The May Lviv Tradition (IM Group) round-robin tournament is taking place from 26th May to 1st June, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine. The event is a 12-player single round-robin tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The tempo of play is 90′ + 30″ and the average [...]

The German Youth Championship for boys under 18 is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championship for girls under 18 is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championship for boys under 16 is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championship for girls under 16 is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championship for boys under 14 is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championship for girls under 14 is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championships for boys and girls under 12 are taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The tournament format is 11-round Swiss with tempo of play 75′/ 40 + 15′ + 30″. Tournament website

The German Youth Championships for boys and girls under 10 are taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The tournament format is 11-round Swiss with tempo of play 75′/ 40 + 15′ + 30″. Tournament website

The Open A German Junior Championship is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss open individual tournament for players under 25. The tempo of play is 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Top seed player is IM Hagen Poetsch. Tournament website

The Open B German Junior Championship Open B is taking place from 23-31st May, 2015, in Willingen, Germany. The event is a 9-round Swiss open individual tournament for players under 25. The tempo of play is 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Top seed players are Estelle Morio, Max Bilau and Adrian Buchloh. Tournament website

Georgian IM Nino Batsiashvili (2473) defeated GM Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN 2472) with Black and remained the leader at the 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2015. WGM Mihaela Sandu (ROU 2300) continues with great play as she defeated former World and European Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2512). The most interesting encounter of the [...]

The 11th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2015 is returning to its birthplace in Singapore after ten years – from 30 May to 8 June 2015, the Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) will welcome an estimated 350 participants from 20 countries to the playing venue at Nanyang Technology University (NTU) in Singapore. First proposed by Mr Ignatius [...]

A controversial improvement method is to play blindfold chess. Blindfold exhibitions were banned in the Soviet Union in 1930 because they were thought to be a health hazard, though I have yet to see any evidence that this is true. And I’ve found that it has helped my own game to practice visualizing ahead in […]

The 10th American Continental Chess Championship was held from 15-24th May, 2015, in the Telecommunications Tower (ANTEL Tower), in Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay. The event was organized by the Uruguay Chess Federation (FUA), under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Montevideo Municipality and ANTEL Telecommunications company. GM Sandro Mareco from...