Sisters Mariya and Anna Muzychuk were special guests of Montenegro Chess Federation at the press conference

Having a solid opening repertoire and knowledge of typical plans is very important. But that doesn’t mean you need to memorize lots of computer analysis. – Nigel Davies The subject of chess students lending undue weight to computer analysis of the openings recently came up in discussion with GM Davies and friends on Facebook. Folks […]

Jyväs-Shakki chess club organizes the 25th Heart of Finland Open Chess Tournament from 13-19th July at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, Finland. The 9-round Swiss tournament is ELO rated and it is possible to reach FIDE title norms. Estonian players GM Kaido Kulaots and IM Kalle Kiik took the lead with perfect 4/4 score. The third place [...]

Δείτε τα αποτελέσματα, τα προβλήματα και τις λύσεις τους από τον διαγωνισμό που διεξήχθη 15/07/2015 στην Ικαρία. Την επιλογή των προβλημάτων έκανε ο Νίκος Μενδρινός ενώ κριτής του διαγωνισμού ήταν ο Μάριος Αναστασίου. ...

The Minsk International Open Tournament 2015 is taking place from July 15-23, in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus. The event is a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2613) of Belarus heads the field of 128 players from 4 different countries. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics More: Play [...]

ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΜΠΛΙΤΣ1.  ΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ:Ο Σ.Ο. ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης, σε συνεργασία με την ΕΣΣΘΧ, διοργανώνει την Παρασκευή στις 17 Ιουλίου του 2015 όπεν τουρνουά μπλιτς2. ΧΩΡΟΣ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ:Οι αγώνες θα γίνουν στην ΚΟΙΝ.Σ.ΕΠ...

Στιγμιότυπο από τον 3ο γύρο με τον Βασίλη Σαράντο να αντιμετωπίζει τον Πήτερ Προχάσκα ενώ δίπλα τους διακρίνεται ο Ντέηβιντ Σμέρντον - A snapshot from the 3rd round with Vassilis Sarantos playing against Peter Prohaszka and David Smerdon next to them.(* Non-greek speaking visitors...

On Thursday July 16th 2015 the Leiden Chess Tournament will be officially opened by city council Paul Laudy at the City Hall Square in Leiden. Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis/ Standings and statistics Starting at 19:00 pm, the opening event this year will be a match between 2014 Dutch champion GM Loek van Wely [...]

The Leiden Chess Tournament 2015 is taking place from July 16 – 26, in the Leiden Denksportcentrum. The event is a 9-round Swiss open with prize fund >  € 5500. Top seed is British champion GM David Howell 2698. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics

Society “Osmi Dan” from Pozarevac, Serbia, which gathers kids with Down syndrome and their parents, has decided to join forces with the local chess club “Dr Pera Mitrovic” and introduce chess to its members. At the preliminary meeting the kids were delighted with the game, and following further consultation with “Osmi Dan” and the experts, [...]

The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2015 takes place from 12th to 20th July in Vienna, Austria. Mr. Christian Hursky and Mr. Johann Pöcksteiner from the Vienna Chess Federation opened the event together with Mrs. Marianne Klicka, President of the Vienna Parlament, and Mr. Kurt Jungwirth, the President of the Austrian Chess Federation. Mr. Jungwirth reminded all [...]

Thechesswebsite Thechesswebsite is publishing material mainly in video format over YouTube and has more than 130,000 subscribers. Currently he mainly focuses on annotated chess games from recent tournaments and some ‘masala’ chess videos. Some of his videos are for members only but you can find lots of instructive free stuff. With English not being my […]

The 6th Nongxin Cup Danzhou Masters 2015 took place from July 2-11, in Danzhou, China. The event was a 10-player round robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2675. GM Yue Wang finished first with 7/9 points, leaving the runner-up, GM Hua Ni, a full point behind. The highest rated Chinese player GM Liren Ding remained third at 5,5 points. You [...]

A tournament dedicated to the memory of Grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky took place from 3-11th July at the Polugaevsky Chess Club in Samara, Russia. The tournament was the 7th stage of this year’s Cup of Russia. GM Kirill Alekseenko emerged a clear winner on 8/9 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. GM Vladimir Dobrov and [...]

Jyväs-Shakki chess club organizes the 25th Heart of Finland Open Chess Tournament from 13-19th July at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, Finland. The 9-round Swiss tournament is ELO rated and it is possible to reach FIDE title norms. Top seed is last-year’s champion GM Kaido Kulaots. Official website/ Play chess online/ Chess Arena Video Channel