The 6th Qualification Tournament of the 1st FIDE World Online Amateur Blitz Championship 2015 was held on 25th June on the official FIDE Online platform. AIM Samanta Debarghya (1920) from India stormed through the tournament, finishing with 10/11 points and leaving the runner-up a full point behind. Two of the sharpest games are annotated below. The Championship consists [...]

After a flight from one of the smallest airports I have flown from, Cheltenham, I arrived in Douglas, it is well suited to a chess event – everything is nearby and weather permitting there is good potential for walks along the pretty seafront. Pokerstars are the main sponsor of the tournament which began with a... Continue Reading

The 43rd Annual World Chess Open is taking place from June 30-July 5, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The event has 8 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200 and Unrated. The Open section has a 5-day schedule (July 1-5), [...]

The ECU Educational Commission is conducting a survey of its member Federations. The survey has got two objectives: to obtain basic information about the Federations of the ECU and to understand the place of chess in the education system of the Federation countries. The survey is led by the ECU Educational Commission, and they will [...]

The Turkish Chess Federation and “I’m Growing up with Chess Club” (Satrançla Büyüyorum), with financial support from the SporToto Administration, have initiated a project that will establish chess corners in 1000 kindergartens across Turkey, introducing pupils in these kindergartens to chess and providing professional chess education to teachers in order to disseminate chess...

Βραδυνή άποψη του λιμανιού του Αγίου Κηρύκου - Night view of the port of Aghios Kirykos.(* Non-greek speaking visitors, please scroll below) Πανελλήνια Ανοιχτά Πρωταθλήματα Ανδρών και Γυναικών 2015:Τα Πανελλήνια Ατομικά Ανοιχτά Πρωταθλήματα Ανδρών και...

The reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen lost 23 Elo points in Norway Chess 2015 super tournament but nevertheless he is still on top with Elo rating of 2853. Former World champions Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov are right behind him, both having Elo rating of 2816. Hikaru Nakamura is once again on fourth position with 2814. [...]

Congratulations to Topalov for winning Norway Chess 2015, so far the worst ever tournament for Carlsen. In this tournament we’ve seen some mistakes which are generally not seen in top rated tournaments. Though in chess no one can win, one can only lose! Here is a list of some of them from the tournament. (1) […]

The 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival is scheduled to take place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region. Official website/ LIVE games with analysis Dutch player GM Sergei Tiviakov returns to the Swedish tournament Rilton Cup – after 25 [...]

Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the 2015 Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round of the event. The 2015 Commonwealth Chess Championship was held from 22-30th June at Hotel Park Plaza, Shahdara, New Delhi, India. The event has attracted 298 [...]

GM Roland Salvador from Philippines won “Expo Milan Chess Move 2015”, hosted in Milan 20th to 28th June, during Expo, the world biggest event about food and nutrition

Αναστέλλεται η διεξαγωγή του Ομαδικού Πρωταθλήματος της Α Εθνικής μετά από απόφαση του Υφυπουργού Πολιτισμού Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων.....

This new film by the Israeli film-maker Yossi Aviram looks interesting. Meanwhile it’s interesting to reflect that all three sisters are now retired from tournament play. Nigel Davies

The Russian Higher League, the 4th stage of the 68th Russian Men’s Chess Championship and the 65th Women’s Championship, is being held in Kaliningrad from June 21 till July 2 as part of the Chess in Museums international program implemented by the Russian Chess Federation together with Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation. On June [...]

Chess For Girls project is sponsored by FIDE (FIDE Women’s Commission), Webster University – SPICE, and the Susan Polgar Foundation, with support from the Austrian Chess Federation, Vienna Chess Federation and hosted by Webster University Vienna. The organizers have invited the top 10 highest rated girls in the world (1 per country limit) to Webster [...]