The 136th MGU Open 2015 is scheduled to take place on 14-15th February, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event is organized in honor of the first World champion for women Vera Menchik (born 16th February, 1906, in Moscow, Russia). The event will be organized by FA Dimitar Iliev under the [...]

The 135th MGU Open 2015 was held on 7-8th February, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The event was organized by FA Dimitar Iliev under the auspices of the University of mining and geology “St Ivan Rilski” Sofia,  Chess Club “An Pasan” and “Zora” Trading Company in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated [...]

From 31st January to 5th February 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Moscow, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), Member of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Artiom Akhmetov (RUS). Thirty one (31) National [...]

Participants announced

On 7th February, during the Moscow Open 2015, a joint meeting between the representatives of FIDE, ECU and Russian State Social University was held in the University premises. The representatives of the European Chess Union were the ECU Secretary General, Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, the ECU Educational Commission Chairman Mr. Jesper Hall and Mr. Alexander Kostyev [...]

This year the Moscow Open – RSSU Student Grandmasters’ Cup was dedicated to the memory of Alexander Pochinok for the first time. He was the Head of the Ministry of Labour of Russia and one of the creators of the Department of Chess in the RSSU. Irine Kharisma Sukandar from Indonesia stormed through the A. [...]

IM Evgeni Dragomarezkij is the clear winner of the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup Veterans’ Tournament. Following a draw in the last game with GM Yuri Balashov, Dragomarezkij finished atop of the standings with 7,5/9 points. Long-time leader GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (Latvia) took the second place, after edging IM Nikolai Mishuchkov, Yuriy Kolokolov, Yuri Balashov [...]

From 3-5th February 2015 a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in English language was organized on Internet by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission. The following subjects were discussed: (a) The changes of the Laws of Chess that have been in effect since 1 July 2014. (b) The changes of FIDE Titles, Ratings Regulations and Swiss System regulations [...]

It is very important to concentrate on every move. On every move, there is the possibility for you to blunder away a half-point or even a whole point. This especially applies if you are winning. If you blunder in a lost position, you can give your opponent the chance of a really nice finish to […]

Τα σχολικά πρωταθλήματα της ΕΣΣΠ για το 2015 θα διεξαχθούν στις 21/3 (ομαδικό) και 22/3 (ατομικό) στο Ξενοδοχείο Porto Rio. Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής μέχρι Πέμπτη 19/3.....

The 17-years old Chinese WGM Lei Tingjie won the Moscow Open 2015 – Russia Women’s Cup stage with 8,0/9 points, leaving the nearest followers full point behind. Lei Tingjie assumed the lead after the 8th round and her last round victory against Marina Guseva cemented the overall success. The Moscow Open B section featured 133 [...]

The Portuguese Chess Federation organized the National Youth Team Semifinals 2014/2015 on 7th February, 2015, in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. The event was a 7-round Swiss team event with tempo of play 15′ + 10″ and it was organized under the auspices of Secondary School Padre António Vieira, Estrelas S. João de Brito and Junta de Freguesia [...]

The 55-years old Russian Sergey Galakhov dominated the Moscow Open – RSSU Cup C tournament, reserved for amateurs, in the field of 326 players. Galakhov started with eight consecutive victories before settling for the only draw in the final round. The nearest opposition was left full point behind. Final standings: 1 Galakhov Sergey RUS 2236 [...]

Grandmaster Ernesto Inarkiev emerged convincing winner of the Moscow Open – RSSU Men’s Cup 2015 after defeating Russian champion Igor Lysyj in the final round. Inarkiev concluded the event with 8,0/9 points, full point ahead of Tigran Petrosian (Armenia), Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain), Anton Korobov (Ukraine) and Vladislav Artemiev (Russia).

The 18th International Lienz Open is taking place from 7th to 14th February, 2015, at the RGO-Arena Julius-Durst-Straße 6, 9900 Lienz, a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The total prize fund of the festival is 10,000 EUR with 1900 EUR reserved for the winner of Open A. Top seed is  Spaniard GM Korneev Oleg (2591). Official website/ [...]