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Big upsets rocked the opening day of the 17th Dubai Open Chess Championship – Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup, which was inaugurated by His Excellency Ibrahim Abdul Malik, Secretary-General of the UAE Public Authority for Youth and Sports Welfare, Sheikh Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla, Chairman of the Sharjah Chess and [...]

The 9th Open Lugano 2015 took place from 3-6th April, at the luxurious Hotel Pestalozzi****, in Lugano, a city in southern Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. The event was a 6-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 15′ + 30″. Bulgarian GM Boris Chatalbashev edged FM Luca Moroni from Italy on tie-break to win [...]

Here are a few tips from Magnus Carlsen. Worth watching and quite amusing: Nigel Davies

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International Chess Composition Contest : "Jubilee Tourney Manolas-65",Closing date 2015-07-12. The blogs http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.com (in English) and http://kallitexniko-skaki.blogspot.com (in Greek) announce the International Chess Composition Contest "JT Manolas-65". Sections: A. helpmate h#2, in HotF form (Helpmate of the Future), with at least two pairs of related...

Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the first place in the Aeroflot Open A with Daniil Dubov and won the event due to better tie-break score. Both players collected 7 points. In addition to winning the prize money, Nepomniachtchi qualified for the traditional tournament in Dortmund. Another Russian player Ivan Bukavshin finished clear third with 6.5. Replay games [...]

The 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2015 SHEIKH RASHID BIN HAMDAN AL MAKTOUM CUP is held from 5th to 16th April, 2015, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club (Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall) in the United Arab Emirates. The event is organized under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai & [...]

The 42nd International Chess Tournament La Roda (Albacete) took place from 1-5th April, 2015, at La Caja Blanca in La Roda, Albacete, Spain. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″. GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) and GM Angel Arribas Lopez (Spain) split the first place on 7,5/9 points each but Granda took the gold [...]

The solution to last Monday’s puzzle was that Karpov secured a slight edge by playing Ng3. Black was threatening to exchange his bad Bishop by playing Bf5. Now, if Black plays Bf5, White takes the Bishop with his Knight leaving himself with a good Bishop. And , if Black plays Nf5, White takes the Knight […]

Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) is the new World Women Chess Champion. She won the FIDE knockout championship in Sochi, Russia, after defeating Natalia Pogonina (Russia) 2,5-0,5 in the final match. Replay all games with analysis / See video coverage from the final Mariya Muzychuk started with a loss, but eliminated Canadian Yuanling Yuan in round 1 [...]

The World Team Chess Championship 2015 is organized by the Armenian Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE, from 18-29th April in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. The tournament will be held at the Golden Palace Tsakhkadzor Hotel. According to FIDE Regulations and the decision of FIDE President the following federations participate in the championship: Russia, China, Hungary, [...]

The “San Sebastian City” 38th International Chess Open was held 28th March to 4th April, 2015, in Donostia – San Sebastián, a coastal city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament valid for FIDE rating and norms. Kuwaiti CM Bader Al-Hajiri (2115) became the surprising winner of the tournament, [...]

Here’s a game played a couple of months ago between two of Richmond Junior Club’s less experienced members. You’ll see a lot of typical mistakes. They exhibit the goldfish syndrome, thinking only in the moment, oblivious of what happened a few moves ago, they only look at part of the board, not the whole board, […]

The third game of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship final match was played in the SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on April 4. Natalia Pogonina had White. The players repeated their opening from the first game – the Meran variation of the Slav defense. On the move 11 White deviated from their previous encounter, [...]