GM Alexander Donchenko is а 17-years-old chess prodigy with Elo rating 2567. The young German Grandmaster has already taken a 2700′s scalp when he defeated Arkadij Naiditsch in May. The next target for him is to crush the 2600 barrier. It may be the German super promise to do in 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival, where he [...]

Former Asian Junior Champion IM Narayanan Srinath (India) edged IM Maksim Vavulin (Russia) on tie-break to take the winner’s trophy in the 11th Uros Dinic Memorial. Narayanan and Vavulin finished on 7,5/9 points each in the field of 136 players. The 11th Uros Dinic Memorial was held on 5th July at the Hotel Petrus in [...]

The 49th Ilmar Raud Memorial was organized by Viljandi CC Fellin from June 29 to July 5, 2015, at the Viljandi Sports Center in Viljandi, a town in southern Estonia. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 15′ + 30″. Latvian GM Arturs Neiksans emerged a sole winner at 7/9 points, [...]

Fabiano Caruana, who is back again on the U.S. rating list, emerged a convincing winner of the 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Meeting elite chess tournament, which took place from June 27 to July 5, at the NRW Orchestra Centre in Dortmund, Germany. Caruana scored 5.5/7 points, leaving the nearest followers 1.5 point behind. He started with [...]

One advantage of having more material than your opponent is that you have more flexibility of plans. One plan available to you that is hardly ever available to your opponent is to return some of the material to obtain a position that you can win easily. In this week’s problem, White has a Bishop for […]

The 8th International Chess Festival “Sport Summer 2015″ is taking place from July 3-10, in the Serbian town of Paracin. The Master’s event is a 9-round Swiss open that gathers 115 players from 17 different countries, including 11 GMs and 13 IMs. Top seed is Hungarian player GM Tamas Banusz (2582). Tournament website

The 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal for men and women will be held in Chita on August 8-21. The fields are completed after the conclusion of the Higher League in Kaliningrad. The event is sponsored by RCF, Timchenko Charitable Foundation, Zabaykalsky Krai government and chess federation, and Norilsk Nikel. The following players have the right to [...]

After a very successful first edition of International Etna tournament in Nicolosi (CT), in December, a new event – 6th International Terre degli Elimi Tournament will be organized this summer by Alessandro Monaco and his chess club “Amici della Scacchiera” (Chessboard Friends) on the west side of the Sicily island in Erice. Three Opens, A [...]

The 23rd Open Internacional Ciutat de Montcada was held from 25th June to 3rd July at the Espai Cultural Kursaal in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. Th main Open A had 85 participants from 19 countries, including 12 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters. Grandmaster Salvador Del Rio De Angelis took a clear first place with 7,5/9 [...]

Going into round 5 I was on 3/4 and had white against an experienced tournament player who, back in 1962, had won the Barstow Cup, which appears to be the individual championship of the Civil Service Chess League. He chose a passive variation of the Old Indian Defence which left him short of space and […]

15-year old WGM Gunay Mammadzada from Azerbaijan scored 8-1 to win Chess For Girls 2015! IM Sara Khadem (IRI) and WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) tied for 2nd and 3rd with 6-3 while IM Nastassia Ziaziulkina finished fourth with 5.5-3.5. Final standings: 1. WGM Mammadzada Gunay AZE – 8.0 2-3. IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI and WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ – 6.0 4. IM Ziaziulkina...

Jon Ludvig Hammer who beat Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess lately will return to the 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival in Stockholm and hunt for his third title in a row. No one has managed that in Rilton´s 45 year long history. Best so far is Radoslaw Wоjtaszek with two wins 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 and a 2nd [...]

Το "Σκακιστικό Καφενείο" την Κυριακή 5 Ιουλίου 2015 θα ψηφίσει ΟΧΙ.  Αγωνιζόμαστε γιά μιά καλύτερη ζωή! Αγωνιζόμαστε γιά αξιοπρέπεια, δικαιοσύνη, ισότητα, ισονομία, μόρφωση, πολιτισμό και παιδεία, ελευθερία και...

The Marshall Chess Club is organizing the 8th New York International which will be held in two sections: Championship on July 15-19 and U2200 on July 23-26. In honor of the Marshall’s 100-year anniversary (the club was established in 1915), the NY International will be returning home to 23 W. 10th St. this year. The [...]

The 19th Pirc Open Maribor International Open Tournament took place from June 25 to July 2, in Maribor, the second-largest city in Slovenia. The event in Memoriam of GM Vasja Pirc was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis Bulgarian GM Boris Chatalbashev emerged a clear [...]