Η ΕΣΣΠ προκηρύσει το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Ανδρών-Γυναικών, το Διασυλλογικό Κύπελλο και το Ατομικό Πρωτάθλημα Παίδων-Κορασίδων για το 2015. Ενημερωθείτε για τις προκηρύξεις και τις δηλώσεις συμμετοχής.

The final events of the Moscow Chess Championships for men and women were held from 14-22nd March at the Russian State Social University. In the men section GM Urii Eliseev and IM David Paravyan shared the first place with 6,5/9 points each. Eliseev is declared winner on better tie-break. The bronze medal was also decided [...]

The 9th Annual Philadelphia Open will be held over the Easter weekend from April 1-5, 2014, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400 and Under 1100. The Open section has a 5-day schedule (April 1-5), 9-round [...]

The Semifinal matches of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship started in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 29. Four players continue competing for the chess crown: Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) faces Harika Dronavalli (India), and Pia Cramling (Sweden) meets Natalia Pogonina (Russia). These matches consist of two games with the following time control: 90 [...]

The Lithuanian Team Chess Championship is taking place from 24-29th March, 2015, in Lithuania. The event is a 7-round Swiss Team event with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. The team of “Gigant Chess” (Panevezys), with top seeds GM Igor Kovalenko (2653), GM Arturs Neiksans (2567), GM Aloyzas Kveinys (2522), GM Andrei [...]

The 88th Saint Petersburg Individual Chess Championship is taking place from 21-31st March, 2015, in Saint Petersburg, the second largest city of Russia. The event is separated into 12-player round-robin Men’s tournament and 83rd Saint Petersburg Women’s tournament in 9 rounds. Top seeds are GM Evgeny Levin (2529) and WFM Dina Belenkaya (2259). Tournament website

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.” Jolly nice they are too, but they’re not MY favourite things. I like to tell my students that my three favourite things are chocolate, especially plain chocolate, ice cream, especially chocolate ice cream and … pawn endings. So imagine my excitement when I saw this position on the […]

The tie-breaks of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship were played in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 28. Six players returned to the venue to determine the semifinalists in rapid and blitz games. Natalia Pogonina (Russia) once again used the Benko gambit against Zhao Xue (China). Yesterday this opening allowed her to come [...]

The 33rd Andorra Chess Open St. Gothard is scheduled to take place from 18th to 26th July, 2015, in Hotel Sant Gothard**** – Erts (La Massana) Andorra. The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″. The prize fund in the amount of 10,500 € will be awarded as [...]

The 2015 Fagernes Chess International is taking place from 29th March to 5th April in Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, a large hotel and conference center in the Norwegian town of Fagernes. The GM Group tournament is a 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM. Norwegian player GM Jon Ludvig HAMMER (2651) heads [...]

Parents often enroll their kindergarten aged students in a chess class with the idea of introducing their children to logic and reasoning skills early on. When teaching children of such a young age, conventional chess teaching approaches have to be reconsidered. I have one class that is made up of both Kindergarten and First Grade […]

The second games of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Quarterfinals were played in SCC Galactica (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana) on March 27. Yesterday Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine), playing White, defeated Humpy Koneru (India), Zhao Xue (China) won as Black against Natalia Pogonina (Russia), and two other games were drawn – Pia Cramlin (Sweden) – Anna Muzychuk [...]

The 2015 edition of Fagernes Chess International is scheduled to take place from 29th March to 5th April in Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, a large hotel and conference center in the Norwegian town of Fagernes. The event is separated into two tournaments: - GM Group - 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, [...]

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev supported the idea of ​​holding the World Robot Chess Championship in Russia. The head of government visited the FIDE Women’s World Championship, which is ongoing in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, and heard about the idea of ​​organizing the World Robot Chess Championship. “The idea of ​​holding the World Chess Championship for robots [...]

The 2015 Aeroflot Open is taking place from 27th March till 7th April at the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow. The total prize fund is 140.000 Euro. The tournament will be played in three groups – A, B and C according to the participants’ ratings. On the 6th of April there will be a blitz tournament. [...]