The ASEAN Chess Academy, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Thailand Chess Association have the honour of inviting all federations and eligible players for the World Schools Individual Chess Championships 2015 to be organised in Pattaya, Thailand from 6th May (arrival) to 15th May (departure) 2015. There shall be 6 categories; namely Under-07, Under-09 Under-11, Under-13, [...]

In chess, and in the development of the chess mind, we have a portrait of the intellectual struggle of mankind. – Richard Réti I teach chess to grade school children in public school after-school enrichment programs. Some of the children are interested in chess; some of the children are mildly interested in chess; some of […]

The Chess Festival will take place from 20-28th June, 2015, on Silver Lake, Veliko Gradište, Serbia.

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, invite Federations to participate in the Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s) from 1-13 August 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, UAE. Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 [...]

The 24th Annual Eastern Class Championships were held from April 24-26, 2015, at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The event had 7 sections: Master, Expert, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. The playing format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/110, SD/30, d10. [...]

The International Open “Queima das Fitas” 2015 was held from 30th April to 3rd May at the Hotel D. Luis, in Coimbra, Portugal. The 7-round Swiss event was organized by the Chess Section of the Academic Association of Coimbra, with the support of the Portuguese Chess Federation, of the Chess Association of Coimbra District and [...]

The 2015 Paraguay National Congress Open Blitz Chess Tournament took place on 4th May, in Asuncion, the capital and largest city of Paraguay. The event was a 7-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 5′ + 3″ for the first three rounds and 10′ + 2″ for the last four rounds. 78 players from 3 [...]

De Saint Amant,Pierre Charles Four – Morphy,Paul Paris, 1858 In general it has been advised not to move your king side pawns, or more precisely the pawns on the side where you intend to castle. In this game Morphy’s opponent did this and paid the penalty. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 […]

Chess has been defined as “food for the brain” and a “special” diet constitutes one of the secrets of the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who, during his recent triumph in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, has revealed that his meals are prepared by his personal chef. Until now, chess and food was quite an unusual binomial, but things [...]

The Kosovo & Metohija Chess Union organized the regional Cup on 26th April at the Students Center in Kosovska Mitrovica. Five teams took participation in the event. Chess Club “Trepca” from Kosovska Mitrovica won the Cup and qualified for the final stage of “Svetozar Gligoric Cup”, which will take place from 16-22nd May in Kraljevo. [...]

The 47th Italian Team Chess Championship was held from 29th April to 3rd May in Civitanova Marche. 17 teams competed in the 7-round Swiss event. Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova took the title ahead of WorldTradingLab Club 64 Modena. The two teams finished with 11 match points each, but Padova boasted better sum of individual points (20 [...]

The final weekend of the Four Nations Chess League (otherwise known as the 4ncl) always falls on the first May bank holiday. This time the venue was Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire. The last two weekends have moved to the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport where all Division 1 &2 will be played next season. I […]

The 31st European Club Cup and the 20th European Club Cup for Women will take place in Skopje/FYR Macedonia, from 17th October (arrival and opening) to 25th October 2015 (departure). The official venue will be the 5* hotel Aleksandar Palace. The championships will be held in 7 rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance [...]

Chess Federation of Central Serbia, Chess Club Krusik and City of Valjevo are organizing a round robin tournament in memory of former CFCS President Selimir Manojlovic. The tournament will take place from 9-15th May at the Hotel Grand in Valjevo. The average elo of the participants is 2391. Milan Zajic and Nikola Radovanovic, talented juniors [...]

The Chess Association of Malawi hosted the 2015 FIDE Zone 4.3 Individual Chess Championships from April 17th to 26th at Shire Highlands Hotel in the Central Business District (CBD) of Limbe (Blantyre) in Malawi. The event was held under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation. 34 players of 7 countries participated in the Open [...]