The Chilean Ministry of Social Development and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) signed the Social Initiative Chess Agreement to facilitate the integration of children, youth and vulnerable senior citizens through the game of chess. The aim is to promote strategic thinking and intergenerational exchange in vulnerable sectors. The FIDE Social Action Commission Chair, Beatriz Marinello, [...]

Ένα μικρό οδοιπορικό στον 1ο Πολιτιστικό-Σκακιστικό Γύρο ΘεσσαλονίκηςΟ Σ.Ο. Σαχ Θεσσαλονίκης διοργάνωσε  με επιτυχία τον 1ο Πολιτιστικό – Σκακιστικό Γύρο Θεσσαλονίκης. Με οδηγό τη ρήση του τέως παγκόσμιου...

Some wicked complicated positions from the Yugoslav Dragon Sicilian, with Nakamura playing both sides of the position. Analysis for the Robson game from Hiarcs Chess, whilst the other games have notations of other games included from Chess King 2. Fierce fighting and victories on both sides of the position lend me to believe the position […]

The second qualifying tournament of the FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 took place on July 9 on the official FIDE Online Arena. 29 female players from 18 different countries participated in the event. Top seed was World Women’s #3 GM Humpy Koneru of India. Anutiki18 (WGM, IM Anna Zozulia) and Gvetadze (WGM, IM Sofio Gvetadze) [...]

OPorto Open 2015 is taking place from 13-19th July at the Hotel Beta in Porto, Portugal. The tournament is included in the National Circuit of Classic Chess of the Portuguese Chess Federation. The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Grupo de Xadrez do Porto, the oldest Portuguese chess club, as a celebration of its 75th anniversary. [...]

The 2015 “Yin Zhou” Cup China-Russia (women) is taking place from July 14-21, in Ningbo, one of China’s oldest cities. The event is a friendly match between the women teams of Russia and China. Each team will be represented by five players. Russia: GM Gunina Valentina 2548, WGM Girya Olga 2486, WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2486, WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 and IM Kashlinskaya...

The 48th Biel/ Bienne International Grandmaster Tournament is taking place from July 18-31, 2015, in Biel/ Bienne, a town in Switzerland. The tournament has an average of 2720 Elo points (Category 19) and will be held according to the Double Round Robin System with the strong participation of: Michael Adams, ENG (2740), Radoslaw Wojtaszek, POL [...]

The 17th Sant Marti Open 2015 is taking place from July 13-21, in the hall of Centre Civic Sant Marti, Barcelona, Spain. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′ + 30″. Armenian player GM Karen Grigoryan (2580) heads the field of 158 players from 33 different countries. Among them are [...]

The FIDE Seminar for International Organizers was held in Konya, Turkey from 29-30th June 2015. The seminar was organized by the FIDE Event’s Commission (EVE) and the Turkish Chess Federation, and held in conjunction with the European School Individual Championship. The Lecturer was IO Alexander Kostyev. 15 participants successfully took the examination test and are [...]

The 2015 Belgium Chess Championship was held from July 4-12, at the Sports Hall Schelle, located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with prize fund in total of € 10,000. Romanian player GM Levente Vajda was convincing with 8,5/9 points, leaving the runner-up, FM Gorik Cools of Belgium, 1,5 points [...]

The 10th Poti International Chess Festival “Nana Aleksandria Cup 2015″ is taking place from July 12-21, in Poti, Georgia. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30′ + 30″. Top seed is Georgian best player GM Baadur Jobava (2693), while the first prize is GEL 6,000 (nearly € 2,500).. Tournament website/ Play [...]

Άποψη από το χώρο αγώνων του φετινού 38ου Διεθνούς Σκακιστικού Τουρνουά "Ίκαρος" 2015 - View of the playing venue of the 38th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2015.(* Non-greek speaking visitors, please scroll below) Με τους αγώνες των πρώτων δύο γύρων ξεκίνησε ο φετινός...

This week’s puzzle is not very hard, but it is unusual because to win White has to sacrifice two Queens. This doesn’t happen very often, and it is even rarer to sacrifice two Queens on the same move. This is the only position I know where it happened. How does White to play win? The […]

The Jubilee Tourney for mr Manolas 65th birthday is not accepting any other entries.30 composers from 11 countries have sent 60 compositions.36 HotF anonymized compositions have been sent to the judge mr Ioannis Kalkavouras.24 Fairy anonymized compositions will be judged by mr Emmanuel Manolas.Around September 2015 the Award will be published. All the composers will receive a copy by e-mail.The...

The 2015 FIDE Zonal Chess Championship 3.5 took place from June 30 to July 6, in Zhongshan, China. The event was a qualification for the Women’s World Championship. The format of the tournament was 11-round Swiss with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. 2015 Chinese champion for women WGM Zhongyi Tan emerged a convincing winner at [...]