There was a time, not so long ago, when chess was played in a daring and romantic way. During the 19th Century, Gambits were King and swashbuckling sacrifices were the order of the day! One opening, the King’s Gambit, was commonly played and led to some of the most exciting chess games of this period. […]

First Emirati to win the championship in 12 years Dubai, UAE – The UAE’s Grandmaster GM Salem A.R. Saleh reaffirmed his place among the world’s elite grandmasters after winning the 12th Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid hall of the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Saleh, seeded second in the tournament, only needed [...]

My opponent in this chess game is Charlie K. Leach. He signed every card and letter that he sent to me during our two correspondence chess games with “Good Luck! Chuck”, so I started calling him “Good Luck Chuck” after the movie that starred Jessica Alba. He didn’t get joke at first, but he did […]

The Greek Youth Chess Championships 2015 start today at Porto Rio Hotel, close to Patra. The youth championships are taking place June 26 to July 2. Round 1 of this massive event starts today at 15:30 CET. The round pairings are here and the results will be available at the official website every day after [...]

The 49th Ilmar Raud Memorial is 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 is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 15′ + 30″. GM Aleksandrov Aleksej  (2607) from Belarus heads the field of 61 players [...]

The 49th Ilmar Raud Memorial is 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 venue of play is Viljandi Sports Center, Vaksali 4 (500 meters from the bus station, by the Square of Liberty). The event is played in memorial of Ilmar Raud, member of [...]

The Visma GM Tournament is taking place from 24-28th June, 2015, in Vaxjo, Sweden. The event is a 10-player round robin tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. Top seed is GM Yuri Solodovnichenko (2587) from Ukraine. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics/ Play chess online/ Chess Arena Video Channel More: June magazines in pdf and pgn now available!

The Visma IM-B Tournament is taking place from 24-28th June, 2015, in Vaxjo, Sweden. The event is a 10-player round robin tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. Top seed is IM Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen (2442) from Denmark. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics/ Play chess online/ Chess Arena Video Channel More: June magazines in pdf and pgn now available!

The Visma IM-A Tournament is taking place from 24-28th June, 2015, in Vaxjo, Sweden. The event is a 10-player round robin tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. Top seed is IM Nikolay Milchev (2395) from Bulgaria. Tournament website/ Standings and statistics/ Play chess online/ Chess Arena Video Channel More: June magazines in pdf and pgn now available!

The 19th Pirc Open Maribor International Open Tournament is taking place from June 25 to July 2, in Maribor, the second-largest city in Slovenia. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 30′ + 30″. Bulgarian GM Boris Chatalbashev heads the field of 55 players from 11 [...]

Μέρος 1ο - Εισαγωγή, Μόσχα 1949/1950 Μέρος 2ο - Τουρνουά Διεκδικητών 1952Μέρος 3ο - Rudenko-Bykova 1953Ούτε στο επόμενο τουρνουά διεκδικητών, αυτό του Οκτωβρίου 1955 της Μόσχας - και πάλι - καταφέρνουμε να βγούμε από τη μαύρη τρύπα της...

Seven others – four GMs, an IM and two untitled players – have a chance to win or tie for the championship depending on Thursday night’s final-round results Dubai, UAE – The UAE’s Grandmaster (GM) GM Salem A.R. Saleh remained at the top of the standings going into the final round as he outplayed third-seed GM [...]

The Armenian Chess Federation organized the 8th Karen Asrian Memorial Open Tournament on June 15-25, 2015, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk. The international event was dedicated to the memory of GM Karen Asrian, who passed away in June 2008, at the age of 28. He was member of the Armenian national team which won the first gold [...]

Saru mo ki kara ochiru (“Even monkeys fall from trees”) – Japanese proverb After last week’s loss at the Denver Chess Club, I consoled myself by watching FIDE Men’s #31 Ian Nepomniachtchi obtain and lose a terrible position. Take a look at the game after Nepo’s 18 … Rf6, knight astray, progressive leucopenia, and the […]