The 1st edition of the African Amateur Individual Chess Championship was held in the prestigious Matola City Village hotel in Maputo, Mozambique from the 31st of July 2015 (arrival) to 10th of August 2015 (departure). The event was organized by the Mozambican Chess Federation under the auspices of African Chess Confederation. The event had two [...]

The 1st International Tournament “Colossus Chess Cup of Rhodes 2015″ takes place from September 1-9, at the 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 format. Top seed is...

The City of Szeged and the Hungarian Chess Federation organize a six-game match between GM Peter Leko (Hungary) and GM Li Chao (China) from 14 to 20 August 2015, at the IH Event Center. The match is aimed to help Leko prepare for the upcoming World Cup at Baku, and the same time control will be [...]

Last night I drew a game against USCF Life Master Brian Wall and at the same time won a victory over myself of the sort described in an earlier posting here. The challenge this week was both over the board, around the board, and under the board. Firstly, whatever his virtues, Brian Wall is a […]

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam (left) and WGM Tan Zhongyi of China won the gold medals in the men`s and women`s divisions, respectively, of the 2015 Asian Rapid Open Continental Championship at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. Silver and bronze medals went to Indians in both divisions of this form of speed chess. More [...]

Tomashevsky and Artemiev Lead in Men’s Russian Championship Superfinal, Goriachkina in Women’s On August 12, games of round 4 of the 68th Men’s and 65th Women’s Russian Championships were played in Chita. Official website/ Men’s games with analysis/ Women’s games with analysis Peter Svidler, after dodging the main variations, produced quite an original interpretation...

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...

Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov walked through the 116th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship to convincingly win the event with 8,5/9 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. Shabalov scored eight consecutive wins from the start of the event and allowed only one draw in the last round against GM Illia Nyzhnyk. This is Shabalov’s [...]

The 41st Badalona International Chess Tournament took place from August 2-10, 2015, in Badalona, a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain. The event was a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. GM Fernando Peralta from Argentina took solo first place with 7.5 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. IM Tigran [...]

Grandmaster Marko Tratar is declared new chess champion of Slovenia after edging Alexander Beliavsky, last year champion Matej Sebenik and Tim Janzelj on tie-break. The four players completed the Championship with 7,0/9 points each. The Championship was held from 3-11th August at Hotel Roskar in Ptuj. The technical organizer was chess club “Ptuj” which is [...]

Today’s challenge: Find the typical pattern – Lasker to move: Lasker against Fortuijn in 1908 White is the exchange and a pawn up and should win. But is it a good idea to offer the exchange back by playing Ra4? Hint: You just need to open a file in order to access Black’s monarch. Answer: […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15 to 20 November 2015 in Reykjavik, Iceland, by the Icelandic Chess Federation’s Arbiters’ Committee, in cooperation with the Icelandic Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Seminar will be held parallel to the European Team Chess Championship 2015. The Lecturer will be [...]

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organize the 2015 Asian Women’s Continental Championship on August 11, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player. The event is a 7-round [...]

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organize the 2015 Asian Rapid-Open Continental Championship on August 11, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player. The event is [...]

The Kavkaz-Chess Blitz Tournament took place on August, 10, 2015, right after SDS-Narzan Tournament, in Kislovodsk, a spa city in Stavropol Krai, Russia. The event is a 15-round Swiss tournament with tempo. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics