This is another correspondence chess game from the 1978 Golden Knights Postal Championship and another “What was I thinking?” game. Back then I did not own a computer and I did not have access to chess databases or chess engines. I did not even have a book on the French Defense! I was playing from […]

On behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, the Kyrgyz Chess Federation has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2015 Asian Junior Chess Championships under 20 from 2nd (arrival) to 12th October (departure) 2015 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Championships will be played according to [...]

The 16th Obert d’Escacs Ciutat d’Olot was held on 26th July at the Casino Olotí in Olot, Spain. The 9-round Swiss event with the time control 15′+5” was organized by the Club d’Escacs Olot and gathered 90 participants. Grandmaster Fernando Peralta from Argentina emerged clear winner with 8,0/9 points to claim the top prize of [...]

The 24th Open International de Martigny is taking place from 31st July to 3rd August at the Hotel Vatel in Martigny, Switzerland. The tournament is organized by the Cercle de l’Echiquier de Martigny and supported by Commune de Martigny, Etat du Valais, Fonds du sport and Hôtel Vatel Martigny. The playing format is 7-round Swiss [...]

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held at Casa de la Cultura de Benasque in Benasque, Spain from July 3-5, 2015. The Seminar was organized by the City of Benasque, Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA) and FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE). The Lecturer was FIDE Vice President Martha Fierro (IO, FT, WGM) and the lectures were [...]

Η επτάχρονη Ιωάννα Σαράντου, η μικρότερη σκακίστρια των διεθνών αγώνων της Ικαρίας Τα κύπελλα πήγαν στους πρωταθλητές και τις πρωταθλήτριες Ελλάδας και Αιγαίου, αλλά ο μεγάλος αριθμός μεταλλίων απονεμήθηκε και φέτος...

The 4th “Lviv Tradition” chess tournament is taking place from July 27, through August 1, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine. The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The average Elo rating is 2230. Ukrainian IM Dmitry Mischuk and Polish player Piotr Sabuk lead [...]

The secret [of playing decisive games] is simple: you must conduct the game as though it were of precisely no importance, but at the same time instill in each move all of your internal energy, concentrate extremely hard, and attempt to foresee anything unexpected. – Lev Polugaevsky, Grandmaster Preparation Il n’existe pas de grand talent […]

The Korinthia Chess Academy “Argonaftis” is organizing the 5th International Tournament Isthmia 2015 on 18-25th August at the Poseidon Resort Hotel in Loutraki, Korinthia, Greece. Prefecture of Peloponnisos, Municipality of Loutraki – Perahora – Agioi Theodoroi, Municipality of Korinth are supporting the event. The tournament will be held over 9 rounds of Swiss system in [...]

Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Antipov stormed through the 7th qualifier tournament of the FIDE Online Juniors World Blitz Championship that was held last Tursday on the official FIDE Online platform by scoring 11 points from 11 games. Below is annotated one of his victories. The 8th and final Juniors World Blitz qualifier tournament will be held [...]

The 2015 HZ Chess Tournament is taking place from August 1-8, at the University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, in the Netherlands. The event is a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament that gathers 243 players from 16 different federations. Top seed is former World champion GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2704) of Uzbekistan. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

The 26th Czech Open 2015 International Chess and Games Festival is taking place from July 24 through August 1, in Pardubice, a city in the Czech Republic. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″. 289 players from 35 different countries take part in the event, including 34 [...]

The Czech Open 2015 International chess and games festival takes place from July 16 to August 2, 2015, in Pardubice, Tipsport arena. Many chess tournaments took place in Pardubice during the last week. One of the most important and star-studded was rapid chess tournament, in which also very strong chess players took part. “This is [...]

Primorsky Debut, a stage in the Cup of Russia, was held from 21-29th July, 2015, at the DVFU campus in Vladivostok. 57 players, including 11 Grandmasters competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament. Pavel Smirnov took the winner’s trophy after concluding the race with 7,5/9 points, leaving the second placed Aleksey Goganov half a point behind. [...]

The July 2015 edition of the European Chess Union Newsletter is now available for download from ECU website. This edition of the monthly ECU Newsletter contains: - Report about Glorney Gilbert International 2015; (reposted below) - Report about European Youth Team Chess Championship 2015; - Report about European Senior Team Chess Championship 2015; - Report [...]