The 2015 Vietnam Individual Men’s Chess Championship is taking place from 18-25th April, 2015. The event is an 11-round Swiss tournament with average Elo rating of 2216. GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (2498) heads the field of 28 players, including 4 GMs. Tournament website More: Play online chess / Chess Arena Video Channel / Modern Chess Magazine New: April online magazines 500 [...]

The 14th Open Heraklion, part of the Heraklion Grand Prix Series 2015, is taking place on 14-19th April, 2015 at the luxurious Hotel Astoria**** in Heraklion, the capital of the island of Crete, Greece. The event is organized by the Heraklion Chess Club in collaboration with Hersonisos Chess Academy, Neas Alikarnassou “Nei Irodotou” Sports Club, Heraklion N.G.C., Anogia Chess Club, [...]

The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial is taking place on 16-25th April, 2015, in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Round 1 results: GM Anand Viswanathan – GM Carlsen Magnus 1/2-1/2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar – GM Caruana Fabiano 1/2-1/2 GM So Wesley – GM Giri Anish 1-0 GM Mamedov Rauf – GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 1/2-1/2 GM Kramnik Vladimir – GM [...]

If you follow the tournament circuit, you undoubtedly know about what I am now referring to as “doodle-gate.” I use the word doodle, because that is exactly what Wesley did during a ninth round game at the United States Chess Championship in St. Louis earlier this month. An Arbiter declared Wesley’s game against Varuszhan Akobian […]

Wesley So bounces in the best possible way

Video of the opening in Anand - Carlsen

The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial is taking place on 16-25th April, 2015, in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Live games with analysis Vijay Kumar presents the video of the opening ceremony and interviews with the players

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized on 12 and 13 September 2015 in Le Mans, France, by the French Chess Federation National Arbiters Commission and the Ligue des Pays de la Loire, with Chess Club Le Mans, in cooperation with the French Chess Federation and under the auspice of FIDE. The Lecturer [...]

Live video from the top April closed event

This is my second cc game with Harold Boege. The first game was in the previous round of the 2011 Golden Knights Postal Championship. This game is from the final round and it may be my only win from this round. I am the only NON master in this section and I expect to finish […]

The 14th Open Heraklion Grand Prix 2015 is taking place on14-19th April, 2015 at the luxurious Hotel Astoria**** in Heraklion, the capital of the island of Crete, Greece. The event is organized by the Heraklion Chess Club as a part of the Heraklion Grand Prix Series 2015. The format of the tournament is 7-round Swiss FIDE. Official website

The curtains came down on the 17th Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup with Turkey’s Grandmaster (GM) Dragan Solak receiving the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup during Wednesday night’s awarding ceremony at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Solak, a Serbian who now represents Turkey, scored seven points [...]

The favorite magazine of Carlsen's fans is available in the Chessdom shop

Report from the opening ceremony of Shamkir 2015

The Chess Association of Malawi has the honour of inviting all chess federations in Zone 4.3 that are affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the 2015 Zone 4.3 Individual Chess Championships. The event is held under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation. The Championships will be held from 17th April [...]