day, the Health Academy held a master class for 50 young chess players from Chita. [...]

The 2014 – 2015 Portuguese Top League is taking place from August 16th to August 22nd, 2015. The event is a 10-team round-robin tournament with average rating of 2105. The teams participating in the championship are: AA Coimbra, Santoantoniense FC, GD Dias Ferreira, ADRC Mata de Benfica, GX Porto, AX Gaia, AEJ S. Joao de Madeira, CX Montemor-o-Velho, FC Barreirense and CX [...]

The 2015 French Women Championship is taking place from August 9-20, 2015, in Saint-Quentin, France. The event is an 11-round round-robin tournament with the participation of: IM SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2435, IM MILLIET Sophie 2383, IM COLLAS Silvia 2325, WGM MAISURADZE Nino 2292, WFM NAVROTESCU Andreea-Cristiana 2275, WGM LECONTE Maria 2251, WIM BENMESBAH Natacha 2200, WIM FLEAR Christine [...]

FIDE announces the Women’s Grand Prix 2015-2016 which will give qualification to the Women’s World Championship match 2017. The schedule of the 4 events is the following: * 2-16 October 2015 in Monte Carlo, MONACO * February 2016 in Kish, IRAN * May 2016 in Tbilisi, GEORGIA * July 2016 in Chengdu, CHINA In total [...]