The 42nd Utrecht Open A Chess Championship (OKU) is taking place from 5-7th June, 2015, in Utrecht, in the Netherlands. The event will be played at the Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium school close to the center of Utrecht, in a 6-round Swiss format. The tempo of play is 110′ + 10″. 84 players headed by Hungarian [...]

The 42nd Utrecht Open B Chess Championship (OKU) is taking place from 5-7th June, 2015, in Utrecht, in the Netherlands. The event will be played at the Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium school close to the center of Utrecht, in a 6-round Swiss format. The tempo of play is 110′ + 10″. 66 players are vying for the first [...]

“A Pawn is Worth a Thousand Gold Generals.” – Shogi proverb Sailors and merchants brought Shatranj to southeast Asia sometime between the 9th and 11th centuries, whence it spread to China and Japan.  Shogi is the Japanese national variant of the game we call Chess, and it’s a fine game in its own right. The […]

From 13 to 17 May 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held in Esfahan, Iran, organized by the Esfahan Chess Association, in cooperation with the Iran Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer of the Seminar was IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant [...]

Russian Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk won the 2015 European-ACP Women’s Rapid Championship after concluding the race with 8,5/11 points. Kosteniuk took the gold despite the loss in the final round. Prior to that she had a strong run with six consecutive victories. Valentina Gunina, also from Russia, was in position to overtake Kosteniuk, but she was [...]

The Madagascar Chess Federation (FMJE) has the honor to invite all players affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2015 Chess Open International de Madagascar. The event will be held from the 5-9th August 2015 at the Centre Culturel Malagasy (IKM), Antsahavola in Antananarivo, Madagascar. In accordance with FIDE regulations, the 2015 Chess Open International [...]

The 11th Asian Schools Chess Championships has completed the sixth round and so reached the two thirds stage. Singapore’s Liu Xiangyi and Filipino IM Paolo Bersamina are tied for first with 5/6 in Open U-17 in contrast to World Schools Champion Shania Mae Mendoza from the Philippines crushing the opposition with 6/6 so far. There [...]

The Norway Chess 2015 super tournament is taking place from 15-26th June at Flor & Fjære (introductory blitz tournament), Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus, Utstein Kloster Rennesøy (round 4) and Vitenfabrikken, Sandnes (rest day). From this year Norway Chess has joined forces with Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic to form the Grand Chess Tour circuit. Each [...]

Δίσταζα να αρχίσω μια σειρά αναρτήσεων σε σχέση με το σκάκι δι αλληλογραφίας όπως παίζεται στη σύγχρονη εκδοχή του, θεωρώντας πως ενδιαφέρει ελάχιστα. Οι Έλληνες ενεργοί παίκτες - τουλάχιστον στα επίσημα τουρνουά της...

Tο άνοιγμα πήρε το βασικό όνομά του από τον Γάλλο σκακιστή Marcel Desprez. Η πρώτη κίνηση του λευκού που χαρακτηρίζει το άνοιγμα είναι η: 1.θ4.Ανήκει στα σπάνια παιγμένα ανοίγματα, εκτός από τις ονομασίες Desprez και Anti-Borg με τις...

Grandmaster Nikita Maiorov emerged clear winner of the Torneo Internazionale di Scacchi Tortoreto Lido that was held from 26th May to 2nd June in Villaggio Salinello, Italy. Maiorov collected 7,0/9 points to win the Open A in the field of 51 players and earn 1400 EUR top prize. Italians GM Danyyil Dvirnyy and IM Alessio [...]

UAE’s GM Salem AR Saleh in neck-and-neck battle with GM Bassem Amin of Egypt for the runner-up spot going into Wednesday’s final round Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis/ Standings and statistics Qatar’s Grandmaster (GM) Mohammed Al-Sayed clinched the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup, with a round to spare following a spectacular display of...

The 4th International Open Salento took place from 23-30th May, 2015, at the Ecoresort Le Sirene ****, in Gallipoli, in the Italian Province of Lecce. The hotel is located within a lush green oasis, in one of the most beautiful bays of Salento (Puglia) with stunning views of the bay of Torre del Pizzo to hold the  9-round Swiss tournament with prize fund in total of...

During the FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Khanty Mansiysk, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and President of the Spanish Chess Federation, Javier Ochoa de Echagüen, signed a chess in schools partnership agreement. It was witnessed by acting governor of Ugra, Natalia Komarova. This followed on from a very productive meeting in Palma de Mallorca between the [...]

Morphy,Paul – Meek,A USA, 1857 This is really good game to show students the importance of a space advantage and how to use it. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.Be3 Ne7 5.Ne2 b6 6.Nd2 Bb7 7.0–0 This seems to be an unorthodox way of developing pieces but it has the advantage of leaving White’s […]