Video analysis with GM Petrov

The 14th Rochefort International Chess Festival is set to take place on 21-27th February, 2015, Room Colbert, at the Congress Palace, Rochefort, France. Just days before the huge 31st Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open is an excellent occasion for the players to test their preparation and use this perfect training opportunity. The organizers have invested [...]

Daniil Dubov won over Vladimir Belous in the old masters’ style and approached the leader of the Alexander Pochinok Memorial Men’s Student Grandmaster Tournament. We addressed several questions to the Moscow grandmaster. Q: Daniil, congrats on the bright victory! Tell us about the key moments. A: Thank you. There was uncompromising struggle during the whole [...]

The recent and undeniable chess swell felt around the nation rises to serve one epic event: the fight for the American throne. In April, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will bring together one of the strongest fields ever to compete for the national title, 12 of America’s top Grandmasters who combine [...]

Most  chess fans love it when there are super grand master tournaments? The very best in the world playing against each other. That should make for very exciting and instructive games in chess. Unfortunately this is not always the case. As a general rule I believe the games from open tournaments are more instructive and […]

Russians Ernesto Inarkiev and Aleksandra Goryachkina became individual leaders in the Men’s and Women’s Cup of Russia Stages within the frames of the Moscow Open 2015. They are the only players of 400 other athletes, who managed to win all four games. 17 players are half a point behind Inarkiev, including the ranking favorites of [...]

Nordic Semiconductor will have a stand at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which will be held on 2-5th March in Barcelona. The company ambassador Magnus Carlsen, reigning World Chess Champion in all three time controls, will play blitz games against 10 visitors at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday March 3rd, from 3-5 pm. Answer a [...]

The reigning Champion of Russia told the correspondent of the Moscow Open official website about his start at the tournament and shared his plans for the rest of the year. Q: Igor, tell us about your start at the Moscow Open, please. A: The start was quite hard: I won one game playing with the [...]

World Champion Hou Yifan gives a memorable Masterclass followed by questions from the audience. A remarkable interview hosted by the eloquent Tournament Director Stuart Conquest. Official website LIVE Games from Gibraltar

The FIDE Trainers’ Commission held its Annual Summit for 2015 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. In previous years the Summit was held in Washington DC (United States of America – 2013) and in Barcelona (Spain – 2014). In the morning of Thursday, 29.01.2015, in the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club, the Meeting of the Commission [...]

Daily news broadcast featuring GM Kenny Solomon and many more elite chess players. Hosted by Tania Sachdev at the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Open Chess Tournament. Presented by: Tania Sachdev (IM) Special guest: Stuart Conquest (GM) Produced by: Georgina Wheston – ChrysalisWest Directed by: Armand Attard Films Camera / Assistant Director: Sam Bristow Editor: Emanuele Crivellari [...]

New In Chess magazine has started a new instructional series with Indian GM Parimarjan Negi. In issue 2015#1 he tours chess history and summarises the style of World Champion Magnus Carlsen: ,,Carlsen is a psychologist”, writes Negi. ,,He understands a secret of chess – that sometimes, however well you play and calculate, if a freak, [...]

Ο Σκακιστικός Όμιλος ΣΑΧ Θεσσαλονίκης, διοργανώνει το 1ο Διεθνές Σκακιστικό Τουρνουά με την επωνυμία “Βαρδάρης 2015″. Ο “Βαρδάρης” θα διεξαχθεί το τριήμερο της Καθαράς Δευτέρας (20-23/2/2015) και είναι η πρώτη φορά...

The International Chess Open Graz 2015 will take place on 13-20th February 2015 at the beautiful and modern Hotel Spa Novapark in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria. The event will be split into 3 tournaments: Open A (open to all), Open B (for players rated below 2000) and Open C (for participants rated under [...]