Gaioz Nigalidze, winner of the Georgian championship in 2013 and 2014, used a smart phone hidden in a toilet to consult moves with a chess computer. A chess Grandmaster has been banned from the Dubai Open Chess Tournament after he was found to have used an electronic device during a match. GM Gaioz Nigalidze of Georgia was [...]

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Tournament which also incorporates the Thailand Open Championship 2015 is now underway at the Dusit Thani Resort in Pattaya, Thailand. Held annually with Thailand’s biggest holiday period when the Songkran Water Festival takes place, the event which is taking place from 12-19 April 2015 comprises an International Open and a [...]

FIDE and the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission are going to organize an Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar, from 25 to 31 May 2015, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Jesus Mena (ESP), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councilor and FIDE Lecturer. The Technical Organizer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE), FIDE [...]

The name of Fred Reinfeld came up recently on the Chess Book Collectors Facebook page. For decades now Reinfeld has been mocked and slated by many strong players, but his books are still remembered fondly by those who grew up with them 50 or more years ago, so much so that “21st century” editions in […]

The World Women’s Team Championship is organized by the Chinese Chess Federation and FIDE from 18-29th April, 2015, in Chengdu, China. The event is a round-robin team championship with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, China, Georgia, India, Poland, Armenia, USA, Kazakhstan and Egypt. Tournament website Play chess ONLINE in Chessdom Arena!/ Chess Arena Video Channel

The 10th JAPFA International Chess Festival is set to start at the Hotel Kartika Chandra in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main event of the Festival is the GM tournament, taking place from 14-23rd April as a round robin event with 12 players. GM Sergey Tiviakov 2662 Netherlands GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2577 India GM Rogelio Antonio [...]

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2015 is taking place from 12-19th April at the Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. Top seeds are GM Hao Wang (China) 2713, GM Fransisco Vallejo Pons (Spain) 2708 and GM Nigel Short (England) [...]

Russian Grandmaster (GM) Vladimir Fedoseev won the champion’s cup at the Dubai Open Blitz Chess Tournament, held during the free day of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup last Friday. The Russian fifth-seed finished the tournament unbeaten with 10 points on nine wins and two draws, [...]

I was once offered a piece of advice regarding parenting, “you’re damned if you do and damned of you don’t.” During the early years of your child’s life, he or she looks up to you as parent and hero and all things in between. Then come the teenage years and with them rebellion. No matter […]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 24 to 27 June 2015 in Silver Lake – Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, by the Central Serbia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar will be the Danubia Hotel – Srebrno Jezero. The Lecturer will be IA Vyron Tsorbatzoglou (GRE), [...]

The 19th Voronezh International Chess Festival 2015 will be held from 10-21st June at the Voronezh Chess Club, F.Engels str. 34, in Voronezh, Russian Federation. The festival program includes following events: 1. Chess 960 (Fischer chess) – 10.06 (Wednesday). Start at 11:00. 7 rounds swiss, 15 minutes + 3 seconds per move. 2. Rapid tournament [...]

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 30th March to 2nd April 2015, organized by the Tunisia Chess Federation, in cooperation with Africa Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the African Queen Hotel in Hammamet. The Seminar was held concurrently with the FIDE Zone [...]

From 12 to 15 February 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Luang Prabang, Laos, by the National Chess Federation of Laos, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), Asian Chess Federation Executive Director and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was [...]

Modern Chess, the new online chess magazine in pdf and pgn, is now published. Subscribers are already receiving the files in their mailbox. The main part of the edition by GM Gavrikov, GM Chatalbashev, GM Kuljasevic, GM Grigorov, and IM Kozhuharov will be expanded with two extra articles, for a total of 100 pages this [...]

The lead pack has been narrowed down to three after four gruelling rounds, even as English Grandmaster (GM) David Howell, the highest-ranked player, continued to stamp his class in the  17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup Thursday night at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. LIVE Games [...]