Margaret Murphy is the President of the US Virgin Islands Chess Federation and served as member of the Appeals Committee for the FIDE Women’s World Championship in Sochi. In the first part of the interview she shared her impressions about the championship, the venue, the visit of Russian Prime Minister, and involvement of women in [...]

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 on its DD Sports Channel from 27-30th April. Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under: 1st Episode on 27th April 2015 from 11 to 11.30 pm (GMT 17:30hrs) [...]

Ο Σ.Ο.Αιγάλεω σε συνεργασία με το Σ.Ο. Στρατηγική Υπεροχή Κηφισιάς, την Α.Ο. Δεξαμενής Μεταμόρφωσης και την Ε.Σ.Σ.Ν.Α., διοργανώνει τον 10ο Προκριματικό Όμιλο του 5ου Γκραν-Πρι Ράπιντ Αττικής. Τόπος-Χρόνος: Κυριακή 26...

Γράφει ο Κοσμάς Κέφαλος Καταξιωμένοι και διαχρονικά επίκαιροι ποιητές, όπως ο Καβάφης και ο Αναγνωστάκης, καθώς και αρκετοί σύγχρονοι, όπως οι Βαγενάς, Βλαβιανός, Γαρμπής, Γκανάς, Κουτσουμπέλη, Πατρίκιος, Χαραλαμπίδη...

Cuba defeated Egypt in round four of the FIDE World Team Chess Championship to remain on the top of the crosstable with 7 match points. China and Ukraine won against Armenia and Israel respectively to maintain close distance one point behind the leader. The host Armenia and defending champion Russia (without Vladimir Kramnik) are struggling [...]

Less than two weeks after hosting the 2015 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) will host representatives from across the world for a special press conference to announce the establishment of a new international chess circuit of the world’s leading professional chess players. Date: Friday, [...]

Life is full of little ironies for the stupid – P.J. O’Rourke One irony of chess is that sometimes the most satisfying games artistically are the competitive stumbling blocks. For example, we present two games from the recent 2015 Colorado Closed Championship and Scholastic Championship in which a lower section winner suffered a loss, These […]

Georgia defeated Kazakhstan in round 4 of the FIDE Women’s World Team Championship to maintain the lead with 7 match points. Russia is close behind with 6 points after scoring a narrow victory against India. Full results below. Replay games with analysis / Official website Round 4 results: INDIA – RUSSIA 1½:2½ GM Koneru Humpy [...]

The 78th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament is set to take place 15-31st January, 2016, in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

The 4th European Small Nations Tournament is currently in progress in Les Cotils, Guernsey. The event is a 9-round team tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″ and an average Elo rating of 2088. The teams of 10 different countries participate in the competition: Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, [...]

Garry Kasparov – Nigel Short Legends Match is held on April 25-26 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), rekindling the duo’s match at the 1993 World Chess Championship. The first Battle of the Legends exhibition match will be played in a series of rapid and blitz games (two rapid games [...]

The 10th JAPFA International Chess Festival is in progress at the Hotel Kartika Chandra in Jakarta, Indonesia. The round-robin GM tournament with hefty prize fund in the amount of 8,800 USD is led by Indonesian IM Winshand Cuhendi Sean and Vietnamese GM Anh Dung Nguyen who have 7/10 points. Top seed GM Sergey Tiviakov of the Netherlands is currently third with 6/10. On April, [...]

Chess is war. In war it is advisable to fight when and where you have a stronger force and the same applies in chess. If you’ve got the better game in a particular area of the board then this is where you should fight, and Paul Morphy does so in the following game: Paulsen,Louis – […]

Η ΕΣΣΠ προτίθεται να αναμορφώσει τον τρόπο διεξαγωγής των σχολικών πρωταθλημάτων. Για τον λόγο αυτό καταθέτει την παρούσα πρόταση αναμόρφωσης των αγώνων για διαβούλευση με όλους τους εμπλεκόμενους. Παρακαλούμε...

The 38th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2015 will be held from Saturday 11th till Sunday 19th of July at Aghios Kirykos, the capital town of Ikaria.