A chess school by one of the world’s leading Grandmasters, Sergey Karjakin, was inaugurated at the ceremony in the conference hall of the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). The ceremony was attended by the officials, friends and chess players, including RCF President Andrei Filatov, Director of FIDE Moscow office Berik Balgabaev, [...]

This game continues our examination of the London System. The following game exemplifies how to play against this System using a King’s Indian model. This game, from two of the finest tactical GM’s,  is worthy of your attention on several fronts. For clarity, Black’s play is a model of focus, and uses every means possible […]

The Tunisian Chess Federation hosted the 2015 FIDE Zone 4.1 Individual Chess Championships from 25th March to 1st April in Hammamet, Tunisia. 28 players of 4 countries gathered for the event held under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation (ACC). In the Open section 18 players from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Tunisia competed for [...]

38th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2015 Aegean Open Championship 2015(11-19 July 2015, Aghios Kirykos, Ikaria island, GREECE)Once more, for the 38th consecutive time, “Ikaros” is preparing to host the Greek and foreigner chess players who will visit the beautiful island of Ikaria this summer seeking to combine chess with low cost vacations. The 38th International Chess Tournament...

Video analysis by GM Davorin Kuljasevic

Fide Maser (FM) Saeed Ishaq returned to his giant-killing ways after the Dubai stalwart felled Serbian Grandmaster (GM) Milos Perunovic in Wednesday’s third round of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Ishaq won a pawn in a complicated [...]

The International Chess Festival 2nd “OPEN IASI” is scheduled to take place in Iasi, Romania, from 29th May to 6th June, 2015. The venue of play is Polyvalent Hall and the tempo of play in Open A and Open B is 90′ + 30″. The festival will have three sections with total prize fund 23,000 € and will be valid for [...]

A well-known sports writer Viktor Vasilyev wrote the books Zagadka Talya (“Tal’s Mystery”) and Vtoroe “ya” Petrosiana (“Petrosian’s second “I”). He expressed [an] idea there [about the influence of early family life on chess] . I’m the boy from a problem-free family that lived a relatively quiet life, not taking into account the global...

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh won the FIDE Zone 3.2 Chess Championship that concluded at Nepal earlier this month. Bangladesh players dominated this event and took all the top four places. Ziaur Rahman started with a draw and ended with two draws to win the six middle rounds. He totaled 7½/9 to win by a [...]

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko awarded the 15th Women’s World Chess Champion Mariya Muzychuk with the national Order “For Merit”. Poroshenko congratulated Mariya, her sister Anna, her parents and trainers for the fantastic achievement. He reminded that Anna Muzychuk is reigning Women’s World Blitz Champion. Mariya Muzychuk thanked the President for his kind words and...

Second round  of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup saw most of the grandmasters and international masters pitted against each other. English Grandmaster (GM) David Howell maintained a clean slate as he led the second-round winners of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan [...]

Η Ακαδημία των Σπορ προκηρύσσει θεματικό ατομικό πρωτάθλημα RAPID 5 αγωνιστικών (Σικελική Άμυνα και η βαριάντα Δράκος) με διεθνή αξιολόγηση την Κυριακή 19/04/2015 και ώρα 17.00 στο CAFÉ ΜΕΛΙ.

Meek,Alexander Beaufort – Morphy,Paul 1855 This game is ideal for explaining the general rules of openings. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 This is a gambit. The reason behind playing gambit is to develop forces rapidly whilst on the other hand the opponent is investing a move to capture the material (usually a pawn). […]

Chinese Grandmaster Zhou Weiqi has won the Premier section of the 2015 Doeberl Cup after concluding the event with 7,5/9 points. He could even afford a last round loss, having amassed a big lead earlier in the tournament. The 2015 O2C Doeberl Cup took take place from 2-6th April at the University House, 1 Balmain [...]

The 9th Annual Philadelphia Open was held over the Easter weekend from April 1-5, 2014, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cuban Grandmaster Yuniesky Quesada Perez took the winner’s trophy and bonus prize after edging Ioan Cristian Chirila of Romania on tie-break. The two players finished on 7,0/9 points each. The [...]